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22/1/2017 Edel Grace won a Local Enterprise Showcase award on the opening day of Showcase in the RDS today (January 22nd). The couple were presented with a highly commended prize for their hand made teddy bear business ���Pieces of Great��� by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Ms. Mary Mitchell O��� Connor T.D., when the Minister visited ���Local Enterprise Showcase��� at the trade event. Co-ordinated by the network of Local Enterprise Offices, the new Local Enterprise Showcase is home to a record 110 emerging designers and craftspeople, with more than half exhibiting for the first time at the trade event. The craft and design businesses are all supported by their Local Enterprise Office in the Local Authorities Network, making it possible for them to meet international buyers from more than 20 countries. Showcase, Ireland���s International Creative Expo, is organised by the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland and promoted internationally by Enterprise Ireland. Pieces of Great is supported by Local Enterprise Office Tipperary and Showcase runs in the R.D.S. until Wednesday (January 25th) (www.localenterprise.ie).Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland.
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