Northside business GaelTeic honoured in 2006 Lá Top 50 Business as Gaeilge List

Daily Irish language newspaper Lá releases details this week (12 noon, Friday June 9) of its prestigious Top 50 Business as Gaeilge list at a gala reception in the Four Seasons Hotel, Dublin.

Many of Ireland’s leading entrepreneurs and companies will be honoured at the event. The full list can be found on the Lá website www.nuacht.com and in a special commemorative magazine also downloadable from the web. Main sponsors of the event are Irish energy company Viridian, Foras na Gaeilge, RTÉ, Údarás na Gaeltachta and RTÉ.

GaelTeic is a small business based in Fairview which provides technology services to small & medium sized organisations. Although mainly providing technology education & training, GaelTeic also provides managed technology services and is a website developer. Said Pádraig de Burca of GaelTeic, “I am absolutely delighted that GaelTeic has been selected for this prestigious award. I try to do as much of my business ‘as Gaeilge’ as I can and this includes developing bilingual & all-Irish websites, as well as providing technology training in Irish.”

Among the honourees are business titans Pádraig Ó Céidigh, Enda O’Coineen, and Feargal Quinn, groundbreaking media companies Nemeton (Co Waterford) and TeleGael (Galway), online businesses Bard na nGleann (Kerry) and Stugal.com, social economy bodies Comhlacht Forbartha Acla (Co Mayo) and Gairm (Derry), as well as multinationals Microsoft and Google as well as leading retailers Homebase and Habitat. The recipients come from every part of the country and range from one person businesses to mammoth corporations.

The Top 50 Business as Gaeilge Presentation is to be compered by Páidí Ó Lionáird of TG4 and will be addressed by Minister of Finance Brian Cowen.

Said Lá editor Concubhar Ó Liatháin: “We wanted to profile those who are at the cutting edge of entrepreneurial and retail activity while making the Irish language a key part of their business proposition. More than anyone else, these employers and wealth creators are forging a bright future for the Irish language.”

Said Robin Greer of the Irish energy company Viridian: “We are celebrating the success of those who have reached across language barriers to make business gains.”

Said Gearóid Trimble, Programme Manager with Foras na Gaeilge: “This is a wonderful opportunity to give due recognition to ambitious companies in the marketplace which are succeeding commercially while using the Irish language as a marketing, communications and business tool. Foras na Gaeilge wants to help companies use all the competitive advantages that the Irish language gives them to drive forward their business — that makes business sense.”

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For more information about GaelTeic, see www.gaelteic.com or contact Pádraig de Burca at pdb@gaelteic.com or phone (085)7309086

For more details about the Lá Top 50 Business as Gaeilge awards, contact Connla Lawlor at connlaog@nuacht.com or phone 048-9061 1916