KILKENNY BUSINESS GETS CHANCE TO SHINE AT PLOUGHING 2026

Radon Services Ireland (RSI) from Kilkenny will get the chance to exhibit themselves to almost 300,000 people at the National Ploughing Championships in Screggan, County Offaly this month as part of the Local Enterprise Village.

Radon Services Ireland (RSI) supported by Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny will be attending at the Local Enterprise Village at the Ploughing. The Local Enterprise Village, an initiative of the Local Enterprise Offices, will house over 30 small businesses from across the country and will be located at the heart of this year’s National Ploughing Championships in Offaly from the 15th to 17th September. 

This year the Local Enterprise Village will also have a Business Advice Hub for any budding entrepreneurs or existing businesses who want to get advice from the Local Enterprise Offices Specialist Business Advisors.  So, for anyone who has a business idea that wants to figure out how to get it off the ground or for someone with an existing business who may want advice on funding, sustainability or building digital and AI into their business there will be advisors on hand to meet with.

The Local Enterprise Village will again host the Google AI team this year following on from the success of the Google area in 2025.  Their experts will also be in the Local Enterprise Village with an interactive area focused making AI work for you and your business. 

With close to 300,000 visitors expected across the three days of the event the Local Enterprise Village provides these small businesses with significant exposure to new audiences and potential new customers.  Enterprise Europe Network will also be based in the Village for the first time, giving advice to businesses who want to begin looking at new markets across the EU.   

Aileen McGrath, Head of Enterprise LEO Kilkenny “This is an opportunity like no other for a small business in Ireland.  The chance to bring their ideas and products to almost 300,000 potential customers is a showcase like no other.  The Local Enterprise Village has become one of those areas everyone wants to drop into to find their local business and see what they can pick up. 

“This year we are building out our offering to small businesses who may be attending the Ploughing or maybe those that have a great idea and don’t know where to start with our Start-Up Advisor Hub.  This along with the Google AI team on site in the Village to guide businesses on how to integrate AI into their day-to-day work flow and the Enterprise Europe Network to help open new doors across the EU, there is assistance there across the board.

And then there is so much for visitors too with a huge variety of businesses exhibiting this year highlighting the depth of sectors that the Local Enterprise Offices support from manufacturing and food and beverage, to software solutions and fashion.  Whatever you are interested in there is something for everyone at the Local Enterprise Village.” 

With some of the biggest companies and organisations in Ireland taking up residence at the Ploughing every year, the Local Enterprise Village continues to be a popular destination on the site for those looking to pick up something unique to bring home from some of the best small businesses in Ireland.

The Local Enterprise Village will showcase the very best of Irish entrepreneurship and will house businesses across all sectors from clothing, craft and artisanal food to bovine genetics and woodwork machinery.

For further information:

LEO Kilkenny on email info@leo.kilkennycoco.ie or phone 056-7752662