What are the criteria for the Rising Star category?
• Entrants must have been operating for a minimum of three years and less than five, with turnover of at least €30,000 (or at least £24,000 sterling for Northern Ireland companies) for 2006. • Entrants can be public or private companies but the parent company must be headquartered in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland. Subsidiaries or divisions do not qualify. • Each entrant must be a technology company defined as producing technology; manufacturing technology-related products; being technologically intensive or using technology in problem-solving; or devoting a high percentage of effort to the research and development of technology.
