Irish Projects

We have worked with The Food Hub committee since 2002 in initially devising the innovative business model and securing the capital funding to realise the project. We have since worked with alot of the individual tenants and prospective tenants to help them to develop a compelling business case.

What we love about The Food Hub? It is Ireland’s Premier artisan multi tenant food production enterprise centre! We love that the Hub pays tribute to Drumshanbo’s rich food heritage and is fuelled by ambition and innovation.

Momentum developed the business case and a successful RRDF Category 1 application for An Bealach, a Creative Entrepreneurship and Education Hub in Ballaghaderreen. This Creative Hub will provide a collaborative work environment with a mixture of dedicated and shared/open plan workspaces. This exciting development for Ballaghaderreen will also incorporate a Social Innovation & Inclusion Lab as a place where ideas are generated, incubated and where change is made.   

Momentum developed the business case and a successful RRDF application and grant award of €1.9m for Roscrea Enterprise, Digital and Social Impact Hub  (REACH)  to repurpose and transform  a  11,450 sqft / 1,064 sqm vacant commercial unit (vacant since 2011)  into an enterprise, education and community innovation hub.  

Momentum successfully completed an Enterprise Ireland Regional Enterprise Development Fund application for Agri-Innovation Hub Ireland, a not-for-profit partnership led by Cork County Council, Tyndall National Institute, Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), Dairygold and Teagasc, with a mission to escalate the growth path of Ireland’s agritech sector and entrepreneurship therein. It sees the transformation of an old building into Ireland’s first agritech infrastructure project in Ireland to have multi-agency support at one location to include incubation units and a knowledge centre with academics and industrialists embedded in the hub to facilitate the commercialisation of research and proof of concept.

Secured funding of almost €1.5 million over the 3 projects (the maximum available was €500,000 per project) for 3 enterprise centres in Co. Tipperary from Enterprise Ireland Community Enterprise Scheme 

• North Tipperary Green Enterprise Park Ltd and the Green Enterprise Park in Cloughjordan - There are five different aspects to the centre – Office/Training Space, Shared Kitchen Area, Fab Lab, Workshop /Manufacturing Unit, Co-working Space. 
• Thurles Chamber Enterprise Centre (TCEC).  offers up to 25 hotdesks and fourteen individual units ranging in size from 25 to 60 m² with communal boardrooms, cafeteria, reception area etc.  The Centre has occupancy levels of 90%+ and currently acts as base for ecommerce, creative industries, knowledge, biotech and food companies. 
• North Tipperary Food Works, Rearcross, a dedicated food enterprise centre  

Our work in funding yields a very high success rate. Between 2018-2021, we secured substantial funding packages for our clients.  In 2018 alone, we secured substantial funding packages, in excess of €40 million, for our clients.

Moran McNamara is headed up by two of Leitrim's most capable and driven entrepreneurs, Sheila Moran and Declan McNamara.

Sinead and her husband Pascal Gillard head up the multiple award winning Jinnys Bakery which has grown from strength to strength since 2003. Jinnys Bakery is a family business, rooted in tradition based in Drumshabo with views of the beautiful Acres Lake.