The nine shortlisted finalists for the inaugural Business of Craft Awards – part of Showcase 2024 – have been announced ahead of the event from January 21-23.

The Local Enterprise Office (LEO) awards are open to all the LEO clients who are exhibiting at the event as part of the Local Enterprise Showcase.

This is the first year of the awards that celebrate the business behind the craft and design products that are behind created across the country.

The shortlisted companies were selected from the 105 Local Enterprise clients who will be exhibiting to national and international buyers across the three days of the showcase.

Showcase 2024, at Dublin’s RDS, will open its doors to thousands of buyers from across the world, including Ireland, the UK, US, mainland Europe, Asia and Africa, generating millions of euros of sales orders during the show.

Showcase is presented on behalf of Design & Crafts Council Ireland, with support from Enterprise Ireland in promoting the trade show internationally through their network of offices overseas, and the Local Enterprise Offices nationwide.