First Friday's gives Irish start-ups gave them a chance to mingle with more experienced technology companies, get face-to-face mentoring from the likes of Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, and other tech giants and potentially bump into would-be Investors. 

They’re back to starting on the 3rd of March and instead of only taking place in Dublin, they will be all over the country in Belfast, Galway Killorglin, and Cork city.  Mary Rogers who will be running the operation in Galway city joined Joe on the show this morning.

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