Firm calls for public to vote for them in bid to improve its digital presence

By Echo Reporter

Totally Irish Gifts is calling on the people of Dublin to vote for them to make the top 10.

“Securing this opportunity would help our company improve our digital presence nationally and internationally, to continue selling gifts made in Ireland online,” said Shauna Curran of Totally Irish Gifts.

Totally Irish Gifts, based in Clondalkin, Dublin, has been shortlisted in a national campaign to win a share of the IE Domain Registry’s (IEDR) 2016 Optimise Fund.

Totally Irish Gifts is now calling on the people of Dublin to vote for them to be one of the 10 companies selected by public vote to receive funding.

The Optimise Fund, valued at €125,000, provides 10 day’s worth of digital consultancy, training and development to the successful SMEs.

Launched in 2011, the annual OPTIMISE Fund works shoulder-to-shoulder with Irish SMEs and micro-enterprises to improve their online presence by making greater use of existing web technologies.

There are 32 businesses shortlisted. This shortlist will be reduced to a final 15 winners.

The public will select 10 of the final 15 businesses via an online public vote, with the final five being chosen by an independent judging panel.

This year’s judging panel is chaired by Conall O’Móráin (Today FM’s Sunday Business Show) and consists of Keith Bohanna (Near Future), Alan Sherlock (IBEC) and Ronan Smith (AIB).

Voting is simple – all 32 shortlisted businesses can be viewed on the IEDR website, www.iedr.ie/optimise. Simply log on and select your preferred business to cast your vote. Voting opens on Friday, May 27 and will close on Friday, June 17.

Looking forward to the public vote, Shauna Curran said: “We are delighted to make the shortlist. I hope that all the people of Dublin get behind us and vote to help promote our online store and our 60+ Irish suppliers who create the most amazing Irish gifts.”

The final 15 SMEs selected will be announced at the end of June.

To vote for Totally Irish Gifts log on to https://www.iedr.ie