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Thu 05 May 2011Toymaker wins entrepreneur award
An 18-year-old craftsman has been honoured as Ireland's young entrepreneur of the year after building a toy-making business following the birth of his son.
Kyle McMahon from Coolock in Dublin began handmaking wooden toy trains, airplanes, jigsaws and clocks as part of his course at Bonnybrook Youthreach and is on target to record a net profit of more than €3,000 for his first five months in operation.
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