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ENTREPRENEURS:Setting up a business might seem a daunting prospect but the recession has done nothing to dampen the entrepreneurial spirit of some. EOIN CUNNINGHAMmeets six Celtic cubs who went from bust to boom to find out more about the challenges facing start-up businesses

FOR-SALE signs dot the landscape like chickenpox, the spectre of Nama hangs over Irish business like a bouncer with a toothache, and social-welfare offices around the country compete for the longest queues. In such a climate, you’d assume every entrepreneur in the country is halfway to Australia.