The winners of the this year’s Impact Media Elevate Award have been revealed as Galway’s Tom Hayes of TalentTank.ie and Limerick’s Shane McAllister of MobaNode.

The two entrepreneurs fought off very strong competition from some of the best entries the competition has seen in its four-year history. The winners will each receive a business-booster prize worth €60,000 – including marketing, PR and design services from Impact Media; press and radio advertising from the Galway Advertiser and the Limerick Post; print services from Castle Print; photography from viewmaker and legal advice from RDJ Solicitors.

Tom Hayes impressed Galway judges Pat McDonagh of Supermacs, Tom Murphy of Total Shaving Solution and Niall McGarry of Impact Media with his novel approach to the Recession. His unique online bulletin board TalentTank.ie links people who are looking for job opportunities with employers who need fresh talent.

January 18th 2010 - RTE NEWS covers Talent Tank - paste the following link into your browser to view the interview.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0118/newsontwo_av.html

The Talent Tank is seeking investment to complete the development of two major revenue streams (one involving international expansion). Above average ROI potential. Please contact tom@talenttank.ie for more information.