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06 Sept 2025

Longford entrepreneur aiming for web summit glory

Longford entrepreneur aiming for web summit glory

Garret Flower from Co Longford has been shortlisted on a prestigious list of 12 Irish start-ups who are in with a chance of winning the highly coveted ESB Spark of Genius Award this November, at Web Summit in Lisbon.

Garret's company Parkpnp, an online mobile parking marketplace, will be hoping to be selected as one of three finalists who will head to Lisbon to compete for the ESB Spark of Genius Award.

The shortlisted entrepreneurs, including Parkpnp, will pitch to a panel of judges live on 2FM’s The Eoghan McDermott Show. 

The panel of live judges include: John McKiernan, Head of External Collaboration at ESB; Joan Mulvihill, Irish Internet Association CEO; Emmet Ryan, Technology Editor, Sunday Business Post; Jenny O’Doherty, Head of Startups, Web Summit and Mikey Cannon, co-founder, Bizimply who won the Spark of Genius Award at last year's Web Summit.

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