Dragons Den returns to RT One on Sunday with new Dragons

Dragons Den returns to RT One on Sunday with 2 new Dragons Dragons' Den returns for a seventh series to RT One on Sunday 17 April 1 at 9.30pm featuring two new Dragons, Alison Cowzer and Eleanor McEvoy, alongside returning favourites Gavin Duffy, Barry O'Sullivan and Eamonn Quinn.

Alison Cowzer is co-founder and Marketing/Innovation Director of East Coast Bakehouse, Ireland's only large scale biscuit manufacturing business based in Drogheda. She is also co-founder and Managing Director of The Company of Food', a specialist food investment business. Joining her will be Eleanor McEvoy, the CEO of Budget Energy Ltd, one of the leading providers of low cost electricity in the Northern Ireland market with over 60,000 residential and commercial customers. A serial entrepreneur, she previously set up and sold two multi-million euro businesses.

This eight part series will see a host of original and unique ideas pitched to the Dragons with everything from food, fashion, beauty, fitness, education and journalism. But will the Dragons invest? And if more than one Dragon is interested who will come out on top? The Dragons have turned up the heat in the Den and are ready to go head to head to secure the best investments.

The seventh series of Dragons' Den has also seen the highest percentage of female entrepreneurs in the history of the show. Huge evidence that the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well and with over 930k invested this series promises to deliver some great Irish success stories!

Dragons' Den remains one of the top global TV shows and Larry Bass, CEO of Screentime Shinawil commented on the launch We are delighted Emirates Airlines are partnering with RT to bring back the Irish version. We are even more delighted to welcome two new Dragons and reflect women in business with the addition of two fantastic Irish businesswomen, Eleanor McEvoy and Alison Cowzer.

Ray McCarthy, commissioning editor, RT Television Dragons' Den has been hugely popular with Irish audiences for six series now and this 7th series is again centred on young, budding entrepreneurs which makes Dragons' Den compelling family viewing. Also this year we are delighted to welcome our new Dragons, Alison Cowzer and Eleanor McEvoy, who will bring fresh eyes to the search for new ideas and emerging entrepreneurs.

Dragons' Den will be broadcast for eight weeks from Sunday 17 April until Sunday 5June 2016.

Dragons' Den, sponsored by Emirates Airlines, is produced by Screentime ShinAwil for RT .

LINK:	http://www.rte.ie/about/en/press-office/press-releases/2016/0413/78154...
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