Press Release - 16th March 2015
County Carlow Teenage Entrepreneurs Reach Croke Park Final
After many months of work setting up and running a business, students from around the County showcased their products and services at IT Carlow on Thursday 12th March, 2015. 119 second-level students participated at the Student Enterprise Awards run by the Local Enterprise Office as part of Carlow County Council.
The overall winner this year was School of Sound from Tullow Community School, Tullow, Co. Carlow, the team made up of Roisin Cullen, Lauren Shannen, Betty Szczeponek and Amy Redmond provide a professional event management service. They were delighted with their achievement and will now go on to represent the County at the National Student Enterprise Awards Final in Croke Park.
Other winners included Best Business Plan Award which went to A-Z Letters from Colaiste Eoin Hacketstown; Social Media Award which went to Insomnia Entertainment from Tullow Community School and the Intellectual Property Award which went to Tack Room Designs, St. Leo’s College
The remit of the Local Enterprise Office is the development of an enterprise culture at County level, not least among the schools and colleges. Despite its small geographical size, County Carlow is always one of the counties to watch out for at the National Final.
Commenting on the event Dan McInerney, Chief Executive of Carlow County Council said “he was amazed at the high standards, professional business plans and creativity among the students”. He said “The Student Enterprise Awards encourages and enables students to take on the world of business and develop an entrepreneurial mind-set. By fostering an enterprising culture in the classroom, the Local Enterprise Offices are working with teachers and schools to help nurture the next generation of entrepreneurs”. Dan continued to say that “the Student Enterprise Award project is just one example of how the Local Enterprise Office as part of Carlow County Council can continue to support local enterprise development and is part of over 100 actions and events which will be hosted in 2015.
School of Sound from Tullow Community School will now go forward to the National Final which is being held in Croke Park on 22nd April, 2015
Further information around April’s National Finals is available through www.studententerprise.ie which also has free resources and video tutorials for students and teachers for the 2015/2016 programme.
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For further details contact
Anna Byrne
Senior Enterprise Development Officer
059 9129785
Email: abyrne@carlowcoco.ie
