Media Release
10th March 2026
KEITH WALSH, ÁINE DEVLIN & PADDY WARD THE WINNERS OF THE PETER SHERIDAN DUBLIN CITY ENTERPRISE AWARD 2026
Dublin City based company; ExamRevision, is the winner of the Peter Sheridan Dublin City Enterprise Award 2026. The prize involves a €5,000 investment in the company and sees it advance to the National Enterprise Award 2026 ceremony to represent Dublin City. The National Enterprise Awards Ceremony takes place on Thursday, 18th June 2026, in The Round Room, The Mansion House, Dublin 2.
ExamRevision is Ireland’s fastest-growing Teaching & Learning Platform for Irish secondary schools - the 21st Century Textbook - containing bite sized video tutorials, self-correcting quizzes, ppt presentations, notes, exam papers and teacher dashboards for assigning and monitoring student progress. ExamRevision helps to Simplify Revision, Empower Teachers and Elevate Learning.
Further Information: https://examrevision.ie/
Lord Mayor of Dublin, Cllr Ray McAdam, said, “I want to congratulate Keith, Áine and Paddy on being the winners of the Peter Sheridan Dublin City Enterprise Award this year. Establishing a business is a difficult task requiring courage, determination and resilience. Hundreds of small businesses provide employment in Dublin, enhancing our communities. This award honours not only outstanding enterprise, but the belief that Dublin’s future is shaped by people who dare to innovate and dedicate themselves to the common good. I wish them all the best representing Dublin City in the National Enterprise Awards Ceremony.”
Warren Cray, Head of Enterprise with Local Enterprise Office Dublin City said, “We are delighted that ExamRevision will represent LEO Dublin City at the National Enterprise Awards Final in June. It was fantastic to see so many great small local businesses applying. I know that there was very tough competition from the shortlisted applicants this year and I wish Keith, Áine and Paddyall the best going forward in the national competition.”
Accepting the Award, Keith Walsh, co-founder of ExamRevision said, ““We are incredibly proud and delighted to be awarded the Peter Sheridan Dublin City Enterprise Award for 2026. At ExamRevision, we are like the 21st-century textbook and aim to support all types of learners in accessing their Junior and Senior Cycle curricula through our wide variety of high-quality resources, such as video tutorials, presentations, quizzes and more. Opportunities like this help push us forward to continue developing, growing our business and supporting students. The ongoing support from the Local Enterprise Office Dublin City has been invaluable throughout our journey."
Among the special guests at today’s announcement were the Lord Mayor of Dublin Ray McAdam, and Warren Cray, Head of Enterprise, Local Enterprise Office Dublin City.
Since 2025, the Dublin City Enterprise Award has been dedicated to Peter Sheridan, a long standing mentor at LEO Dublin City. Peter sadly passed away in April 2024 and he was a champion of small businesses, and start-up businesses, at LEO Dublin City.
Peter chaired the judging committee for the Dublin City Enterprise Award since its inception and prepared the businesses for the National Enterprise Award final.
At the National Enterprise Awards, ExamRevision will be competing against 30 other finalists from every local authority area across the country for a share of the €63,000 prize fund.
The overall national winner receives a cash prize of €10,000, with 6 category prizes of €5,000. There are nine regional awards of €2,000, with one regional Overall Award winner to receive €5,000.
***Images from today’s Ceremony will be circulated to picture desks by Fennell Photography***
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For further information contact:
Dublin City Council Media Relations Office
- info@dublincity.ie T. (01) 222 2170, M. 087 740 0277
www.facebook.com/DublinCityCouncil
OR
Dublin City Enterprise Awards / Local Enterprise Office Dublin City
www.localenterprise.ie/DublinCity T: (01) 222 5611 E: info@leo.dublincity.ie
Notes to Editor:
About ExamRevision
ExamRevision is Ireland’s fastest-growing Teaching & Learning Platform for Irish secondary schools - the 21st Century Textbook - containing bite sized video tutorials, self-correcting quizzes, ppt presentations, notes, exam papers and teacher dashboards for assigning and monitoring student progress. ExamRevision helps to Simplify Revision, Empower Teachers and Elevate Learning.
Further Information: https://examrevision.ie/
National Enterprise Awards 2026
The National Enterprise Awards are one of a number of initiatives that the Local Enterprise Offices run to foster entrepreneurship across the country. Others include Local Enterprise Week, the Student Enterprise Programme and National Women’s Enterprise Day.
Established in 2014, LEOs are an essential resource for any entrepreneur looking to start a business or any small business that is looking for support or advice to help them grow. The LEOs work with over 7,200 client companies across Ireland in a diverse range of sectors offering mentoring, training, networking, expert advice and financial supports to small businesses. For more information, see www.LocalEnterprise.ie/awards
Award Categories and Prize Fund
The 2026 National Enterprise Awards take place on Thursday, 18th June 2026 in the Round Room at the Mansion House in Dublin and are organised by the Local Enterprise Offices
- Overall Winner, National Enterprise Awards 2026 (Cash Prize for business: €10,000)
- Best Start-Up Award (Cash Prize for business: €5,000)
- Best Export Business Award (Cash Prize for business: €5,000)
- Innovation Award (Cash Prize for business: €5,000)
- Green Award (Cash Prize for business: €5,000)
- Digital Award (Cash Prize for business: €5,000)
- Female Entrepreneur Award (Cash Prize for business: €5,000)
- Nine Runner-Up Winners (Cash Prize for business: €2,000 each)
Runner Up Regions:
- Dublin - Dublin City Council, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin
- Midlands - Longford, Westmeath, Laois and Offaly.
- North-East - Cavan, Monaghan and Louth
- North-West -Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal
- West - Galway, Mayo and Roscommon.
- Mid-West - Clare, Limerick and Tipperary.
- South-East - Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford and Wexford
- Mid-East - Kildare, Meath and Wicklow
- South-West - Cork and Kerry
- 1 Overall Award (Cash Prize for business: €5,000)
- The Overall Winner (To be selected from 9 Regional Winners)
Local Enterprise Office (LEO)
The Local Enterprise Office Dublin City are your local first stop shop for seeking information and support on starting or growing a business in Ireland. Whether you are a new entrepreneur or an existing small business owner. The Local Enterprise Office provides advice, information and support to you in starting up or growing your business. Local Enterprise Offices offer you a wide range of experience, skills and services. Local Enterprise Office Dublin City offer the following supports:
- Financial supports
- Training Courses
- One to One Business Mentoring
- Networking
Further information: https://www.localenterprise.ie/dublincity/
