KILDARE’S MOST ENTERPRISING STUDENTS ARE ON THE ROAD TO CROKE PARK

Five teenage entrepreneurs fromSalesian College Celbridge have won first place representing Kildare at the Student Enterprise Programme National Finals in Croke Park on Friday, 1^st May

Kildare County Council’s Local Enterprise Office have announced that winning teenager entrepreneurs from Salesian College Celbridge will represent Kildare at this year’s Student Enterprise Programme National Finals in Croke Park on the 1st May.

Lat September through Kildare County Council’s Local Enterprise Office, entrepreneurial secondary school students began their business journey as they were encouraged to research, set-up and run their own real-world businesses.

An estimated over 1,500 students from 21 secondary schools across Kildare took part the annual programme. The students all took part in the Kildare Final on Thursday 5^th of March which was held at the Killashee Hotel.

With winning the Senior Category of the competition, Seán McGivern, Cormac Kelly and Thomás Gannon from The Learning Lads Ltd from Salesian College Celbridge will now be competing against hundreds of other student entrepreneurs from all over Ireland in Croke Park at the Annual Student Enterprise Programme National Finals on May 1^st.

Kildare has a successful record in the Student Enterprise competition, with students from St.Mary’s College in Naas winning Overall Third Place in the Senior Category at the National Finals in Croke Park last year and Kilcock students winning an award at the National Finals in 2017.

Speaking at the county final, Doreen Heavey, Programme Co-ordinator congratulated the students, saying;

“We have a very successful student enterprise programme here in Kildare with over 1,500 students from 21 local schools taking part this year. Our national finalists are excellent ambassadors for the programme and we wish them the very best of luck in Croke Park on May 1^st”

She continued “What our students are learning from the programme is that with the right supports and encouragement, they can take an idea from the classroom and develop it into a real-life business. The skills they learn along the way, such as business planning, market research, selling and team-work, will help them become more entrepreneurial throughout their future careers”.

Further information around the Student Enterprise Programme is available from www.studententerprise.ie and by searching #studententerprise on social media.

 Overall County Winners, Seán McGivern, Cormac Kelly and Thomás Gannon from ‘The Learning Lads Ltd’, Salesian College, Celbridge

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