LEO Kildare Women in Business Coffee Morning

Date: Wednesday 1st February

Time: 10.30am – 12.30pm

Venue: Osprey Hotel

Admission €10 -  all proceeds will be donated to St. Brigid’s Hospice, The Curragh.

Kildare Female Entrepreneurs come together to celebrate St. Brigids Day 2023 and to  commemorate St. Brigid, the woman, the life and the legacy –

Join Us for a Coffee Morning at the Osprey Hotel, Keynote Speaker Joanne O’Riordan joins KCC Chief Executive Sonya Kavanagh.  A networking celebration for all Kildare based Women In Business. Please book early as Spaces Limited

This year's St Brigid's Day, 1^st Feb 2023 event will celebrate the achievements of women and acknowledge women's contribution in our community.

It will focus on the transformative and empowering nature of women's contribution to all spheres of life.

February 1st honours St Brigid, the fifth-century nun from County Kildare reputed to have performed miracles and healed the sick. The legend of Brigid stretches back to pre-Christian mythology, when she - as daughter of the chief of the gods, - was a goddess herself, associated with poets, healers, childbirth and inspiration. Originally a pagan festival, St Brigid's feast day on February 1st marks the beginning of spring.

Kildare County Council's Local Enterprise Office chose St Brigid’s Day to showcase women in our society and Kicks off the Women in Business Network program for 2023.

This event hosted by the local Enterprise office on Wednesday Morning 1^st Feb , 10.30 am – 12.30 pm in the Osprey hotel  will deliver networking ,superb talks and panel discussions showcasing “trailblazing women who are making their mark in diverse fields such as business and entrepreneurship, and media ”.

Among the participants will be Sonya Kavanagh Chief Executive of Kildare County Council and Keynote speaker will be Joanne O Riordan is an Irish activist and sports journalist who contributes to The Irish Times

The event will celebrate St Brigid, as ‘Brigid 1500,' a programme of national and international events and initiatives to celebrate and commemorate St. Brigid, gets underway.