County Enterprise Awards

Winner of the County Enterprise Awards for 2018 and the business going forward to the next stage of the Competition:


Black Donkey Brewing with a prize of €3,500 and a trophy.


Black Donkey Brewing Is a multi-award- winning brewery founded in 2014, producing a range of beers, with all production taking place on site in Ballinlough. It provides a full sales and support services for bottled and draught products, and attends multiple promotional events across the country.

Black Donkey

Special Award for Employment & Growth Potential:

Scott Hunter, NCLS with a prize of €1,500

NCLS Crane & Lifting Services was founded by Scott Hunter in 2015 and is based in Scramogue. It provides an innovative one-stop- shop for all of the services needed in the crane and lifting services sector including consultancy, Crane Hire, Personnel, Training, equipment testing as well as being the sole agent for the Blokcam Wireless Camera system in Ireland. Scott was the overall Roscommon winner of the recent Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur.

NCLS