Local Enterprise Office Carlow have announced that winning teenager entrepreneurs from St. Mary’s Knockbeg College and Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach will represent County Carlow at this year’s Student Enterprise Programme National Finals on Wednesday May 18. The Finals return to a physical event this year at The Helix in Dublin having been held online in 2020 and 2021. The students all took part in the County Carlow Final recently, which was held online. An estimated 600 students from nine schools took part in the annual programme locally. The enterprise education initiative, funded by the Government of Ireland through Enterprise Ireland and delivered by the 31 Local Enterprise Offices in local authorities throughout the country, saw over 24,000 students from just under 500 secondary schools across the country take part in 2020 / 2021. The programme supports students to create, design and market their own business, all with the hope of reaching the National Finals. In the Senior Category of the competition, County Carlow will be represented on May 18 by Cian Campion from “Campion Cutz” at St. Mary’s Knockbeg College, Carlow. In the “Most Creative Business Idea” section open to senior students, Ruby Ní Ghatlaoich from Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach came out on top. Her idea “Toe Tappers” goes forward to the Finals. Nathan Doyle from Tullow Community School Special guests at the County Carlow Final included Fintan Phelan, Cathaoirleach of Carlow County Council. Speaking at the county final, Jim Woods, Business Advisor of Local Enterprise Office Carlow congratulated the students, saying: “We have a very successful student enterprise programme here in County Carlow, with over 600 students from nine local schools taking part this year. “Our national finalists are excellent ambassadors for the programme and we wish them the very best of luck on Friday 18, and we will all hope to be there to support them. In what has been a particularly challenging couple of years for students the
County Carlow students set for National Entrepreneurship final
