Offaly teenage entrepreneurs compete at county enterprise awards

Teenage entrepreneurs from the Sacred Heart School in Tullamore, Oaklands Community College in Edenderry and Gallen Community School in Ferbane will represent Offaly at this year’s Student Enterprise Programme National Final on Thursday 9^th May.

The students all took part in the Offaly County Final on 5 March, which was held at the Tullamore Court Hotel.

Over one hundred students from twelve secondary schools in the county participated in the County Final.

Further information around the Student Enterprise Programme is available from www.studententerprise.ie and by searching #studententerprise on social media or by contacting Mary McIntyre at Offaly Local Enterprise Office 057 93 57480

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The schools which took part in the Student Enterprise Programme were Banagher College, Cistercian College Roscrea, Ardscoil Chiaráin Naofa, Clara, Gallen Community School, Ferbane, Coláiste Choilm, Tullamore, Tullamore College, Coláiste Íosagain, Portarlington, Killina Presentation Secondary School, St. Mary’s Secondary School, Edenderry, St. Brendan’s Community School, Birr, Oaklands Community College, Edenderry and Sacred Heart School, Tullamore.

Junior Category Results

1st Place “Sweet Tooth Hampers” Adam Delaney, Aaron Kenny, Tom Halligan, Ethan Kelly 2^nd Place “Lexilishtina” Lexi McAree, Ailish Concannon & Kristina Bakaras both from Gallen Community School, Ferbane.

Intermediate Category Results

1st Place “POM Piece of Mind” Aleksa Ponomarjova & Chloe Usher from Oaklands Community College, Edenderry.

My Enterpreneurial Journey Intermediate Category

1^st Place was won by Eva Lowndes “Golf Girls Ltd” from Tullamore College.

Senior Category Results

1st Place Danielle Fogarty with her business D Fogarty Woodworks from the Sacred Heart School, Tullamore

2nd Place “Ti Nadur” Isabella Corble, Ellarose Bairead, Alisha Colsh & Maria Finlay from Killina Presentation Secondary School

3^rd Place “Mobile Mounts” Dara McEvoy & Tymon Kulakowski from Ard Scoil Chiaráin Naofa, Clara

The Most Innovative Product Award was won by “ZipnScrunchies” Therese Searson & Katelyn Smyth from Coláiste na Sionna, Banagher.

The Sustainability Award was won by “Woodcrafts Men” Ian Norris, Michael Cleary, Aaron Cuskelly, & Rian Fenlon from Coláiste Choilm, Tullamore.

The Best Business Plan Award was won by “RKH Baking” Roisin Murphy, Kayleigh Whelan, Rachel Fossitt Holly McAuliffe & Holly Glass from Coláiste Íosagáin, Portarlington.

The Best Marketing Award was won by “Sweet Scents” Claire Groome & Niamh Staunton from St. Mary’s Secondary School, Edenderry.

The One to Watch Award was won by “Business Game Changers” Hannah Berry Touhey, Cara Jennings & Niamh O’Connell from Tullamore College.

The Best Stand Award was won by “Rian’s Bottled Crafts” Rian Glynn Dolan from Coláiste na Sionna, Banagher

The Merit Award was won by “Cistercian Dairy” James Hyland from Cistercian College, Roscrea