Teenage entrepreneurs from Galway City and County will represent Galway at this year’s Student Enterprise Programme National Final on Thursday, May 9.
The students all took part in the Galway Final on March 13, 2024, which was held at the Clayton Hotel in Ballybrit.
Students from 29 local schools took part in the annual programme hosted by the Local Enterprise Office Galway.
The enterprise education initiative, funded by the Government of Ireland through Enterprise Ireland, is delivered by the 31 Local Enterprise Offices in local authorities throughout the country.
This year’s events saw over 28,000 students from just under 500 secondary schools across the country take part in 2022 / 2023.
The programme supports students to create, design and market their own business, all with the hope of reaching the National Final.
In the Intermediate Category, Esker Timber Creations, from Presentation Athenry will be representing the county at the Final.
In the Senior Category of the competition, Galway will be represented on May 9th by Corrib Pursuits from St. Joseph’s Patrician College (The Jes), on Sea Road, Galway.
In the “My Entrepreneurial Journey” category open to junior and intermediate students, Kayla Webster from Coláiste an Chreagáin and Saoirse Moore from Presentation College Athenry will represent Galway in the National Final.
Special guests at the Galway Final included Orlaith Connors from Orlaith’s Derrybrien Honey who came second at the National Final in the Junior category in 2023.
The local students will be competing against hundreds of other student entrepreneurs from all over Ireland at the Student Enterprise Programme National Final, taking place in the Mullingar Park Hotel on May 9.
Since the Student Enterprise Programme began in 2003, over 380,000 students have taken part, learning key skills on how to create a business idea, start a business and grow a business.
The Student Enterprise Programme also has a new range of online resources for 2023 / 2024 at www.StudentEnterprise.ie, which will feature regular blogs and house a full range of Student Enterprise resources for students and teachers.
correction: This article previously misnamed Colaiste Iognaid (The Jes) where students created Corrib Pursuits.
