National Women's Enterprise Day - 17th of October 2024

Venue:
Juniper Barn, New Park, Ballymote, Co Sligo, F56 X985
 
Date:
17/10/2024
 
Note:
Thursday
 
Time:
6:00p.m. - 9:00p.m.
 
Category:
Networking
 

We are delighted to bring together a range of female speakers to celebrate National Women's Enterprise Day. Our panellists on the evening include Norah Casey, Jo O'Brien and Isabel Claffey

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No Ordinary Life: A Celebration of the Business Women of Leitrim & Sligo

  • National Women's Enterprise Day aims to inspire, motivate and empower women across the country in running their own businesses. The event strives to empower even more women to set up their own businesses and to increase national recognition of the essential role played by Ireland’s female entrepreneurs. This event will consist of a variety of developmental support actions, including inspiring speakers, shared experience, group discussion and networking opportunities.
  • Where? Juniper Barn, New Park, Ballymote, Co Sligo, F56 X985
  • When? Thursday 17th of October 2024 | 6:00p.m. – 9:00p.m.

Starting with tasty bites and informal networking at 6.00pm, the business of our evening will begin with a panel discussion with our event Ambassador Norah Casey.

Norah Small

Former Dragon Norah Casey is a Broadcaster, entrepreneur and philanthropist and a well-known radio and television broadcaster. Norah has amassed a wide business expertise of multi-million euro global success stories. 

As well as mentoring leading global business leaders, politicians and public figures, her corporate expertise including leadership, corporate teambuilding, mentorship, innovation and strategy. Her specialty is women’s empowerment, gender equality in corporate leadership teams and diversity.

Norah will be joined by our other amazing local panellists Jo O'Brien and Isabel Claffey to discuss their less than straightforward, but always interesting, professional paths.

Jo O Brien

Jo O’Brien is a dedicated family woman who is committed to the local community. After studying Hotel Management, Jo successfully managed a number of restaurants in the UK, before establishing Vittos restaurant in Carrick on Shannon, which she successfully ran for over 18 years. After selling Vittos restaurant, Jo took some time to reflect before the recent establishment of her new business Circle Edge Athleisure Wear. 

Isabel Fletcher - NWED

Isabel Claffey is a Dublin-born, Sligo-based Theatre Practitioner who started her career in Hotel and Catering. Not content with the unsociable hours and drama of hospitality, she returned to her first love of Theatre and has never looked back! Past productions include work at the Abbey, the Civic and the Helix Theatres, more recently with Cairde Festival and Broken Talkers Theatre Company.  She enjoys teaching Drama, from Toddlers to octogenarians and everyone in between as well as devising and directing for community groups taking to the stage for the first time. Isabel loves to produce her own work and has been facilitated in doing so through the Sligo County Council Arts Office and the Hawk’s Well Theatre.

There will be lots of opportunity for questions and time for structured networking. The evening will be facilitated by our dynamic duo Fran Best and Maeve McCormack!

NWED 2024