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Student Enterprise Programme County Final Results

 TIPPERARY STUDENTS SET FOR NATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP FINAL

 

Local Enterprise Office Tipperary have announced that teenage entrepreneurs from CBS Thurles, Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed Thurles and Patrician Presentation Fethard will represent Tipperary at this year’s Student Enterprise Programme National Final on Thursday 9th May.

The students all took part in the Tipperary  Final on Friday 23rd February 2024, which was held at the TUS Thurles Campus. An estimated 2,200 students from twenty seven (27) 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 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 Junior Category, the student representing Tipperary at the National Final is: Harry Ryan from HR Agri Photography at Patrician Presentation Fethard.

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In the Intermediate Category, Harry Butler and Padraic O’Halloran, H&P Engineering, Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed Thurles, will be representing the county at the Final.

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In the Senior Category of the competition, Tipperary will be represented on May 9th by Seán Brett from Tankit™ at CBS Thurles.

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Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed Thurles picked up the Overall School Award on the day, congratulations Ms. Bergin, Ms. Molumby and Aine O’Brien.  A big thank you to Coláiste Mhuire students who helped us on the day keeping everyone on time and where they were supposed to be.

The overall category winners were Intellectual Property Award Stick It, Anna Mai Condon and Clodagh Desmond, Loreto Clonmel, LEO SMART Business Award, O’Grady Laser Crafts, Ronan O’Grady, Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed Thurles, Technology Award, Nonctu, Aaron Dee, Benas Astrauskas, Colm Fingegan, CBS Thurles, Innovation Award, Store & Score, Tom Crampton, Dara Faherty, Conor Harkin, Liam Britt, Daniel Dunne Buckley, Paddy Hoare of Our Lady’s Templemore.

The AIB Entrepreneurial Award went to Speedway X, Paddy & Seán, Rockwell College. 

Sustainability awards sponsored by Tipperary Green Business Network winners were, Junior Category, White Candles for all Seasons, Aoibhinn Kennedy, Emma O’Brien, Isobel Slevin, St. Mary’s Nenagh, Intermediate Category, Paw & Order, Paul Bohan & Adrian McCormack, St. Josephs Borrisoleigh and Senior Category, The Horse Shoe Lads  Philip Mason & Jack Parrott, Coláiste Dun Iascaigh Cahir.

Special guests at the Tipperary Final included Cathaoirleach Cllr. Ger Darcy, Head of Enterprise Anthony Fitzgerald, Amanda Jolliffe  Dream Space STEM Leader and PR Pam Social Media Host/TV Presenter and Winner Best Documentary City of Angels Film Festivel 2023, Cannes World Film, DISFMF.

Last years awards won by local secondary schools have included students Kate McKenna, Orla Hayes, Sarah Brett, Issy Carr, Ellen O’Mara under the guidance of their teacher, Ms. Sharon Hynes from Ursuline Secondary School Thurles win Most Commercial Potential for their business Phone K.O.S.I.E in the very competitive Senior Category.

Colaiste DunIascaigh’s Rian O’Keeffe under the stewardship of his teacher Martina Harahill won 1st prize nationally in the ‘My Entrepreneurial Journey’ category.

CBS Thurles Premier Woodworking Padraic Callanan and Sean Bergin were awarded 2nd place nationally in the Intermediate Category.  Their teacher Fergus O’Brien is no stranger to success in the programme when his team Handy Hose won 1st place in 2020 in the Senior category.

Speaking at the county final, Anthony Fitzgerald of Local Enterprise Office Tipperary congratulated the students, saying “We have a very successful student enterprise programme here in Tipperary, with over 2,200 students from 27 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 the 9th May, and we will all hope to be there to support them.  What our students are learning from the programme is that with the right supports and encouragement, they can take an idea from the classroom and develop it into a real-life business. The skills they learn along the way, such as business planning, market research, selling and team-work, will help them become more entrepreneurial throughout their future careers”.

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 the 9th May. 

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 new range of online resources for 2023 / 2024 at www.StudentEnterprise.ie, which will feature regular blogs and houses a full range of Student Enterprise resources for students and teachers.   

Further information around the Student Enterprise Programme is available from www.studententerprise.ie and by searching #studententerprise on social media.

 

ENDS   

 

For further information, please contact Local Enterprise Office Tipperary

Tina Mulhearne, Tipperary County Council, LEO Tipperary 086 8364645 tina.mulhearne@tipperarycoco.ie


Names of winning enterprises

 

Overall Category Results

 

Name of Award

Overall Cross Category Awards & Winning Entrepreneurs

LEO SMART Business

O’Grady Laser Crafts

Ronan O’Grady

Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed Thurles

Teacher: Ms. Bergin

Overall School Award

Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed Thurles

Teachers: Ms. Bergin & Ms. Molumby

AIB Entrepreneurial Award

Speedway X

Paddy & Seán

Rockwell College 

Teacher: Mr. O’Mara

Technology Award

Nonctu

Aaron Dee, Benas Astrauskas, Colm Fingegan

CBS Thurles

Teacher: Mr. O’Brien

Innovation Award

Store & Score  

Tom Crampton, Dara Faherty, Conor Harkin, Liam Britt, Daniel Dunne Buckley, Paddy Hoare

Our Lady’s Templemore

Teacher: Ms. Fogarty

Intellectual Property Award

Stick It 

Loreto Clonmel

Anna Mai Condon & Clodagh Desmond

Teacher: Ms. Culleton

 

Junior Category Results

Name of Award

Junior Category Awards & Winning Entrepreneurs

County Finalist Winner

HR Agri Photography

Harry Ryan

Patrician Presentation Fethard

Teacher: Mr. O’Connor

One to Watch

Smokin’ S’mores

Aimee Brett, Aoibh Cahill, Saili O’Connor

Teacher: Mr. Lenihan

Finance/Sales

Doorstep

Diarmaid Callanan, PhilipWalsh

CBS Thurles

Teacher: Mr. O’Brien

Special Merit Award

Tarpey Crafts

Eoin Tarpey

Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed Thurles

Teacher: Ms. Molumby

Sustainability Award

White Candles for all Seasons

Aoibhinn Kennedy, Emma O’Brien, Isobel Slevin

Teacher: Ms. McAllister

Innovation Award

3DWay Eoin Dwyer, Sean Ryan, Fionn Ryan

Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed Thurles

Teacher: Ms. Molumby

Best Stand & Interview

James Great Eggs

James Strang

Patrician Presentation Fethard

Teacher: Mr. O’Connor

 

Intermediate Category Results

Name of Award

Intermediate Category Awards & Winning Entrepreneurs

County Finalist Winner

H&P Engineering

Harry Butler & Padraic O’Halloran

Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed Thurles

Teacher: Ms. Bergin

One to Watch

O’Grady Laser Crafts

Ronan O’Grady

Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed Thurles

Teacher: Ms. Bergin

Finance/Sales

Wooden Wonders

Conor Williams

CBS Clonmel

Teacher: Ms. Dwane

Special Merit Award

Handmade Crafts

Dobinia Prokopenk

Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed Thurles

Teacher: Ms. Bergin

Highly Commended

Martin Wooden Decorations

Martin Walsh

Scoil Ruáin, Killenaule

Teacher: Ms. Chorragain

Sustainability Award

Paw & Order

Paul Bohan & Adrian McCormack

Teacher: Mr. Kennedy

 

Senior Category Results

Name of Award

Senior Category Awards & Winning Entrepreneurs

County Finalist Winner

Tankit™   Seán Brett

CBS Thurles

Teacher: Mr. O’Brien

One to Watch

Stick It   Loreto Clonmel

Anna Mai Condon & Clodagh Desmond

Teacher: Ms. Culleton

 

Recipe to Success

Clodagh Daly, Áine Grace, Jennifer O’Leary

Teacher: Mr. Lenihan

Finance/Sales

Thea Shields Art  St. Mary’s Newport

Thea Shields

Teacher: Mr. Goggin

Special Merit Award

A&A Chocolates  Alaina O’Shea & Ava Sutton

Scoil Mhuire, Greenhils Carrick on Suir

Teacher: Ms. McConalogue

Highly Commended

The Crafters It’s Crafty  Luke McCartney & Oisin Morris

Teacher: Ms. Reddan

Sustainability Award

The Horse Shoe Lads  Philip Mason & Jack Parrott

Coláiste Dun Iascaigh Cahir

Teacher: Mr. Cunningham

Innovation Award

Store & Score   Tom Crampton, Dara Faherty, Conor Harkin, Liam Britt, Daniel Dunne Buckley, Paddy Hoare

Our Lady’s Templemore

Teacher: Ms. Fogarty

Intellectual Property Award

Stick It   Loreto Clonmel

Anna Mai Condon & Clodagh Desmond

Teacher: Ms. Culleton

 

My Entrepreneurial Journey Results  |  Awaiting results

 

About the Student Enterprise Programme (studententerprise.ie)

The Student Enterprise Programme is co-ordinated by the Local Enterprise Offices and involves approximately 28,000 students from just under 500 secondary schools every year. It runs from September to May and the 2023/2024 National Final takes place on the 9th May.                                                                               

 

Website: www.studententerprise.ie / #studententerprise / Twitter: @StudentEntProg / Facebook: /studententerpriseprogramme / Instagram: /studententerpriseprogramme