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Student Enterprise Awards 2021 – Special guests at the Limerick Final included Cllr Michael Collins, Mayor of the City and County of Limerick, Mike Cantwell Head of Enterprise in LEO Limerick, Garry Lowe of Whizzkids Training and celebrity chef Eoin Sheehan of Country Munch and TV demo fame.

 

Limerick County Final Student Enterprise Awards 2021

Local Enterprise Office Limerick has announced that winning teenage entrepreneurs from Newcastlewest and Castletroy will represent Limerick at this year’s Student Enterprise Awards 2021 on Friday, May 14.  As with last year’s event, the Final will take place virtually with approximately 80 finalist teams logging in all over the country. 


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The students all took part in the Limerick Final on March 16. An estimated 750 students from 19 school 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 29,000 students from just under 500 secondary schools across the country take part in 2019 / 2020.  The programme supports students to create, design and market their own business, all with the hope of reaching the Student Enterprise Awards 2021 National Final.

In the Junior Category, the students representing Limerick at the Student Enterprise Awards 2021 National Final are Alex Massey and Emma O’Connell with their entry entitled “Personalised Portraits” from Desmond College, Newcastlewest.

In the Intermediate Category, Rebecca Campbell and Ebony Reihana with their entry entitled “Fridge.LY”, also from Desmond College will be representing the County at the Final.

In the Senior Category of the competition, Limerick will be represented on May 14, by Emma O’Shea and Rebecca Enright with their entry entitled “Zero Fog” from Desmond College.

In the “Most Creative Business Idea” section open to senior students, Jack Fitzgerald from Castletroy College came out on top. His idea “Garden Buddy” goes forward to the National Final.    

Special guests at the Limerick Final included Cllr Michael Collins, Mayor of the City and County of Limerick, Mike Cantwell Head of Enterprise in LEO Limerick and Garry Lowe of Whizzkids Training. There were also interviews with local entrepreneurs Aoife McNamara of AoifeIreland.com fame, and celebrity chef Eoin Sheehan of Country Munch and TV demo fame.

Limerick has had previous success in the competition with all four teams representing Limerick at the Student Enterprise Programme National Finals picking up awards. Jack Fitzgerald of Castletroy College, took second place in the “My Entrepreneurial Journey” Competition, Olivia Rugala of “EZ Tie Close” of Desmond College Newcastlewest, received the Special Merit Award in the Junior category, Alex Healy of “Comestibles” from Cholaiste Chiarain Croom, picked up Most Commercially Viable Business in the Intermediate Category and Ross O’Shea and Thomas Lillis of “Agrimech” from Villiers School scooped Best Commercial Potential in the Senior Category.

Speaking at the county final, Mike Cantwell Head of Enterprise, of Local Enterprise Office Limerick congratulated the students, saying “We have a very successful student enterprise programme here in Limerick with over 750 students from 19 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, May 14, we’ll all be logged on to support them.  In what has been a particularly challenging year for students the programme has offered them an outlet outside of the usual school demands.  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 virtually on May 14. 

Since the Student Enterprise Programme began in 2003, over 220,000 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 2020 / 2021 on their website which will feature regular blogs and houses a full range of Student Enterprise resources for students and teachers.   

Names of participating schools in the Student Enterprise Programme

 Ardscoil Mhuire

Ardscoil Ris

CBS Sexton St.

Castletroy College

Coláiste Ciarán

Coláiste íde & Iosaf

Coláiste Iosaf

Coláiste Mhuire

Desmond College

Gaelcolaiste Luimnigh

Hazelwood College

Laurel Hill Colaiste

Salesians Pallaskenry

Scoil An Tri Naofa,

Scoil Mhuire Agus Ide

Scoil Pol

St. Clements

St. Munchins

Thomond Community Coll

Villiers School

 

 Names of winning enterprises

 LIMERICK SEP 20-21 Winners

Category Team Name School
Senior 1st

 

 Zero Fog Desmond College
Senior 2nd Student Digital Marketing Solutions Castletroy College
Senior 3rd

 

 Batter and Crumbs Hazelwood College
Intermediate 1st

 

 Fridge LY Desmond College
Intermediate 2nd

 

 Song Art Company Coláiste Ciarán, Croom
Junior 1st

 

 Personalised Portaits Desmond College
Creative Business Competition Garden Buddy Castletroy College
Most Innovative Product  

The Colapsa Cup

 Scoil Mhuire & Ide, Newcastlewest
 

Best Marketing

  

GRL Candles

 Laurel Hill Coláiste
Best Commercial Potential  

3D Pics

 Coláiste Ciarán, Croom
 

Best Video

  

Jewelry For Me

 Ardscoil Mhuire
 

Best Sales

  

Sweets n Treats

  

Scoil Trionaide Naofa, Doon
 

Teacher’s Award

  

Ciaran O’Connor

  

Villiers School

 

About the Student Enterprise Programme

The Student Enterprise Programme is co-ordinated by the Local Enterprise Offices and involves approximately 29,000 students from 500 secondary schools every year. It runs from September to May and the 2020/2021 National Final takes place online on May 14.                                                                               

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

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