GALLERY: Meath students set fornational entrepreneur final showcase
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(From left), teacher Patrick Moloney, students Theo Staunton, Caroline Lynch (Meath Local Enterprise Office) Matthew Kealy and school principal, Colm O’Rourke. TY - Senior Category Overall Winner - Barrelda.Image 2 of 18
(From left), teacher Patrick Moloney, student Alex Sheridan, Caroline Lynch (Meath Local Enterprise Office) and school principal, Colm O’Rourke. 3rd year My Entrepreneurial Journey Competition Meath County Winner - The Piano Corrector.Image 3 of 18
(From left), teacher Patrick Moloney, St Pat’s students Ben Clarke, Caroline Lynch (Meath Local Enterprise Office), Matthew McDonough, (absent from photo Daniel Gavagan) and school principal, Colm O’Rourke.TY- Senior Category. Innovation Award - Wool Savers.Image 4 of 18
(From left), St Pat’s students Christopher Stapleton, Philip Smyth, Caroline Lynch (Meath Local Enterprise Office) Senan Duffy and Alex Sheridan. 3rd year- Runner Up Intermediate Category - The Managers Notebook.Image 5 of 18
(From left), teacher Patrick Moloney, student Kevin Cooney and school principal Colm O’Rourke. TY- Creative Idea Video Competition - Easy Mats.Image 6 of 18
(From left), teacher Patrick Moloney, Caroline Lynch (Meath Local Enterprise Office) St Pat’s student Jake Rogers and school principal, Colm O’Rourke. 2nd year Intermediate Category Highly Commended – Sweet Tooth.Image 7 of 18
(From left), teacher Patrick Moloney, students Cian Dunphy, Caroline Lynch (Meath Local Enterprise Office) Niall Faulkner, and Oisin Dunne Christie. .2nd year Intermediate Category Highly Commended – Castle Wallets.Image 8 of 18
(From left), teacher Patrick Moloney, students Adam Tallon, Caroline Lynch (Meath LEO) St Pat’s students Callum Bartley and Simon Dizon and school principal, Colm O’Rourke. 3rd year - Third Intermediate Category – Navan Dog Services.Image 9 of 18
Sarah Jane O’ Carroll and Deirdre May, Principal, St Peter’s College, Dunboyne with Caroline Lynch, LEO.Image 10 of 18
Sophie Mc Dermott and Chloe Cahill, Dunshaughlin Community College.Image 11 of 18
Finian Duffy and Luke Crawley, Dunshaughlin Community College.Image 12 of 18
Cailan Acan, St Oliver Post Primary, Oldcastle who picked up the Intellectual Property Award.Image 13 of 18
Caoimhe Mynes and Clodagh Smith with teacher Ms Laura Sheridan, Eureka Kells.Image 14 of 18
Ciara Genocchi and Chloe Dowdall, Coiste na Mi.Image 15 of 18
Eabha Byrne and Ciara Murphy, Eureka Kells.Image 16 of 18
Jennifer McKenna with teacher Ms Laura Sheridan, Eureka Kells.Image 17 of 18
Niall O’Reilly, Joshua Renihan, Ethan Tidbury Finn Dwyer with Caroline Lynch (Meath Local Enterprise Office).Image 18 of 18
Ruby Leddy with teacher Ms Laura Sheridan, Eureka Kells.The Local Enterprise Office has announced that winning teenage entrepreneurs from Navan will represent Meath and compete against four other qualifiers at this year’s Student Enterprise Programme National Final to be held in The Helix, Dublin on Wednesday 18th May.
This year’s live event will not only be a special one as it’s the first in-person event since 2019, but also as this year marks the 20th anniversary of the Student Enterprise Programme.
An estimated twelve hundred students from all over Meath, and twenty-four thousand nationwide, took part in programme this academic year. The virtual County Meath Final happened on 28th March.
First prize winners in each of the Junior, Intermediate and Senior categories were put forward for selection for the National final.
One team, ‘Barrelda’ by Theo Staunton and Matthew Kealy from St. Patrick’s Classical School in Navan made it to the top five enterprises in the country and will compete to be crowned National Student Enterprise winners on May 18th and bring the cup home to the Royal County.
The enterprise education initiative, funded by the Government through Enterprise Ireland is delivered by the 31 Local Enterprise Offices in local authorities throughout the country. The programme supports students to create, design and market their own business.
The following were the winners of first prize at the Meath County Final which was held on March 28th.
Junior Category: Caoimhe Mynes and Clodagh Smith, from “C&C Creations” at Eureka, Kells.
Intermediate Category: Ava Callery of “Ava’s Calf Enterprise”, Eureka, Kells .
Senior Category: Matthew Kealy and Theo Staunton and from “Barrelda” at St. Patrick’s Classical School, Navan,.
Other awards at the County final included:
‘My Entrepreneurial Journey’: Alex Sheridan from St. Patrick’s Classical School in Navan.
‘Most Creative Business Idea’ section (senior category), Kevin Cooney, St. Patrick’s Classical School, Navan.
Best Use of Social Media: which went to ‘Bombs Away,’ Sophie McDermott and Chloe Cahill, Dunshaughlin Community College.
Innovation Award :
‘Wool Savers’, Ben Clarke, Daniel Gavagan and Matthew McDonough, St. Patrick’s Classical School, Navan.
Intellectual Property Award:
‘Element Gang Shuffle,’ Cailan Acan, St. Oliver Post Primary, Oldcastle.
Best Commercial Potential:
Ballooniacs, Luke Crawley and Finian Duffy, Dunshaughlin Community College.
Enterprising Spirit School Award: St. Peter’s College, Dunboyne. Teachers: Tanya Bastick, Gerry Harvey, Shirley Dixon, Clara Melia and Sarah Jane O’Caroll.
Special guests at the Meath Final included Sean Drew, Cathaoirleach, Meath County Council, Jackie Maguire, Chief Executive, Meath coco and Jack Kavanagh, www.jack-kavanagh.com
Speaking at the county final, Joe English, of Local Enterprise Office Meath congratulated the students. “We have a very successful student enterprise programme here in Meath .
Our national finalists are excellent ambassadors for the programme and we wish them the very best of luck in the National Final 2022.
“In what has been a particularly challenging couple of years 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”.
Jackie Maguire said: “My message for today is, congratulations on your fantastic achievement. Thank you all for what you have done for enterprise in Co Meath.
“Good luck to our winners today as you vie with all the other business around the country to secure a place at the National Final in May. No matter what, you should be very proud of yourselves, as we are.”
Since the Student Enterprise Programme began in 2003, over 300,000 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 2021 / 2022 at www.StudentEnterprise.ie, which includes webinars, templates and interactive teacher and student resources.
Further information around the Student Enterprise Programme is available from www.studententerprise.ie and by searching #studententerprise on social media.