Pictured at the National Women’s Enterprise Day at City North Hotel, Gormanston, (from left): Lorna Cooney (Meath LEO); guest speakers Shona McManus (CEO Osborne Recruitment), Miriam Simon (Miriamsimon.ie), Helen McEntee (Minister for Justice) Sinead Crowther (Soothing Solutions), Marita Collier (Drummond House Garlic), Lavina McGahon - (Athena STEM Project Manager - DKIT) and Rhiona McCoy (Louth LEO). The theme for this year’s NWED was ‘Our Future Our Way’, with Louth and Meath Local Enterprise Office once again joining forces to showcase innovative insights from leading female entrepreneurs.

'Our Future Our Way' the theme for Women’s Enterprise Day

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The Minister for Justice and Meath TD Helen McEntee told an audience of over 100 women from Meath and Louth who gathered for National Women’s Enterprise Day, that, “to learn and grow from each other is the most important part of the day.”

The joint event organised by Meath and Louth Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) also heard the Minister say that networking was one of the most important supports available from the LEOs and other organisations that support business.

In Meath there were 165 applications approved for the Trading Online Voucher last year and 421 new jobs created. There are 1509 employed by 277 small enterprises.

She credited the supports from the Local Enterprise Offices and the teams in them, for their role saying, “I want to take this opportunity to commend all of the teams right across Louth and Meath for the huge amount of work you have done particularly throughout the pandemic.”

“I just want to acknowledge the incredibly important role the Local Enterprise Offices have in supporting women in business. The saying ‘you can’t be what you can’t see’, I think when you walk into these offices and see these powerful women, and men as well, it is really, really valuable.”

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