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Presentation Tralee students Lisa Curran, Aoife Hickey, Ciara O’Mahony and Rebecca Hayes with their TopIt project at the Kerry County Council Student Enterprise Awards at the IT Tralee on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
THE County Final of the Kerry County Council Annual Student Enterprise Awards was held on Friday in the IT Tralee and a Tralee school won the most Enterprising School Award.
Presentation Secondary School won the award for its work in fostering entrepreneurship within the school and was presented with the Cantillon Perpetual Cup.
Outstanding participation levels saw 24 mini-businesses being set up by over 120 second level school students involved in the competition.
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The competition promotes business idea development, structure, sourcing of finance, marketing/sales and the presentation of a formal business plan.
Prizes were awarded at Junior, Intermediate and Senior level. The winners of the County Student Enterprise Awards in all categories go forward to the National Finals to be held in Croke Park on May 3.
And the ideas were incredibly innovative. Kelly Mahony and Sean McElligott from Mercy Mounthawk created a Pro T Square with a facilty to change the angle on it to draw lines, thus eliminating the need for set squares and a protractor.
Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibne students’ product, ‘Píosa Beag Ón Daingean’, saw them make jewellery from shells found at local beaches with a booklet detailing stories about each shell.
Pres Tralee students has a number of products including ‘TopIt’, ‘Bea-You-Tiful’, ‘Locker Shelves’ and ‘Peann²’ and it was obvious much thought had gone into each one. No wonder they won the Most Enterprising School award!
The winner of the Senior Category was “ Lumpfish” – a recycling business producing high value lamps and other domestic furniture set up by Tadhg O’Connor from Mean Scoil Nua an Leith Thruigh, Castlegregory.
The winners of the Intermediate Category was “Crois Mhadra”, a car safety harness for pets developed by Kelly Ann Nix and Katelyn Curtin from Presentation Secondary School, Castleisland.
Presentation Castleisland Kateln Curtin and Kellyanne Nix with their ‘Crios Mhadra’ product at the Kerry County Council Student Enterprise Awards at the IT Tralee on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
The Junior level winner was “Eary Fix” – a custom made earpiece for tradespeople developed by Ciara Cahill, Katie Walsh and Emma Keane from Presentation Secondary School, Castleisland.
Presentation Castleisland students Katie Walshe, Ciara Cahill and Emma Keane with ‘EaryFix’ at the Kerry County Council Student Enterprise Awards at the IT Tralee on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Other prizes were awarded for Best Stand, Most Innovative Product, Most Enterprising Project, Best Business Plan, Environmental Awareness and Duaiseanna Gaeilge.
Pearse Dorgan of Presentation Secondary School, Castleisland won the coveted award for Entrepreneurial Educator of the Year. Scroll down for photos…
Presentation Castleisland student Aoife O’Leary, Bláthnaid Casey, Aine Murphy, Lauren O’Connor and Sarah Mason at the Kerry County Council Student Enterprise Awards at the IT Tralee on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Mercy Mounthawk students Kelly Mahony and Sean McElligott with their Pro T Square project at the Kerry County Council Student Enterprise Awards at the IT Tralee on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibne students Orlath Ní Dhufaigh, Aimee Rose Cazenove, Aisling Ní Chonchúir and Sarah Ní Ghuithín at the Kerry County Council Student Enterprise Awards at the IT Tralee on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Presentation Listowel students Siome Keating, Grace Guiney, Annya Mulvihill and Croí Mulvihill with their ‘Atlantach’ product at the Kerry County Council Student Enterprise Awards at the IT Tralee on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
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CBS The Green students Tadhg Kerins, Kevin Griffin and Jerry Finnegan with Pollycopies at the Kerry County Council Student Enterprise Awards at the IT Tralee on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Presentation Tralee students Ruth O’Neill, Lisa Rowan, Lucie O’Donovan and Maiya Rivas McHugh with their ‘Locker Shelves’ product at the Kerry County Council Student Enterprise Awards at the IT Tralee on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Presentation Tralee students, at back; Eva Valor, Julia Szarota, in front, Róisín Buckley, Aoibhe McKenna and Erica Lucid with their Peann2 product at the Kerry County Council Student Enterprise Awards at the IT Tralee on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
St Joseph’s Ballybunion students Ronan Francis, Clara Cantín Fernandez and Eirean Mcelligott O’Brien with ‘The ElbowGrad’ at the Kerry County Council Student Enterprise Awards at the IT Tralee on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Presentation Tralee students Olivia Dillon, Ciara Poultney, Jennifer Brosnan and Keelan Hickey with their ‘Bea-You-Tiful’ product at the Kerry County Council Student Enterprise Awards at the IT Tralee on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
