Student Enterprise Awards - Loretto Crumlin win Special Merit Award
'Moving to Crumlin.ie' from Loretto College, Crumlin, Dublin 12, won a Special Merit Award at the Student Enterprise Awards in the Senior category. Photo with Mayor of Dublin Paddy Bourke.
The 2008 Student Enterprise Awards were announced in Tullamore today and Banagher College from Co. Offaly won the top award for ‘Farmer On Board’, a farm safety board game for primary school children. A La Carte Art from Loreto Secondary School in Clonmel, Co Tipperary won the Intermediate Category and DS Planners, a wall planner company from Gaelcholaiste Luimnigh in Co Limerick, won the Junior Category.
Since September, an estimated 12,000 students have been researching and running their own enterprises as part of the annual Student Enterprise Programme, run by the County and City Enterprise Boards throughout Ireland.
Congratulating the winners, Ger Enright, Chairperson of the organising committee, said “the standard of enterprise and innovation was exceptionally high at this year’s Student Enterprise Awards and I’d like to pay tribute to all the students, teachers and principals involved in this year’s programme.”
To compete in the Student Enterprise Awards, participants must have operated a real business during the academic year with guidance from their teachers and local Enterprise Board. They also prepared a business report, set-up an exhibition display stand and took part in an interview with the three-member Judging Panel.
The student-run enterprises were judged across eight different categories, including quality of the product or service; the marketing plan; level of innovation, identification and management of risk; the business report; financial performance; the exhibition stand and interview and finally, personal development.
Further information about the Student Enterprise Awards is available from www.studententerprise.ie and the 2008/2009 Student Enterprise Programme for secondary schools starts in September 2008.
SENIOR - 1st Place: Educational trip to Malta + €500 + trophy + cert
Winner: Farmer On Board
School: Banagher College, Co. Offaly
Student Names: Síle Dolan, Conor Camon, Patrick Camon, John Carroll and Aoife Newcombe Teacher: Ms Ann Hardiman
2nd Place: €300 + cert
Winner: Poka Straight Ltd School: The Mercy, Newtownsmith, Galway
3rd Place: €200 + cert
Winner: Brain Links School: Scoil Mhuire, Clane, Co Kildare
Innovation Award: €300 + cert
Winner: Grip n’ Lift School: Colaiste Chiarain, Croom, Co Limerick
Best Display Award: €100 + cert
Winner: BASE Movies School: St. David’s Secondary School, Co. Wicklow
Special Merit Award: €100 + cert
Winner: Moving to Crumlin.ie School: Loretto College, Crumlin, Dublin 12
Project with Good International Value
Winner: Zero Tolerance School: Loreto Secondary School, Swords, Dublin
Technology Award:
Winner: Pure Vision School: Dundalk Grammar School, Co Louth