DROGHEDA CHILDREN’S LEAGUE ARE ALL SET TO GET DANCING!

LOCAL Enterprise Office Louth hosted the county finals of the Student Enterprise awards last week and were delighted to welcome over 200 students to the event.

Speaking at the event, Peggy McGlynn from the county enterprise office said: ‘ The competition is an exciting and rewarding experience for young people, creating a culture where students think more readily of becoming entrepreneurs and setting up their own business in the future. It enhances their creativity, improves communication skills and provides practical uses for business studies topics.’

She said the 2017 competition saw 52 mini companies from second level schools in the county making it to county final.

Companies ranged from a Dundalk FC themed board game to handcrafted medal display packs and personalised pictures using pebbles and twigs in 3D frames. There were animal friendly bowties and bandanas for dogs to ‘Bee’ friendly seed bombs with flower seeds, a music portfolio website to natural mineral based hand blended highlighters. There were also high quality original button products to a teen health website and a published Life Skills booklet.

Food products included a confectionery company, organically produced seeds and a sole trader manufacturing healthy nutritious homemade snacks.

She added: ‘A big thank you to all the teachers who support and encourage these mini companies year after year and our thanks also to our judges, who are an independent panel of business expert.’

Prizes were awarded to 10 companies including ‘Donopoly’ who will represent Louth at National Finals in Croke Park in May together with Button’ from Dun Lughaidh and Junior category winner ‘Daisy’s Pawesome Bowties’ from Our Lady’s College, Drogheda Best Environmental Co Scoil Ui Mhuiri Best Food Co; De La Salle College Dundalk Help Bees – Throw Seeds Better Bites

Best Craft Company Bush Secondary School Pebble Pictures

Best Display Stand Ardee Community School The Photobooth Company

Social Media Award ; Sacred Heart Secondary School Drogheda - Bombalicious .

Josh Crosbie and Eoin Cooney, Scoil Uí Mhuiri and members of the Mini Company “Tidy Charge” who took part in the Local Enterprise Office Louth, County Finals of the Student Enterprise Awards

Blathnaid Murphy, Our Lady’s College from the Mini Company “Daisy’s Pawesome Bowties” who won the junior section award at the Local Enterprise Office Louth, County Finals of the Student Enterprise Awards pictured receiving her award from Cllr. Paul...

Members of the Mini Company “Bombalicious”, Sacred Heart School, Drogheda receive the Social Media Award from Cllr. Paul Bell,

Eoghan McCabe, Tara McGuinness, Gemma Murphy and Grace Duffy, Ardee Community School members of the Mini Company “Photo Booth” who won the best display award

Blathnaid Murphy, Our Lady’s College