The Tipperary Local Enterprise Office has announced that teenage entrepreneurs from CBS Thurles, Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed Thurles and Patrician Presentation Fethard will represent Tipperary at this year’s Student Enterprise Programme National Final on Thursday 9th May which will take place in the Mullingar Park Hotel.
The students all took part in the Tipperary Final recently, which was held at the TUS Thurles Campus.
The enterprise education initiative, funded by the Government of Ireland through Enterprise Ireland saw over 28,000 students from just under 500 secondary schools across the country take part in last year.
The programme supports students to create, design and market their own business, all with the hope of reaching the National Final.
In the Junior Category, the student representing Tipperary at the National Final is: Harry Ryan from HR Agri Photography at Patrician Presentation Fethard, Harry Butler and Padraic O’Halloran, H&P Engineering, Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed Thurles, are the intermediate contenders and in the Senior Category of the competition, Tipperary will be represented on May 9th by Seán Brett from CBS Thurles.
