SOME 74 students from 13 local secondary schools in Clare are learning about the world of business by setting up their own enterprises through the Student Enterprise Programme with Local Enterprise Office Clare.

 

The Minister of State for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection, Pat Breen T.D. has officially launched the 2017/2018 Student Enterprise Programme, which is the biggest enterprise education initiative of its kind in the country.

Padraic McElwee, Head of Enterprise at the Local Enterprise Office Clare, commented: “The aim of the Student Enterprise Programme is to provide students with an opportunity to experience what running their own business involves and hopefully in the future, it will encourage some of them to start a business in Clare and create local employment.”

At the national launch in County Wicklow, the Minister was joined by student entrepreneurs, the Local Enterprise Offices, Enterprise Ireland and the local authorities.

Updates for teacher resource packs are available to secondary schools from the Local Enterprise Offices, free of charge, through thewww.studententerprise.ie website.

Related News

IMG_2125
Business Chamber Episode 1: Aoibhin Garrihy & Sharon Connellan of BEO Wellness
6
What is grief and how do we get over it?
2-SNNGroup_ThadysHill_May2025-2
Shannon has first conservation grazing project on airport owned land
clare county council hq logo
Council spent €78m on contractors & €12m on consultants last year

Advertisement

Latest News
clare v leitrim 02-05-25 connor meaney 1
Meaney makes Clare team in only change for Down game
clare county council hq logo
Council spent €78m on contractors & €12m on consultants last year
cafe lates 1
Café Lates returns for second year
carmel russell mcgann 1
'The world loved her & she was the world' - colourful Carmel Russell McGann will be missed by so many
ennis 2040 signange 1 francis street 2
Ennis 2040 'has role to play' in tackling housing shortage with potential for 500 plus homes in Claureen
Premium
01052025_Council_Cliffs_of_Moher_0275
Councillors finding it difficult to look public in the eye following €8m Cliffs of Moher deal
Trevor Quinn at Ennis Court
Teenager jailed for 'outrageous' broad daylight machete attack on busy Ennis street
clare v tipperary u20 10-05-24 terence fahy 1
Munster final with Tipperary 'a very exciting prospect' for Fahy & Clare U20s
feakle v cratloe 05-10-24 cathal mcinerney adam hogan 1
Club championship draws to take place next week & Clare GAA to make history with youth committee
ennis garda station 1
Prisoner 'goes up in puff of smoke' & absconds while on permitted cigarette break at Ennis Garda Station

Subscribe for just €3 per month

If you’re here, you care about County Clare. So do we. Did you rely on us for Covid-19 updates, follow our election coverage, or visit The Clare Echo every week for breaking news and sport? The Clare Echo invests in local journalism and we want to safeguard its future in our county. By becoming a subscriber you are supporting what we do, will receive access to all our premium articles and a better experience, while helping us improve our offering to you. Subscribe to clareecho.ie and get the first six months for just €3 a month (less than 75c per week), and thereafter €8 per month. Cancel anytime, limited time offer. T&Cs Apply. www.clareecho.ie.

Subscribe for just €3 per month

If you’re here, you care about County Clare. So do we. Did you rely on us for Covid-19 updates, follow our election coverage, or visit The Clare Echo every week for breaking news and sport? The Clare Echo invests in local journalism and we want to safeguard its future in our county. By becoming a subscriber you are supporting what we do, will receive access to all our premium articles and a better experience, while helping us improve our offering to you. Subscribe to clareecho.ie and get the first six months for just €3 a month (less than 75c per week), and thereafter €8 per month. Cancel anytime, limited time offer. T&Cs Apply. www.clareecho.ie.

Advertisement