Empowering messages at Nationwide Womens’ Enterprise Day celebration

Businesswomen throughout Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim gathered at Lough Eske Fort for an occasion to have fun Nationwide Womens’ Enterprise Day. The occasion was organised by Native Enterprise Workplace Donegal, in collaboration with their counterparts within the Native Enterprise Places of work in Sligo and Leitrim.

Now in its 17th yr, Nationwide Ladies’s Enterprise Day (NWED) is an initiative of the Native Enterprise Places of work that goals to encourage feminine entrepreneurship and assist girls in enterprise. It strives to empower much more girls to arrange their very own companies and to extend nationwide recognition of the important function performed by Eire’s feminine entrepreneurs. 

The theme of this yr’s Nationwide Ladies’s Enterprise Day was “Empowering Enterprise Collectively.” The occasion started with inspirational opening addresses from radio and TV broadcaster, and All-Eire successful captain, Anna Geary and Grainne Mullins of Gra Candies. This was adopted by an insightful and fascinating panel dialogue with Áine Faughnan of Dromod Boxty, Isobel Sangha of The Donegal Pure Cleaning soap Firm and Helen Mulholland of Lough Gill Distillery, who shared their data and expertise of rising their respective manufacturers and companies.

Brenda Hegarty, Head of Enterprise Donegal stated: “Nationwide Ladies’s Enterprise Day has turn out to be a flagship occasion for girls entrepreneurs and businesswomen yearly. This yr, we had been delighted to have some superb audio system and inspirational businesswomen be part of us in Lough Eske Fort for an exquisite night. It was an excellent celebration of girls and native companies, with wonderful insights shared.”

Including to this, Brenda stated: “Nationwide Ladies’s Enterprise Day addresses points dealing with girls in enterprise on a day-to-day foundation. Occasions like this are necessary in supporting constructive enchancment, offering girls entrepreneurs and people contemplating beginning a enterprise with insights from main businesswomen and introducing them to a community of entrepreneurs who’re blazing a path within the Irish market and abroad.”

Brenda Hegarty, Head of Enterprise Donegal, talking on the Nationwide Ladies’s Enterprise Day (NWED) occasion, organised by the Native Enterprise Workplace Donegal in Lough Eske Fort, Co. Donegal. Image by Joe Dunne 19/10/23

Nationwide Ladies’s Enterprise Day occasions coated a spread of subjects and was open to all aspiring feminine entrepreneurs, current feminine enterprise homeowners and anybody who wished to be taught extra about entrepreneurship. 

When you have an concept to start out or develop what you are promoting inside Donegal, get in contact to learn how the Native Enterprise Workplace may also help. E mail [email protected] or name (074) 916 0735.

Native Enterprise employees attend the Nationwide Ladies’s Enterprise Day (NWED) occasion, organised by the Native Enterprise Workplace Donegal in Lough Eske Fort, Co. Donegal. Image by Joe Dunne 19/10/23

Empowering messages at Nationwide Womens’ Enterprise Day celebration was final modified: October twenty seventh, 2023 by Rachel McLaughlin