STUDENT ENTERPRISE COMPETITION

Galway - Mayo Institute of Technology team wins inaugural Newstalk competition

For their prize, the GMIT team and their mentor, Shane Moran, will travel to the Caribbean where they will shadow ‘real time’ decision makers in the Digicel Group. At the announcement of the winner, Mr. Denis O’Brien Chairman of Newstalk 106 – 108 fm increased the prize to include a three month internship for each of the four winners from GMIT.

Speaking at the final, Mr. O’Brien, Chairman of the competition said, “I am delighted at the level of interest that has been generated from within the colleges. The competition was designed to give participants a ‘true-to-life’ experience of enterprise by using case studies on real-life Irish companies. I hope that the experience gained by all the students throughout the competition will benefit them long after they have graduated from college.”

With 259 teams entering in the preliminary round, over 1,000 students from all over Ireland have taken part in the Newstalk 106-108 fm Student Enterprise Competition in association with The Irish Times and Campus.ie.

Denis O'Brien, Chairman of Newstalk, winning GMIT members Eoin Tighe, Cathal Flanagan, Conor Moran, Dermot Healy

IT Tralee students preparing for the Enterprise Competition, with lecturer Breda O'Dwyer

IT Blanchardstown finalists Jonathan Tracey, Brian MacGearailt, Emmet Kilgallon, Aidan Joyce, with Ann Heraty, CEO, CPL, Elaine Geraghty, CEO, Newstalk, Denis O’Brien, and Paul Farrell, marketing director, The Irish Times	Dundalk IT finalists Paul Megarity, Alistair Megarity, Donna Mathers, Joanne Callan, with Denis O’Brien, Ann Heraty, Elaine Geraghty, Paul Farrell
DIT finalists Ciaran O’Mordha, Sean Nolan, Paul Donnelly, Jonathan O’Rinn, Alan Reddy, with Ann Heraty, Elaine Geraghty, Denis O’Brien, Paul Farrell	Richard Hoque, IT Blanchardstown regional judge and Caitriona Griffin, Student