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Student Entrepreneur Awards

2025 Winners

Saor Water

Saor Water

Student Entrepreneur of the Year 2025
The WellSchools Network

The WellSchools Network

Grant Thornton - High Achieving Merit Award
RespÉire - Max Crinion

RespÉire

Cruickshank - High Achieving Merit Award
Lions Reign - Sean O Sullivan

Lion's Reign

Local Enterprise Office - High Achieving Merit Award

2024 Winners

JustTip Technologies

JustTip Technologies Ltd

2024 Enterprise Ireland Student Entrepreneur of the Year
Aero Beam

Aero Beam

2024 Grant Thornton High Achieving Merit Award
PILOT by Precision Path Medical

PILOT by Precision Path Medical

2024 Cruickshank High Achieving Merit Award
Bean Around

Bean Around

2024 Local Enterprise Office High Achieving Merit Award

2023 Winners

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FinalBend Ltd

2023 Enterprise Ireland Student Entrepreneur of the Year
2023 Award Winner MicroDoc

MicroDoc

2023 Grant Thornton High Achiever Winner
2023 Award Winner AblatePure (1)

AblatePure

2023 Cruickshank High Achieving Merit Award
2023 Award Winner GoPlugable (1)

GoPlugable

2023 Local Enterprise Office High Achieving Merit Award

2022 Winners

Annie-Madden`FenuHealth

FenuHealth

2022 Enterprise Ireland Student Entrepreneur of the Year
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Recapture One

2022 Grant Thornton High Achiever Winner
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Rollagen

2022 Cruickshank High Achieving Merit Award
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NutrixBix by Goodness Oats

2022 Local Enterprise Office High Achieving Merit Award

2021 Winners

Field of Vision

Field of Vision

2021 Enterprise Ireland Student Entrepreneur of the Year
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Pure Clothing

2021 Grant Thornton High Achiever Winner
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Pitseal

2021 Cruickshank High Achieving Merit Award
Diglot

Diglot

2021 Local Enterprise Office ICT Award

2020 Winners

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Mark O'Sullivan Neurobell

2020 Enterprise Ireland Student Entrepreneur of the Year
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Simon Dring TraumaAlert

2020 Grant Thornton High Achiever Winner
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Siobhan Ryan PressiDect

2020 Cruickshank High Achieving Merit Award
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Nick and Jack Cotter

2020 Local Enterprise Office ICT Award

2019 Winners

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Christopher McBrearty NanoDetect

2019 Enterprise Ireland Student Entrepreneur of the Year
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Crafted Equestrian

2019 Grant Thornton High Achiever Winner
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StomAssure

2019 Cruickshank High Achieving Merit Award
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Micron Agritech

2019 Local Enterprise Office ICT Award

Previous Years Winners

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MacGlas

2018 Overall Winner Enterprise Ireland Award
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Paddy MacDonagh, Chris Bogues Coachbook

2017 College Entrepreneur of the Year Award
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Vincent Forde, Gasgon Medical

2016 College Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winner
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Rob Laffan, Tippy Talk

2015 College Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winner

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How to Enter

Discover the Path: Access the complete guide on entering and succeeding – Explore our Brochure here. 

Stage 1

Students create a two minute video that showcases their great ideas, highlighting commercial and export potential. The videos are submitted via an online entry form.

Stage 2

The top 50 entries are shortlisted and asked to submit a business plan.

Stage 3

Ten projects go forward to the final where they present their ideas to the judging panel. This session concludes with the Student Entrepreneur Awards ceremony.

Timeline

Please check out the competition timeline below

January - March

Call for video applications

March - April

Competition closes and entries evaluated

April

Top 50 submit a business plan

May

Top 10 finalists announced

June

Awards and winners announced 

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