Live BlogA GRAPHIC DESIGN business, hand made cards, a fashion company and a stress-busting doll are just some of the businesses started by Ireland’s youngest entrepreneurs.
The savvy youth of Ireland are being celebrated today with the launch of a forum on A National Youth Entrepreneurship Strategy. The Taoiseach came face to face with some of the mini-Trumps at the opening of the forum in Dublin Castle. Speaking at the launch Enda Kenny said:
I remember hearing Chris [Horn, Chairman of the Forum] speak a couple of years ago. He said the Celtic Tiger was dead, but from its ashes would rise a Celtic Phoenix. And that is why I am keen to support the Forum this morning.
Silicon Republic reports on some of the successful businesses started by children in this country. They include Stress Busters, founded by a Thurles teen who produces anxiety-beating dolls and won the Youth Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Forbes Graphics which is is a graphic design business set up by a transition year student, and TheJournal.ie favourites Donegal Pens, which was started by two brothers and which boasts Daniel O’Donnell, Brian Cowen and Gerry Adams among its fans.
To embed this post, copy the code below on your site
have your say