Nuálach AutomationLtd wins top County Enterprise Award
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Kealan O’Connell and Evan Rourke, Nuálach Automations Ltd, winners of Best Start-Up and overall winner of the 2023 County Cavan Enterprise Awards. Adrian DonohoeImage 2 of 4
Barry and Sharon Crowe, Barry John’s Sausages, winners of the Green and Sustainability Awards at the 2023 County Cavan Enterprise Awards Adrian DonohoeImage 3 of 4
Pictured at the 2023 County Cavan Enterprise Awards are, (Back Row L to R) Vincent Walsh; Cllr Carmel Brady; Cllr Patricia Walsh; Cllr TP O’Reilly, Tara Humphreys, Business Advisor LEO Cavan; Tommy Ryan, Chief Executive, Cavan County Council; Conor Craven, Acting Head of Enterprise, LEO Cavan; Brendan Jennings, Director of Service, Cavan County Council; Cllr Madeleine Argue; Cllr Peter McVitty; Cllr Winston Bennett; Gillian Madden, Business Advisor, LEO Cavan.Front Row L to R: Barry Crowe and Sharon Crowe, Barry Johns Sausages; Kealan O’Connell, Nuálach Automations Ltd, Cathaoirleach of Cavan County Council, Cllr John Paul Feeley; Evan Rourke, Nuálach Automations Ltd., Paul Gilcreest, Trave Innovation Ltd. PHOTOS: Adrian Donohoe. Adrian DonohoeImage 4 of 4
The team from Trave Innovation, winners of the Innovation Award at the 2023 County Cavan Enterprise Awards. Adrian DonohoeA mechatronic engineering business from Virginia is this year’s winner of the County Cavan Enterprise Award for 2023, Local Enterprise Office Cavan has announced.
Nuálach Automation Ltd took the top prize of €5,000 and will now represent Local Enterprise Office Cavan at the 23rd National Enterprise Awards at the Round Room in Dublin on June 1.
Other winners at the County Cavan Enterprise Awards held at Cavan Digital Hub included Barry John’s Sausages who won the Green Sustainability Award and Trave Innovation Ltd which won the Innovation Award.
Nuálach Automation Ltd will compete against 30 other finalists from every local authority area for a share of the €35,000 winner’s prize fund as national judging gets underway in May. Categories this year include ‘Best Export Business,’ ‘Best Start-Up’ and ‘Innovation,’ along with 'One to Watch' and a 'Sustainability/Green' award in addition to eight regional awards.
The County Cavan Enterprise Awards took place as part of a very successful Local Enterprise Week programme of events. There were over 300 physical events took place across the country, run by the 31 Local Enterprise Offices from March 6-10.
Among the special guests at the ceremony were Cathaoirleach, Cllr John Paul Feeley; Tommy Ryan, Chief Executive, Cavan County Council; Cllr Carmel Brady, Cllr Peter McVitty, Cllr TP O’Reilly, Cllr Madeleine Argue, Cllr Winston Bennett, Cllr Patricia Walsh, Vincent Walshe LEO Evaluation Committee Member and Brendan Jennings, Director of Service, Cavan County Council.
Other high-profile events that took place during the week included Preparing Your Business for a Leaner & Greener Future, Celebration for International Women’s Day, and the Student Enterprise Programme County Final, along with many other online events.
Local Enterprise Week is organised every year by the Local Enterprise Offices and supported by Enterprise Ireland, local authorities and the Government of Ireland with over 300 events taking place nationwide this year.
For full interview with the winners, see tomorrow's print edition.