Final Event on Thursday

Clon’trepreneur, the event, is upon us this Thursday evening and the finalists are:

·         Irish Atlantic Salt Ltd-  Michael O’Neill, Aileen O’Neill & Tim Houstoun.  Michael is a graduate of UL (Electronic Engineering) has many years experience in shellfish and wet fish sales.  Aileen has 20 years accounts and retail experience and handles general day to day operations administration and accounts for the company. Tim is currently EFO Global Shares Ltd based in Clonakilty Technology Park.

·         OceanaBoost -Declan Moore, David Ryan & Barry Holland are three fifth year students at Clonakilty Community College and have already proven themselves to be innovative and successful.  They were the winning team at BT young Scientist 2011 & 2012 and they were National Winners of Agri Aware Green Dragon Innovation Challenge 2011.

·         Richy Virahsawmy- Chef for 20 years, owns and runs well known popular restaurant ‘Richy’s Bar & Bistro’ which recently celebrated it’s 10th Anniversary. Richy’s wife Johanna looks after the books for the business and will also be involved in this new project. Richy has shown enthusiasim and commitment to Clonakilty.  He has adapted to tough times with new ideas and has created jobs.

·         The Clonakilty Cocoa Company - Steve Clery, Tara Deasy & Owen Clery.  Steve Clery is proprietor of local Café Betty Brosnans, his brother Owen is a mature student studying graphic design in CIT and Tara Deasy works with Steve at Betty Brosnans and on the family farm in Milltown.

As you know George Hook is our special guest and will be the MC for what really will be a special evening for Clonakilty.

Many hours of dedication and effort has been put in by the Clon’trepreneur Team, to bring about this project for the Chamber.  We hope that all members will support their wonderful efforts by coming along and enjoying the evening’s entertainment.  While we expect that there will be tickets at the door, we really would like to get a good idea of our attendance numbers.

Accordingly, I would ask that you contact me at this email or phone Tel: 8858910 or (M) 086-8747558 to book your tickets.  The tickets are also on sale at Richy’s, Betty Brosnans and Tommy O’Donovans and are 10 Euros each.

Looking forward to seeing you on the night.

--- Mick Hanley