Top business women in Co Kildare honoured at prestigious awards night
Co Kildare showcased its finest business women in a prestigious awards ceremony hosted by Network Ireland Kildare Branch at the weekend.
The awards at The Manor House, Palmerstown House Estate attracted top class business entrepreneurs from a variety of sectors across Co Kildare.
The winners were Sonia Moran of Punctual Print in Blessington who was successful in the Employee category.
Ciara Mooney of Freedom Travel in Naas and Celbridge won in the Small Business category of firms less than five employees.
Emma Murphy of Party Mad in Celbridge won in the SME category of firms between 6 to 20 employees.
The winner in the Emerging New Business sector was Shirley Kavanagh-Hallion of Secret Kloset in Kilcullen.
The Awards were judged this year by Vivenne Tierney, AIB; Mary Foley, Local Enterprise Office Kildare and Anna Fortune, Commercial Manager of Kildare Post and KildareNow (pictured above with president of Network Ireland Kildare Branch, Stella Johnson).
Kildare Post and KildareNow are trusted media partners of Network Ireland Kildare Branch.
Anna Fortune commented: "The calibre of entries this year was testament to the talent and business acumen in the Kildare’s Business Women network.”
President of Network Ireland Kildare Branch Stella Johnson congratulated the winners and said the awards allowed members to showcase their achievements and build their client network.
She said the judges were very impressed by the overall standard of entries this year.
Communications guru and broadcaster Terry Prone was a guest speaker for the evening.
Other nominees this year included Deirdre O’ Hara (Fabucci), Sorcha Mc Laughlin (Urban Kitchen), Grainne Slattery (Optiweb), Mary Gaynor (All Season’s Flowers), Margaret O’ Gorman (Ambit Financial Services), Margaret Scott (Margaret Scott Books), Jennifer Forester (North Kildare Chamber), Lee-Ann McCarthy (Kildare Village), Katherine Kenny (My Local Nutrition Club) and Gaye Mullen (Mindful Business Ireland & Punchestown Montessori School.
Network Ireland Kildare Branch is an organisation for women in business, the professions and the arts.
With eight branches around Ireland, Kildare is currently one of the largest, providing a forum where women in business, the professions and the arts can exchange ideas and increase their connections and contacts.