{"id":21551,"date":"2025-09-14T22:35:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T22:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/21551\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T22:35:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T22:35:06","slug":"national-event-for-female-entrepreneurs-to-take-place-next-month-in-cork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/21551\/","title":{"rendered":"National event for female entrepreneurs to take place next month in Cork"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"contextmenu internal_Body1st\">Female entrepreneurs and aspiring businesswomen from Cork are encouraged to register for this year\u2019s National Women\u2019s Enterprise Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The event, now in its 19th year and designed and led by women to promote and encourage female entrepreneurship, will take place at the Radisson Blu Hotel and Spa in Little Island on October 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">National Women\u2019s Enterprise Day shines the spotlight on businesswomen and encourages the prospect of entrepreneurship to women who may not have considered it before, highlighting the supports available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The event also provides valuable networking opportunities to connect with industry experts while acknowledging the achievements of women in enterprise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">This year\u2019s theme, Making It Happen, aims to encourage businesswomen to take that next step, whether that is to act on an idea, grow their business, or change and innovate in their business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The event will outline the key supports that are available from financial and consultancy to training and mentoring to help women along the way from starting out to bringing a business to global markets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu caption\">S\u00cdLE SEOIGE<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Broadcaster and podcast host S\u00edle Seoige will be MC on the day as well as a network facilitator and interviewer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Participants will also hear from members of the interactive Leading Lights panel discussion, which will represent Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) in Cork and Kerry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Panellists include Marie Toft of Emotionise AI, who is also the event\u2019s regional ambassador; Norma Kelly of Praline Pastry &amp; Chocolate Shop; Claire Keane of Second Street Bakeshop, and Yasmina Renaudin of RedaCare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The afternoon will also feature a \u2018fireside chat\u2019 with special guest Noella Gabriel, who is the global president and co-founder of luxury skincare brand Elemis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The Mayor of the County of Cork, councillor Mary Linehan Foley, said that National Women\u2019s Enterprise Day is a \u201csignificant event\u201d for women each year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cA celebration of female entrepreneurs and businesswomen, the event informs and inspires women at all stages of the business development journey,\u201d said Ms Linehan Foley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cThere is a great line-up of speakers and inspirational businesswomen for next month\u2019s event, which will also provide an opportunity to network and discover what supports are available for entrepreneurs in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Places for the event are limited, with advance booking required via https:\/\/www.localenterprise.ie\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Female entrepreneurs and aspiring businesswomen from Cork are encouraged to register for this year\u2019s National Women\u2019s Enterprise Day.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[72,191,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-21551","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entrepreneurship","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-entrepreneurship","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}