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Student Enterprise Programme (Ireland)

An Ireland-based entrepreneurship competition where students create, develop and operate a real student business. Open to secondary-school students through participating schools, with Junior, Intermediate and Senior categories. Rated Advanced Level, with difficulty mainly coming from business planning, product development, sales, financial management and competitive judging.

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OVERALL COMPETITION LEVEL

Advanced Level

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01

Competition overview

Key information

Eligible ages

12–19

School level

Second-level students

Registration method

School Only

Competition stages

School mini-company, local county competitions, national final

Fee

Not yet announced by the organiser

Online / in-person

Hybrid

02

Dates

Competition timeline

Registration opens

Not yet announced by the organiser

Registration closes

1 Sept 2026

Competition starts

26 Sept 2026

Competition ends

27 Sept 2026

03

Editorial perspective

Our Take

Run by the Local Enterprise Offices network; business and entrepreneurship pathway rather than pure economics.

Source information

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