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06 Sept 2025

Errigal College Letterkenny's Matthias Uhlich wins Student Enterprise Programme award

Local Enterprise Week has brought a hive of activity this week and on Wednesday, Errigal College Letterkenny's Matthias Uhlich was gleaming following his capturing of the Student Enterprise Programme award

Errigal College Letterkenny's Matthias Uhlich wins Student Enterprise Programme award

Matthias Uhlich, from Errigal College in Letterkenny, will represent Donegal at the nationals finals at Croke Park in Dublin. PHOTO: LOCAL ENTERPRISE WEEK

Matthias Uhlich, from Errigal College in Letterkenny was the winner at Local Enterprise Week's Student Enterprise Programme.

In day three of  Local Enterprise Week, Matthias took the overall senior category with his business Local Lino Art and will now go on to represent Donegal in the national finals in Croke Park on May 5.

Congratulations were also expressed to Aoife Mc Dermott of Carndonagh Community School, who won overall junior category with her business Aoife's Rings and Things.

"Thank you to the participating students, teachers and mentors for making this year's programme so innovative and exciting," read a post from Local Enterprise Week. "Thanks also to our judges, award-winning entrepreneurs Nicola McLaughlin of Sequin Cinderella Boutique and Blog, Shannon Porter of The Milk Bar and Martin O’Reilly of O'Reilly Sports and to our facilitator Aisling Arnold of Arnold's Hotel Dunfanaghy."

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