Eleven West Cork business women successfully launched their new and invigorated businesses recently in Kinsale on completion of a Women in Business programme funded and managed by the Local Enterprise Office Cork North & West. The women who come from a diverse range of business sectors in West Cork including: craft & gift, food and local professional services are expected to create more than 12 new jobs between them in the next 12 months, rising to 20 jobs by 2019. Great to see locals Sarah and Carol O’Brien involved.

Pictured are: Billy O'Connor, Veronica Murphy, Discovery Partnership, Ruth Fortune, Ruth Fortune Flowers, Kevin Curran, North Cork LEO, Eileen Lee, John O.Lee Solicitors, Sarah O'Brien, Carol O'Brien, O'Herlihys, Geraldine Dwyer, Haven, Christine Heffernan, West Cork Enterprise Local Enterprise Office, Brenda Down, Silver Card Company and at the announcement of 12 Jobs to be Created by Female Led Businesses in West Cork.

Picture: Darragh Kane