I’m a ‘Woman of Worth’ - Yippee!
April 8, 2010 5:14 pm Awards, DroghedaDuring Louth Enterprise Week, the Drogheda Chamber held the ‘Women of Worth’ Awards celebrating the achievements of business women in the Drogheda & District Area.
You can imagine my surprise when I got a phone call from Marian Caddell, Office Administrator Extraordinaire at the Chamber to congratulate me for making it to the short-list. I didn’t even know that I was nominated!
There were four categories and I was short-listed in the Professional Category along with some very strong local women:
Among the other finalists were Marcella Bannon, Droichead Arts Centre Director and Orlaigh Carmody Duffy of Aerga Productions in the Creative Arts category.
Karen Devine and Marian Caddell celebrating with short-listed WOW Denise Fay and Marcella Bannon
The other finalists, in their respective categories were:
Creative Arts
- Orlaith Carmody-Duffy, Aerga Productions
- Marcella Bannon, Droichead Arts centre
- Els Borghart, Nexus Arts project
Community
- Isabel Sanroma, St. Patrick’s Day Festival
- Anne Tracey, Gary Kelly Cancer Support Centre
- Phil Conyngham, Samba Festival
Entrepreneur
- Laura Armada Buch, Labfitness
- Gemma McGuinness, Jacquis Fashion Boutique
- Carmel Riggs, Essential Magazine
- Gwen Fearon & Orlaith Callaghan, Stockwell Artisan Foods
Night of the Awards
The awards were held in the four star d Hotel and the guest speaker for the night was a woman of worth in her own right, Ms Terry Prone. Terri expressed her support for the WOW initiative in her inspiring speech.
It is not very long ago that women could be sacked from their employment simply because they were women and I have known that experience myself, it is incredibly important to acknowledge and celebrate the successes of women in business and there are some excellent examples to celebrate here tonight.”
Before announcing the winners, Chamber President Patricia Rooney congratulated each and every nominee, saying that the Chamber received an overwhelming number of nominations and the judges had a hard job whittling it down to the finalists. “The calibre of the women who were nominated was really impressive and the judges reported it was a real challenge to decide on one winner for each category from such a wealth of talented and deserving candidates.”
Even though I didn’t win, I had a great night. It is always good to get nominated and who knows what could happen over the coming year. My sincerest congratulations goes to Sheila Cooney who won in the Professional category and all the other winners on the night.
Photo: Cowley Photography