CARLOW and Kilkenny county councils’ local enterprise offices invite female founders and business leaders from across the region to come together for National Women’s Enterprise Day, a landmark celebration marking the day’s 20th year anniversary.

A lack of role models was cited as lacking by half of female professionals, with 22 per cent saying they have no such examples, and 30 per cent mentioning that they ‘hardly ever’ encounter them.

More than 120 female entrepreneurs and their supporters gathered at the Woodford Dolmen Hotel for the awards