JCI Ireland Creative Young Entrepreneur

The national final of Junior Chamber International Ireland's Creative Young Entrepreneur competition. Finalists are aged 18 to 40 and all run real trading businesses. Each gets three minutes to pitch a panel of judges, then takes live questions. Guest arrival and networking from 16:00, programme from 16:30, at TU Dublin's Greenway Hub on the Grangegorman campus. Alongside the pitches there are short talks on entrepreneurship, innovation and leadership, then the awards ceremony. The winner represents Ireland at the European CYE final at the JCI European Conference in the Netherlands in 2027. Hosted by JCI Dublin. Free, refreshments provided. Why go: a room of founders who are already trading, pitching under time pressure to judges who push back. More useful than a panel if you want to see how Irish early-stage businesses are positioning themselves right now. Best for early-stage founders and the people who coach or back them.