Post by Enterprise Ireland

A ‘Young Innovator of the Year’ award has been announced for this year’s Enterprise Ireland's Innovation Arena competition at the 2026 National Ploughing Championships. The addition of this award to the 2026 competition will place a renewed focus on how the next generation are harnessing advancements in science and technology to deliver innovations, products and services which will help to deliver efficiencies across the sector. And entries for this award will also be accepted from second and third-level students. James Maloney, Innovation Arena Project Manager at Enterprise Ireland, said: “We are really excited about this category as so many of this talented generation of innovators are harnessing tools and technologies to deliver cutting-edge solutions with the potential to solve complex global challenges, and we look forward to giving some of these exciting innovations a platform at one of Europe’s largest outdoor events.” There are three other categories in this year’s competition; 💼 ‘Start-Up Innovator of the Year’ 💡 ‘Green Impact Award’ 💼 ‘Innovation Arena Champion Award’ Deadlines for entries has been extended to 5pm on Thursday 7th May, and for more information on how to enter, visit: https://shorturl.at/Z29ZE Read more about this year’s competition on the Irish Farmers Journal: https://shorturl.at/IAXH8