Rowing legend Fintan McCarthy tells Cork students they 'can overcome anything' to achieve success

Transition year students from across West Cork attended event, where speakers included Fintan and Jake McCarthy and award-winning Cork entrepreneurs

Olympic gold medallist Fintan McCarthy and his brother Jake with students at the 'Igniting Entrepreneurship' event in Rosscarbery on Tuesday.

He may have won his back-to-back Olympic gold medals by rowing faster than everyone else in a straight line but success does not always follow a straight path, Irish rowing legend Fintan McCarthy told hundreds of aspiring teenage entrepreneurs.

Fintan, and his twin brother, Jake, both international rowing champions, shared their stories of resilience and success with the students who attended an 'Igniting Entrepreneurship' event, part of the national Student Enterprise Programme supported by the Local Enterprise Office Cork North and West, in West Cork on Tuesday.