Think PINC for profit

With National Women’s Enterprise Day this week, Áilín Quinlan looks at an entrepreneurial programme designed to help women get their ideas off the ground

WHEN college student Tracey Ryan invented a luxury moisturiser she never dreamed it could become a business. But the lotion, developed as part of her coursework for a degree in Herbal Science was an instant success.

Encouraged, Tracey developed a whole new range of skin-care creams, which she dubs ‘Bia’ — a ‘gourmet skin nutrition’ containing fruit, herbs, spices and nut-oil.