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Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly
In this podcast, Aidan Donnelly is in discussion with numerous guests to get insights into their journey, their highs and lows, their management styles, and the lessons they have learned along the way. Most of Aidan’s time has been spent focusing on the financials of these companies but what is more fascinating to him is how companies operate, how the entrepreneurs started them, and the business people/managements who run them.
But as with most things, a work/life balance is essential, so it…
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Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly89: Ciaran Foley, CEO of Re-turn
As Ireland accelerates its transition towards a more circular and sustainable economy, few leaders are more closely associated with one of the country's most…
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88: Ciaran Marron, Founder and CEO of Activ8 Energies
Few entrepreneurs have done more to shape Ireland's renewable energy landscape over the past two decades than Ciaran Marron, Founder and CEO of Activ8…
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87: Ciarán McCormack, CEO of Select Technology Group
Few executives have played a more influential role in shaping Ireland’s premium consumer technology retail sector over the past decade than Ciarán McCormack…
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86: John Concannon, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of JFC Group
John Concannon is one of Ireland’s best-known entrepreneurs and the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of JFC Group, a global manufacturing company…
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85: Michael Hynes, Chief Executive and co-founder of Evara
Michael Hynes is the Chief Executive and co-founder of Evara, one of Ireland’s leading residential development companies and the country’s largest private…
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84: Sharon Mooney and James Dunne, Co-founders of Hyphen Strategy
Today’s guests are two of the most respected strategic thinkers in Ireland’s communications and brand advisory sector, Sharon Mooney and James Dunne, the…
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83: Kevin Gallagher, General Manager for Europe at Qashio
Qashio is one of the fastest-growing spend management platforms serving businesses across Europe and the Middle East. They help companies issue unlimited…
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82: Fidelma McGuirk, CEO and founder of Payslip
Fidelma McGuirk is the CEO and founder of Payslip, a technology company delivering payroll control, integration and automation AI. With 20+ years’ experience…
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81: John Corley, Co-founder and CEO of Spanish Point Technologies
John Corley is Co-founder and CEO of Spanish Point Technologies, a Dublin-headquartered company that builds enterprise software products and intelligent…
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80: Biraj Rath, CEO of Braahmam International, CTO and CIO at Lexenius
Biraj Rath is the CEO of Braahmam International, a global language services and market-expansion firm he co-founded in 2000. The business has grown from a…
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79: Mary Lawlor, CEO at Clann Credo
Clann Credo was established by the Presentation Order of nuns in 1996. While social finance was a well-established concept in America and Europe, there was…
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78: Ciaran Mulligan, Entrepreneur & Managing Director
Ciaran Mulligan is an Irish entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former managing director of Blue Insurance and now, the founder of YES Insurance…
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77: Tom Keogh, Founder and Managing Director at Keogh's Farm
The Keogh family have been farming in North County Dublin for over 200 years growing fresh produce, particularly potatoes, and supplying the local markets. As…
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76: Jonathan Fitzpatrick and Vincent Fitzpatrick, Co-Founders and Joint CEOs, Exemplar Energy
Exemplar is Ireland’s trusted energy advisor, combining deep market expertise with personal, dependable service for businesses that cannot afford to get energy…
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75: Colin Kennedy, Operations and Technology Leader and Board Member at DPD Ireland
DPD Ireland is one of Ireland’s leading parcel delivery and logistics providers, specialising in domestic and international courier services for businesses and…
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74: David Petherbridge, Managing Director at RKD
RKD is a leading international design and architecture practice with 113 years of heritage, redefining architecture through design-led solutions that balance…
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73: Neil Skeffington, CEO and Founder at Novelplast
Neil Skeffington is the CEO and founder of Meath based Novelplast, an innovative PET plastic recycling company. Beginning operations in late 2019, Neil’s…
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72: Colm Lyon, CEO and Founder at fire.com
Colm Lyon is a payments and fintech entrepreneur with more than 30 years’ experience in financial services, spanning banking, payments infrastructure…
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71: Charles Cosgrave, CEO and Owner of Village Vets
Village Vets is Ireland’s largest privately owned, vet-led veterinary group, delivering premium companion-animal care to communities across the country…
Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly70: Niamh Tallon, Founder & CEO of Her Sport
In 2020, Niamh Tallon co-founded Her Sport, a pioneering social enterprise dedicated to increasing visibility, participation and equality for girls and women…
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69: Bevin Mahon, CEO and Owner of Dentaltech Group
Operating for over 50 years, Dentaltech Group is a multi-award-winning, second-generation dental company leading the way in digital dental innovation. It now…
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68: Ronan Dunne, Chairman, CEO, Board Strategic Advisor and independent non-executive director
It’s the first podcast of 2026 and as they say, go big or go home. We are only a few weeks away from the start of the 6 Nations, and joining me is Ronan Dunne…
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67: Jim Barry, Managing Director at Barry Group
Jim Barry is the Managing Director at Barry Group. The business was founded by his late father in 1955, and under Jim’s vision and leadership, it has grown…
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66: Enda McDonagh, Managing Partner at PwC
Enda McDonagh grew up in Tallaght attending St Mary's National School and Templeogue College. He went on to study B Comm in UCD followed by a Masters in…
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65: Jessie Collins, Editor and producer of Irish Tatler's Women of the Year Awards
Jessie Collins is a Dublin-based editorial and content strategist with over two decades of experience crafting compelling brand narratives and leading…
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64: David Cawley, Founder and CEO of ONESONIC
David Cawley has 20 years’ experience in the acoustic and audio engineering industry and will argue that he had been working in the field for the previous 20…
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63: Lorraine Heskin, CEO of The Gourmet Food Parlour
Hailing from Barna in Co. Galway, Lorraine Heskin studied in University of Limerick before heading off to New York for 4 years working in a diverse range of…
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62: Brian O’Leary, CEO DMC Foods
In 2005, Master Butcher Paddy O Leary and son David opened the first factory outlet butcher shop in Ireland and the Dublin Meat Company came into existence…
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61: Garry Walsh, Chairman and Founding Partner at planow.ai
After formative years at Deloitte, DCC, Nestlé, Uniq, and Northern Foods—where he oversaw multi-site operations and delivered dramatic turnarounds—Garry was…
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60: Ger Corbett, CEO of Sandyford Business District
Sandyford Business District (SBD) is a Business Improvement District representing 1,000 companies, covering industries like IT and Communication, MedTech…
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59: Marc O’Dwyer, Founder and Entrepreneur
After completing a Graduate program in Marketing, Marc O’Dwyer began his sales career at Allied Irish Banks, Pitney Bowes and Panasonic, before succumbing to…
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58: Niall Cogley, MD at Cogley Media
Hard as it might be taking over from your dad to run a family business, it must be even more difficult to follow in his footsteps to a senior position in…
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57: John Travers, Author and former Corporate Executive
When John Travers completed his Engineering degree he began working with Shell International, operating a major oil asset in the Netherlands. He subsequently…
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56: Ken Cahill, Chartered Board Director, Investor, Previous CEO & Founder of SilverCloud Health
Ken Cahill is an active investor, independent board member, and advisor in the healthcare and technology sectors. He was the CEO and co-founder of SilverCloud…
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55: Una Herlihy and Rebekah Brooks, The Indie List
In the shifting landscape of modern work, freelancing has become a global movement. While digital marketplaces connecting businesses with freelance talent are…
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54: Venture Funding Forum with Delta Partners
This week’s episode is something a little different. We recently hosted a Venture Funding Forum with the guys in Delta Partners to an audience of over 70…
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53: Alan Andrews, Owner at The Old Barracks Coffee Roasters & GUJI Coffee Bars
Alan Andrews is widely regarded as a cafe and coffee expert and features prominently in both radio and print media. He created Coffee Culture in 2009, which…
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52: Tom Hefferon, Entrepreneur.
Tom Hefferon began his entrepreneurial journey in 1977, and since then, he has led multiple businesses before eventually forming Kefron with his business…
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51: Anthony Gallagher, CEO and Founder of Petstop
When Anthony Gallagher started Petstop 30 years ago, dogs in Ireland were kept outside and got scraps. Now, the dog – or the cat or the fish – is absolutely a…
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50: Tomás O’Leary, CEO & Founder at Origina
Tomás O’Leary is a visionary leader driving transformation in the software industry. As the Founder and CEO of Origina, he has revolutionized independent…
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49: Jac Dunne, CEO of Dimply
Jac Dunne is CEO of Dimply and brings over 30 years of financial services and fintech expertise, backed by an MBA from Dublin Business School. Throughout her…
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48: Loretta Dignam, CEO of The Menopause Hub
Loretta Dignam has pioneered menopause in Ireland. As founder and CEO, she opened the doors to The Menopause Hub, Ireland's first and only dedicated…
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47: David Kieran, Managing Director at ZOMA
Founded in 2016, ZOMA’s team of creative experts specialise in digital strategy, web design, branding, content creation, and performance marketing. ZOMA's…
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46: Sara Savidge, CEO of Fexco Corporate & International Payments
Sara Savidge has a deep understanding of domestic, regional and global payment systems, solutions, infrastructure, strategic partnerships and regulatory…
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45: Niall Molloy, CEO of Echelon Data Centres
Echelon Data Centres is an international data centre infrastructure developer providing large-scale assets to support the growing global demand for data and…
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44: Bronwyn Brophy, CEO of the Vitrolife Group
Bronwyn Brophy has over 25 years’ experience in the MedTech industry having also worked for Thermo Fisher Scientific, Medtronic, Covidien, and Johnson &…
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43: Larissa Feeney, CEO of Kinore Finance and Business Services
Larissa Feeney started out working in hospitality, took a job as a receptionist in an accounting firm and studied for her accountancy qualifications in her…
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42: James Costello, Managing Director of Label Tech Dublin
James Costello, is Managing Director of Label Tech Dublin, one of Ireland’s largest independent producers of high-quality labels. With over 30 years of…
Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly41: Liam Quinlan, Group MD, Quinlan’s Kerry Fish
Quinlan’s Kerry Fish, based in Cahersiveen, have become famous for providing the very best Wild, Organic and Superior Smoked Salmon and fresh seafood to…
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40: Next Step Event 2 – Sell it, Scale it, IPO it!
Davy bring you something special for the 40th episode of ‘Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly’. We recently staged the second in our ‘Next Step, Sell it…
Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly39: Maria Mahon, Chair, Director, Business Owner
Maria Mahon has extensive business experience in leadership positions in the media, technology and service industries. Maria brings a unique blend of…
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38: Sandra Healy, CEO and Founder of inclusio
Sandra Healy is an Engineer, an Organisational Psychologist and NLP Master Practitioner. Sandra's career spanned 20 years in the global telecoms industry and…
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37: 37. Niall McConnell and Nik Healy, co-founders of Convergent.
Niall McConnell and Nik Healy, co-founders of Convergent. They have spent the entirety of their business life working with companies to dissolve information…
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36: 36. Paul Henderson, CEO DMG Media Ireland
DMG Media is part of one of the largest media companies in the world and continue to grow their position in Ireland. It is home to some of the best-known media…
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35: 35. David Walsh, Chairman at Halo Care.
David Walsh is one of Ireland’s most renowned entrepreneurs. He co-founded Netwatch and as CEO grew it from a small start-up to a truly global organisation…
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34: 34. Conor McCarthy, Executive Chairman at Emerald Airlines & Dublin Aerospace
Conor McCarthy is an airline industry veteran with over 43 years of experience, a serial entrepreneur and has helped set up several airlines and aerospace…
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33: 33. Kim McKenzie Doyle, founder of The B!G Idea
Kim Mackenzie Doyle is an award winning product designer and has held significant roles in both the corporate and non-profit sectors, where she honed skills in…
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32: 32. Alan Lewis, Managing Director at LHW Financial Planning Ltd.
Alan Lewis, ex-rugby player, who when his rugby career was cut short at an early stage with injury, turned to refereeing with notable success, and has now…
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31: 31. Barry and Fergal Doyle co-owners of Arboretum Home & Garden Heaven
Well summer is definitely upon us, so the timing of this chat couldn’t be better. On this episode we have brothers Barry and Fergal Doyle who are co-owners of…
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30: 30. Next Step Event – Sell it, Scale it, IPO it!
The 30th episode of ‘Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly’ is a little different to the norm! We recently staged the first in our ‘Next Step’ series of events…