The Club Womens Network

Episode 8 : Donna O’Driscoll Business: Roots Kitchen Summary: In today’s episode, Donna O’Driscoll talks to us about her business, Roots Kitchen, a boutique catering company in Cork. She explains how and why she founded her business and how her early experience in the industry gave her a great understanding of what she wanted to achieve. She is enthusiastic about promoting her team and how vital t...

Episode 7 : Sandra Hayes Buckley Business: Rainbow Crescent Summary: In this episode, Sandra tells us about how Rainbow Crescent was founded to promote positive mental health and normalise mental health struggles. Sandra is open and honest about her own mental health journey and how her business has been of benefit to her personally as well as professionally. She discusses her business offering an...

Episode 6: Karen Goodliffe Business: SurePlan Financial Summary: In this episode, Karen talks us through her career in the financial industry and how the seed of starting her own business was planted through networking with other women in business. SurePlan Financial empowers people to make smart financial decisions through a personalised service, supporting them to live well now while also planni...

Episode 5: Judie Russell Business: The Vidacademy Summary: In this episode, Judie tells us about her journey to founding The Vidacademy; from how knowing what she didn’t want to do opened up so many opportunities as she traveled the world to being employed in dream jobs to burnout. She discusses how her business gives her great satisfaction through seeing others succeed and also through her own pa...

Episode 4: Katherine Dolphin Griffin Business: Author of Hope to Cope Summary: In this episode, Katherine tells us how she came to author and self publish her book, Hope to Cope. She shares her personal story, how she coped with the challenges and was motivated to support others in similar circumstances while also raising money for both The Irish Cancer Society and Marymount Hospital and Hospice....

Episode 3: Janna Mullaney Business: Sleepy Chicken Summary: In our third episode, Janna describes to us how Sleepy Chicken was founded, the ethos behind the company and how it aligns with her own personal values. She is honest about how life circumstances allowed her to take the leap into being an entrepreneur and how a new arrival this summer has made her think outside the box in order to keep he...

Episode 2: Triona Gunning interviews Clodagh O’Donovan Business: Advance HR Summary: In our second episode, Clodagh describes how her extensive experience and changes in life came together to bring her idea of owning her own business to life. Clodagh talks about how mentors and connections with others in her field have been instrumental in her growth. She also tells us how The Club has been invalu...

Episode 1: Triona Gunning interviews Sian Horn Business: The Club Founder; Sian Horn Business Consultant; Elite Pilates Summary: In this first episode, Tríona talks to Sian about her background in business, her current projects and how The Club Women's Network was founded. Sian tells us how her entrepreneurial tendencies began at a young age and how she has gathered and used her experiences to alw...