The ieBusiness Podcast

Lucinda Kelly's latest venture Be Like Water, which is expected to offer fertility support services in the workplace, is still in its infancy but this is not her first rodeo in the start-up arena. Ms Kelly previously founded Popertee, used by retail businesses to set up pop-up shops, but the business met its demise during the pandemic. Ms Kelly talks about the lessons she learned from this and mor...

Aoife McNamara recently secured a B Corp cert for her eponymous company, making her business the first Irish fashion brand to receive the globally recognised sustainability accolade. In this episode, she talks about how the business has changed, the impact of inflation and her plans to scale further.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lauren Duggan built an impressive marketing career working with tech firms including Microsoft and London-vased Smartology until the Cork native returned home to co-found the sustainable period products company Riley in 2021.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mary McKenna and Sinead Crowley are two out of the five friends that created AwakenHub to help grow the number of women led-business in Ireland. The organisation offers mentorship and funding to business across the island of Ireland. In this candid conversation with Cáit Caden, they talk about why men wear failure as a badge of honour and women don’t, expanding their reach into Europe and the US a...

In this episode of The ieBusiness Podcast, in association with PwC,  Statkraft  Ireland VP for wind and solar development Donal O’Sullivan discusses the chronic planning delays impacting development, the growing and sometimes controversial relationship between renewable energy and Big tech and why the latest State auction for onshore projects casts an ominous shadow for future...

Kerrywoman June O’Connell built an impressive career in corporate law before she decided to go back to her home village of Cahersiveen to create premium spirits from an old textiles factory. On this episode, June spoke about why she decided to establish the SkelligSix18 distillery, how her legal knowledge proved useful in her new venture, and why the Irish don’t talk about whiskey the way the Fren...

In this candid interview, data protection commissioner Helen Dixon talks to Cáit Caden about serving out her last year in the job of regulating some of the biggest tech firms in the world, receiving criticism for being too soft when it comes to fines and what advice she would give to her successor.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ernest Cantillon, the Cork publican and restaurateur behind Sober Lane and Electric, candidly speaks with Irish Examiner business journalist Cáit Caden about knowing when it’s time to walk away from a business, being sober in the alcohol trade and why he would want his kids to follow in his footsteps and work in hospitality.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

The ieBusiness Podcast brought to you by the Irish Examiner. Employers, entrepreneurs and industry experts share their insights about working across the Irish economy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.