Best Everyday Business With Aidan Donnelly Podcasts (2024)

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38: 38. Sandra Healy, CEO and Founder of inclusio 43:42

6d ago43:42

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Sandra Healy is an Engineer, an Organisational Psychologist and NLP Master Practitioner. Sandra's career spanned 20 years in the global telecoms industry and five years at Dublin City University where she established the DCU Centre of Excellence for Diversity & Inclusion. In 2020, Sandra spun inclusio out of DCU. Over the past 18 years, Sandra has …

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37: 37. Niall McConnell and Nik Healy, co-founders of Convergent. 56:48

20d ago56:48

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Niall McConnell and Nik Healy, co-founders of Convergent. They have spent the entirety of their business life working with companies to dissolve information chaos in business which is a significant barrier to business growth. For businesses to perform optimally, information must be unbound and flowing seamlessly across various systems, departments,…

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36: 36. Paul Henderson, CEO DMG Media Ireland 1:08:03

1M ago1:08:03

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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 brands in Ireland and the expanding portfolio of websites, newspapers and magazines is crafted every day by 140 staff delivering compelling content to over 3.6m adults in Ireland every month…

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35: 35. David Walsh, Chairman at Halo Care. 54:57

2M ago54:57

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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 employing 560 staff and serving 250,000 customers across four continents, and a leader in proactive video monitoring. At Netwatch, he assembled a world class team and developed a unique culture …

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34: 34. Conor McCarthy, Executive Chairman at Emerald Airlines & Dublin Aerospace 52:43

2M ago52:43

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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 companies worldwide. He is the founder of PlaneConsult, an aviation consultancy company, which has, over the past 19 years, worked in many airlines including easyJet, Qantas, Alaska Airlines, Cop…

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33: 33. Kim McKenzie Doyle, founder of The B!G Idea 47:28

3M ago47:28

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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 leadership, strategic planning, product development and community engagement. With a passion for bridging the gap between industry and education, she is the founder of The B!G Idea, a pionee…

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32: 32. Alan Lewis, Managing Director at LHW Financial Planning Ltd. 53:55

3M ago53:55

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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 refereed at international level, at the 2003 and 2007 Rugby World Cups. But he is even better known as the third most capped player in the history of Irish Cricket playing 121 times for his count…

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31: 31. Barry and Fergal Doyle co-owners of Arboretum Home & Garden Heaven 55:30

4M ago55:30

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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 Arboretum. Barry is CEO and Fergal is chief commercial officer. Arboretum Home & Garden Heaven is a second generation, family-owned garden and lifestyle retailer. The multi award-winning busi…

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30: 30. Next Step Event – Sell it, Scale it, IPO it! 58:04

4M ago58:04

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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 in the magnificent surroundings of the old trading floor of The Irish Stock Exchange (Euronext) Building in Dublin, to an audience of business owners and entrepreneurs. Every entrepreneur re…

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29: 29. Jody Fanagan, Director at Fanagans Funeral Directors 46:42

4M ago46:42

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Jody Fanagan joined the family business in 1987 as one of three in the 5th generation to run the company – the 6th generation is now also working there. He was made a director in 1994 and then became the Managing Director in 2013. Fanagan’s is truly a family business established in 1819 and so has been providing excellence in funeral care to famili…

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28: 28. Paul McCann, CEO at Ergo 41:01

5M ago41:01

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Paul McCann first joined Grant Thornton in 2001, and over the next 11 years amassed extensive financial advisory experience. From 2012 -2017 he served two terms as Managing Partner navigating the firm through an accelerated growth period, expanding from 417 to 1,144 people, and growing revenues from €41m to €115.7m. Paul took over as CEO of Ergo in…

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27: 27. Brid O’Connell, CEO at Guaranteed Irish 47:45

5M ago47:45

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There cant be too many people listening to this that have never heard of the Guaranteed Irish mark. This year Guaranteed Irish celebrates 50 years supporting businesses in Ireland. Since it was first established in 1974 as a national symbol of trust and provenance for business in Ireland, Guaranteed Irish has welcomed over 2000 members. With that m…

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26: 26. Niall Norton, Advisor and Mentor 54:51

6M ago54:51

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Niall Norton began his career training as an accountant and once qualified, followed this up with a stint in Deloitte Corporate Finance before taking up the reigns as CFO with Irish operations of O2, where he was responsible for financial control functions, business process re-design, strategy planning and wholesale. In Feb 2004 he joined Openet as…

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25: 25. Tom Murphy, Founder / Chairman Pamex Limited 46:29

6M ago46:29

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For nearly 30 years Pamex has blazed a trail in the Irish Pharmaceutical industry. Its founder Tom Murphy was a leading figure in the pharma industry in the 1980’s and early 1990’s before being made redundant in 1994. Still in his early 40’s and with a young family he found himself on the dole at a time when unemployment in Ireland was at a record …

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24: 24. Derek Murray, Owner & Master Club Fitter at ForeGolf 54:47

7M ago54:47

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Derek Murray is one of the World’s leading independent experts on golf club technology and the true art of custom fitting and club making – a passion ignited over 25 years ago, following a visit to the custom fitting tour trucks at the Czech Open. Throughout his career Derek has worked with a ‘who’s who’ list of professional golfers like the late, …

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23: 23. Harry Maharaj, Director at Kilkenny Architectural Salvage & Antiques 48:21

7M ago48:21

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When Harry Maharaj completed his Mechanical Engineering degree he got a ‘lucky’ call – his words, not mine – from a recruiter who found my CV online and asked would he consider moving away from engineering and going for an institutional equity sales role in Davy. Eight years later, having built strong client relations in Europe and US, he quit the …

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22: 22. Mark and Joseph Scott Lennon, Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel. 51:45

8M ago51:45

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There can’t be too many people, certainly in Dublin, who haven’t heard of Fitzpatrick’s Castle Hotel in Killiney. And while the building itself has a very long history dating all the way back to 1740, its current incarnation began in 1970 when Paddy and Eithne Fitzpatrick fulfilled a lifetime ambition by buying Killiney Castle and its grounds. They…

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21: 21. Mike Tonery, CEO at Trinity Care 41:39

8M ago41:39

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Having spent 5 years as an Audit and Risk Senior with Deloitte Ireland, Mike Tonery moved to the role of CFO for the Aryzta/Wendy’s joint venture, before beginning his healthcare odyssey. In 2006 he became Senior Financial Controller for the Mater Private Hospital, transforming the finance function to meet the new requirements of the board, syndica…

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20: 20. Declan Doyle, CEO at Bidvest Noonan 39:48

9M ago39:48

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Much to his parents’ horror Declan Doyle dropped out of Trinity after one year and went full time managing 10 quick service retail stores in Dublin city centre, going to college by night to get a business degree. Realising accountancy might be a good skill to have, he trained with Grant Sugrue as a forensic accountant, before going into the facilit…

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19: 19. Gráinne Mullins, Founder & CEO of Grá Chocolates 36:41

9M ago36:41

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While food has always been focal to her life, stepping into a commercial kitchen as a teenager really ignited her passion about the industry, and Gráinne Mullins began working part time in the pastry section of some 5 Star hotels. Interrupting a science degree to move to France, she spent two years working in a Michelin-starred restaurant in Aix-en…

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18: 18. Michael Dwyer, Enterpreneur & Founder of Pigsback.com 48:23

10M ago48:23

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The idea of an entrepreneur giving up ‘a good job’ in order to pursue their own venture is hardly an isolated one, but few entrepreneurs would believe their journey could take 20 years, seeing off a dot-com crash, two terrorist attacks on either side of the Atlantic, and a global financial crisis – any one of which probably brought down many SME’s.…

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17: 17. Bobby Healy, Founder of Manna Drone Delivery 42:22

10M ago42:22

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Bobby began his career building video games for Nintendo. After that, he founded Eland (an airline tech company) which he sold to SITA before going on to build CarTrawler over 15 years, and led two successful LBOs for the business. For the last 4 years, he’s been building ‘Manna Drone Delivery’ - a business whose mission is to improve the world by …

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16: 16. Leona Maguire & Mark McDonnell 47:55

11M ago47:55

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About Leona Maguire Leona entered the professional game in 2018 off the back of a record-breaking collegiate career with Duke University. The proud Irishwoman has been a serial winner ever since she took up the sport in Co. Cavan but it was her decision to move to America, inspired by her life-long ambition to play on the LPGA Tour, that catapulted…

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15: 15. Greg Hayden, CEO of Ethos Engineering 33:41

11M ago33:41

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Having qualified as a chartered engineer, Greg held jobs in the UK and Ireland with various engineering companies before returning to the role of managing director of RPS’s Engineering business in Ireland. During his 3-year tenure as MD, he guided the business from €16m to €24m turnover and helped grow the staff numbers to 300 people. Then in 2005 …

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14: 14. Rosy Temple, CEO of Magee Clothing at Magee 1866 37:34

11M ago37:34

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This week’s guest: Rosy Temple Magee 1866 is a fifth-generation Irish family business with over 150 years’ experience in designing, weaving and tailoring luxurious fabrics and clothing in Donegal. It was founded on handwoven tweed when John Magee first established a small drapers shop in Donegal, Ireland. In 1900, Robert Temple – John Magee’s cousi…

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13: 13. David McKernan, Founder of Java Republic 37:35

12M ago37:35

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This week’s guest: David McKernan David McKernan joined Bewley’s straight out of school in 1987 as a sales rep. Through a combination of hard work and an equally hard neck, he worked his way up to the role of Sales and Marketing manager. In 1997, David convinced Bewley’s to make a radical experiment in espresso-based beverages - launching the Caffè…

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12: 12. Aongus Hegarty, Independent Director & Advisor 36:46

1y ago36:46

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This week’s guest: Aongus Hegarty While I can’t describe him as unique, I can definitely say that Aongus Hegarty is an uncommon species – not because his last twenty four years was spent in the technology sector but because that tenure was with a single company and covered periods where the company was publicly quoted, then taken off the stock mark…

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11: 11. Aisling Hurley, CEO Breast Cancer Ireland 41:24

1y ago41:24

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This is the 11th episode with guest Aisling Hurley, CEO of Breast Cancer Ireland in the new Davy podcast series 'Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly'. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what you hear, please like, …

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10: 10. Mick O’Keeffe, Teneo 48:16

1y ago48:16

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This is the 10th episode with guest Mick O’Keeffe from Teneo in the new Davy podcast series 'Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly'. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what you hear, please like, share and subscribe.…

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9: 9. Jacqueline O’Donovan OBE, O’Donovan Waste Disposal Limited 42:46

1y ago42:46

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This is the 9th episode with guest Jacqueline O’Donovan OBE, Managing Director at O’Donovan Waste Disposal Limited in the new Davy podcast series 'Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly'. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you…

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8: 8. Brian Thornes, Founder & CEO X-Bolt Trauma and Inventor of ‘Tightrope’ 36:55

1y ago36:55

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This is the 8th episode with guest Brian Thornes, Founder & CEO X-Bolt Trauma & Inventor of Tightrope in the new Davy podcast series 'Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly'. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what yo…

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7: 7. Rena Maycock & Feargal Harrington, Intro Matchmaking & Cilter Technologies Part II 34:11

1y ago34:11

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The is the 7th episode and part 2 with Rena Maycock and Feargal Harrington from Intro Matchmaking and Cilter Technologies. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what you hear, please like, share and subscribe. Rena Mayc…

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6: 6. Rena Maycock & Feargal Harrington, Intro Matchmaking & Cilter Technologies Part I 32:19

1+ y ago32:19

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The is the 6th episode with Rena Maycock and Feargal Harrington from Intro Matchmaking and Cilter Technologies. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what you hear, please like, share and subscribe. Rena Maycock is the …

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5: 5. Aine Kilkenny, Riley 35:08

1+ y ago35:08

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The is the 5th episode with Aine Kilkenny from Riley. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what you hear, please like, share and subscribe. I often tell people that the share tips they get in a bar late in the evening …

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4: 4. Niall Sabongi, Sustainable Seafood Ireland 40:03

1+ y ago40:03

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This is the 4th episode with guest Niall Sabongi from Sustainable Seafood Ireland. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what you hear, please like, share and subscribe. Sustainable Seafood Ireland was first set up in 2…

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3: 3. Ciaran Finane, Finline Furniture 36:03

1+ y ago36:03

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This is the 3rd episode with guest Ciaran Finane from Finline Furniture of the new Davy podcast series 'Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly'. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what you hear, please like, share and…

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2: 2. Gary McGann, Flutter Entertainment Part II 40:03

1+ y ago40:03

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This is part 2 with guest Gary McGann from Flutter Entertainment of the new Davy podcast series 'Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly'. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what you hear, please like, share and subscr…

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1: 1. Gary McGann, Flutter Entertainment Part I 38:25

1+ y ago38:25

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This is the first episode of the new Davy podcast series 'Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly' with guest, Gary McGann from Flutter Entertainment. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. A new episode of the series will be released…

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Trailer - Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly 1:07

1+ y ago1:07

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Aidan Donnelly, Head of Equities at Davy, has been working in, analysing, and investing in companies for decades. He has 27 years’ investment management experience. He joined Davy in 2005 and has worked as an analyst/fund manager for a range of global equity funds and is now responsible for the direct equity offering at Davy. While much of his time…

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