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Fiona Matthews, Applegreen
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‘It’s okay to have moments where you’re not running at the same pace as you want to run all of the time’

From a three-generation family history in retail to the magic of Disney and via two redundancies, Fiona Matthews…

By Fiona Alston

Mairead Mackle, IMAGE PwC Businesswoman of the Year - Entrepreneur of the Year 2024
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‘Who cares if you fail? You learn by your failures. We’ve tried loads of things and failed’

Entrepreneur Mairead Mackle oversees a host of different businesses - from homecare to housing and renewable energy to…

By Ian Kehoe

Val Cummins the 2024 Sustainability Champion category winner at the IMAGE PwC Businesswoman of the Year Awards
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‘Business is about nothing more and nothing less than relationships’

Val Cummins’ imagination has always been captured by the sea. This year’s Sustainability Champion category winner at the…

By Fiona Alston

Edwina Donnellan, Family Business category winner at the 2024 IMAGE WC Businesswoman of the Year Awards
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‘I’ve had some very deep conversations on the shop floor with customers’: Edwina Donnellan, CEO of Donnellan’s Centra in Ennis

Edwina Donnellan built her family’s Centra into a pillar of the local Ennis community. In this article, in…

By Alice Chambers

Lisa McKenna
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‘Targets and the bottom line aren’t everything’: Lisa McKenna, IMAGE PwC Businesswoman of the Year Diversity & Inclusion winner 2024, on fostering an ecosystem of female leadership

Lisa McKenna set up her own law firm driven by a desire to challenge the inequity she had…

By Sarah Kiely Lavelle

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“I’d like to be known as a good boss, parent, wife and friend”: Emma Maye on being an unexpected CEO

Emma Maye learned about construction during hard times. Now on the other side she leads a thriving homebuilder…

By Tom Lyons

Zara Flynn, Managing Director at Accenture Song and winner of the Digital & Technology category of the IMAGE PwC Businesswoman of the Year Awards 2023
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Making it happen: How the managing director of Accenture Song navigates corporate creativity

Zara Flynn is managing director of Accenture Song Ireland. In this interview, written in collaboration with The Currency,…

By Leonie Corcoran

Aisling Ryan, Ryans Cleaning. Family Businesswoman of the Year 2023

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Cleaning up by cleaning up: How Ryans Cleaning built a €6m business by following the market

Aisling Ryan leads Ryans Cleaning, a family-owned business that cleans up after concerts, race meetings and major events.…

By Tom Lyons

Karen Clince, CEO Tigers Childcare

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‘A business run for people by people’: How Tigers Childcare grew from 12 children to a €12m turnover

In a sector often overlooked when it comes to business acumen and leadership, Karen Clince has built Tigers…

By Leonie Corcoran

Caroline Sherry, CFO HostelWorld

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Kill, pause, or reschedule: How Hostelworld’s CFO helped get the company through the pandemic

Caroline Sherry has the distinction of being one of four female CFOs of listed companies in Ireland. In…

By Rosanna Cooney

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‘Most of us are working mums’: Dublin Herbalists’ Claire Brett talks sustainability, skincare and her all-female team

Starting out from humble beginnings at her kitchen table, Claire Brett has seen her brand grow from start-up…

By Sarah Finnan

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