HOW I MADE IT – With our back to the wall, there was only one direction to go!
IIBN Dublin Member, Eilis Quinlan, owner of multi award-winning accountancy practice Quinlan & Co Eilis Quinlan set up her practice in Naas, Co Kildare as soon as possible after qualifying. “As a very young mother with three small kids, a fulltime job in accountancy was not an option” she remembers. “The world was not a […]
Mettacomms – the great marketing and communications disruptor by Ellen Gunning
We caught up with long-time IIBN Dublin member Ellen Gunning whose new business, Mettacomms, is about to go out to the market seeking €1million in investment for a platform which, she believes, will completely disrupt the marketing and communications industries. Ellen has been 30+ years in public relations and is utterly passionate about this new […]
Recessions follow me around, they no longer scare me…
I first wrote the article below in February ’20, just as the dirty virus was about to take a grasp on us all. Typical of Liz O’Kane, reignite a business when the world is shutting down! Recessions follow me around, they no longer scare me, they are what they are, cyclical. And we’ll survive to […]
Say Hello to our New Members
We are delighted to welcome these new recent members to IIBN – check out their profiles below (and the links to their IIBN account). Current members are encouraged to contact these new members to welcome them to the network and suggest ways in which they can benefit from engaging with other IIBN members. If you […]
Elaine Murphy Doheny is targeting the work-from-home generation with her wellness and beauty app
Elaine Murphy Doheny is the founder of of uGlow a new app that allows consumers to haggle over the cost of hair, beauty and wellness services. It is a booking platform that targets the remote working generation wanting to avail of services in their own home. Elaine is a long-term advocate of the need and importance […]
Hybrid Working 2.0 – What is going to change in 2022
We are probably all sick of hearing about hybrid working and adapting your work model to correspond with current health regulations and demands from the modern workforce. Over the last 18 months, most businesses have had to quickly adopt new initiatives and technologies to ensure employee safety whilst maintaining productivity. For many of us, working […]
Richard Branson’s Tennis Coach – Building a community of people passionate about high performance
James Cluskey is the founder of Give Learn – a high performance e-learning platform with live and on demand classes and courses with global experts around the areas of soft skills and developing EQ. The platform increases employee engagement, motivation and profitability. James and spent his life as a high performer and is a former […]
IIBN is supporting “Climb with Charlie” – Climb Cuilcagh Legnabrocky with us on Saturday, 2nd April
IIBN is supporting this “Climb with Charlie” initiative, but instead of climbing Croagh Patrick on Saturday, 2nd April, we are going to climb the magnificient Cuilcagh Legnabrocky Trail, in Co. Fermanagh on the same day- see image below. (It’s not as difficult as a climb as Croagh Patrick and typically takes a total of 3 hours […]
An undisputed leader and ‘disruptor’ in a male-dominated industry – Jacqueline O’Donovan
Jacqueline O’Donovan has achieved huge recognition as a business leader in a male-dominated industry — construction. At 19 she became managing director of O’Donovan Waste Disposal, HQ based in Tottenham, North London, after restructuring the business to continue the legacy of her late father Joe, who founded the business in its earliest form in 1959. […]
ARE YOU A LATENT ENTREPRENEUR AND A RETURNING EMIGRANT? SUPPORT IS AT HAND
There is considerable entrepreneurial potential among Irish nationals who have spent time abroad and are returning to live in Ireland. Recognising this latent talent, Colm Brophy T.D. Minister of State for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora has just opened a call for applicants for Back for Business, a peer support development programme, specially tailored to […]
