Bandon native Claire Lehane is the determined entrepreneur behind CL HR Consultancy. Through a combination of hard work and persistence, the HR Consultant and Workplace Mediator has built up a successful business providing tailored, solution-based services helping businesses meet their HR legal responsibilities. CL HR Consultancy is currently renovating a new […]
Enterprising West Cork
Two students from Colaiste na Toirbhirte Bandon took the overall prize at the recent West Cork Student Enterprise finals, which were held virtually on Thursday March 18. Hook R Strike is a handcrafted sports equipment holder for the home. More than 350 students from ten participating West Cork schools took […]
As one door closes another often opens. Just 12 months after returning from Australia to work in her family business, as it adjusted to trading in a pandemic, Niamh Scally has taken a small inhouse brand and grown it into a fully fledged independent business – Clonakilty Gluten Free Kitchen. […]
After working in banking in the UK for a number of years, Rita Holding moved with her family back to her native West Cork, which is where she turned her lifelong passion for vintage and antiques into a business. She now runs RH Vintage Interiors from a purpose-built workshop in […]
Paul Healy is the General Manager of the Rubicon Centre, Ireland’s largest enterprise incubator centre, which he has grown since it opened in 2006. With over 25 years’ experience in developing start-ups/scale ups across all technology sectors, Paul has first-hand experience of raising finance, accessing new opportunities, strategy, and company […]
Having deep roots in West Cork will always draw a person back, regardless of how far they have travelled. Áine O’Driscoll spent her earliest years on Whiddy Island before leaving the area with her family when her father passed away in 1982. In 2018 she finally had the opportunity to […]