On this week’s Business Matters, Ciaran O’Donnell is joined by Letterkenny estate agent and owner of The Quiet Moment Tea Rooms, Brendan McGlynn. Brendan has been an estate agent in Letterkenny for 30 years. After working in Kelly’s Mills, he moved to New Ireland Insurance and four years later he set up his own life …
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On this week’s Business Matters, Ciaran O’Donnell is joined by Meabh Conaghan, Regional Director with Enterprise Ireland for the West and North West. Meabh worked in the family-owned business, McFadden’s Hotel in Gortahork, from a young age. After graduating from the University of Galway, she spent six years in London before returning home to run the …
On this week’s Business Matters, Ciaran O’Donnell speaks to the owners of the Allingham Arms Hotel in Bundoran, Peter and Elizabeth McIntyre, who are set to retire at the end of the month after nearly 30 years at the helm. The couple married in 1991, and two years year they began working at the hotel …
Business Matters Ep 114 – Peter & Elizabeth McIntyre Read More »
On this week’s Business Matters, Ciaran O’Donnell is joined by Marie Shields, Business Development Executive with Letterkenny Chamber of Commerce and founder of Moss Marketing. A digital marketing professional, she set up her own company five years ago. She also has her own podcast, No Other Craic, which she established with her friend, Trish Geraghty, …
On this week’s Business Matters, Ciaran O’Donnell is joined by Liam Porter, a life-long member of Raphoe FC and secretary and director of Raphoe Community Sports Development Limited which won the 2021 National Lottery Good Causes Award in the sport and recreation category. Raphoe FC, which has 14 teams, moved to its purpose-built facility at …
On this week’s show, Ciaran O’Donnell is joined by wellbeing coach and founder of The One Good Hour in Letterkenny, Mary Bradley. Mary has been teaching at Loreto Secondary School in Letterkenny for ten years. She began meditating in her early 20s, and earlier this year she decided to set up her own business to …
On this week’s Business Matters Ciaran O’Donnell is joined by Lorcan Roarty, owner of Rose’s Bar and owner of The Wild Atlantic Camp which are both located in Creeslough. Lorcan bought the bar on his return from a spell in the US in 2004. A quantity surveyor by profession, the Creeslough native has plans to …
On this week’s Business Matters, Ciaran O’Donnell is joined by Joe Gibson, owner of J. Gibson Promotions and fiddle player with Sailor Bill. Joe was raised with traditional music, began playing the fiddle at the age of eight, and got £20 for his first paid gig at a cottage in Creeslough at the age of …
On this week’s programme, Ciaran O’Donnell talks to the owner of Watson’s Menswear on Letterkenny’s Upper Main Street, Leonard Watson. When the menswear store in Letterkenny he’d worked in for twenty years closed in 2010, Leonard Watson wasn’t sure what to do next. After some soul-searching and receiving the necessary support from those close to …
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On this week’s Business Matters, our dip into the archives takes us back to Ciaran O’Donnell’s chat with Mary Bradley, owner of the well-known Pat’s Pizza which she set up in Letterkenny with her husband, Pat, in 1984. During the interview, Mary revealed that after many months of deliberation, she had decided that Pat’s On …
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On this week’s Business Matters, we dip into the archives to feature Ciaran O’Donnell’s chat with Letterkenny photographer and owner of Cristeph Gallery, Brian McDaid. Ciaran spoke to Brian in the back office of his studio on Convent Road and this edition was first broadcast back in January. Listen back here:
On this week’s Business Matters, Ciaran O’Donnell is joined by the managing director of Rethink Money Limited, Sean McNulty. A native of Letterkenny, Sean started out as a financial advisor in 2007. Rethink Money Limited, which has been nine years in the making, is fully licensed by the Central Bank of Ireland. Sean’s mission is …
On this week’s Business Matters, Ciaran O’Donnell speaks to business development manager with Bibby Financial Services, Carmel Munroe. Carmel worked with Ulster Bank in the North West for over 30 years and is enjoying her new role with Bibby which she took up back in March. Ciaran will also be talking all things business awards …
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On this week’s Business Matters, Ciaran O’Donnell is joined by the CEO of Letterkenny Credit Union, Gordon Randles. A native of Dublin, Gordon moved to Letterkenny in 1997 and took up the lead role at Letterkenny Credit Union in 2002. Letterkenny Credit Union was established in 1962. Records show that it started with 24 members, …
This week’s Business Matters focuses on the “Derelict in Donegal and Beyond” conference that was held in Letterkenny last Friday. Ciaran O’Donnell speaks to the conference organisers, Letterkenny Cathedral Quarter Secretary, Donnan Harvey, and Letterkenny Tidy Towns Co-Chairman and owner of Magees Pharmacy, Gerard McCormick. Ciaran also gets the views of property owner, Lee Gooch, …
On this week’s podcast, Ciaran O’Donnell is joined by the Director of Strategic Initiatives at TSC in Letterkenny, Gerard Grant. Gerard was one of the team of eight that was involved in establishing the Pramerica base in Letterkenny in 2000, and was tasked with setting up the company’s internal IT system. There are over 1,000 employed …
On this week’s Business Matters, Ciaran O’Donnell is joined by Joe Devenney and Conor McMenamin who set up Crolly Distillery with Kieran Davis. The Letterkenny-based businessmen moved on site in 2018 and began producing the first casks of whiskey in 2020. The distillery opened the doors of its visitor centre to the public on Monday, …
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On this week’s Business Matters, Ciaran O’Donnell is joined by Lisa Breslin, creative director and founder of Imagine Lab Design which she runs from her office in Lifford and the Digihub at The Base in Stranorlar. Having worked in the graphic and motion design sector for 20 years, Lisa set up her own business nine months …
Business Matters Ep 99 – Lisa Breslin & Paul Brown Read More »
On this week’s Business Matters, Ciaran O’Donnell speaks to Shane Connolly, owner of Shane Connolly Cars, who has recently relocated his business to Donegal, having been based in Ballybofey since 2010. Ciaran also talks to retail apprenticeship manager with Retail Ireland Skillnet, Oran Doherty, about the latest retail apprenticeship and degree programmes that are currently …
Business Matters Ep 98 – Shane Connolly & Oran Doherty Read More »
On this week’s Business Matters, Ciaran O’Donnell is joined by the owner of Speer Performance Gym and Fitness Centre in Letterkenny, Adam Speer. After leaving secondary school, Adam completed a sports science degree in Wales. He went on to study sports therapy and started practising locally while also working in local gyms. He took a …
On this week’s edition, Ciaran O’Donnell is joined by former managing editor of the Derry Journal, Pat McArt. Pat has written a number of books and is a columnist with the Daily Mirror and the Letterkenny Leader. After attending Letterkenny Regional Technical College, he began his career in journalism with the Derry People in June, …
On this week’s Business Matters, Ciaran O’Donnell talks to hearing aid audiologist and owner of Donegal Hearing Clinic, Sabrina Robb. Sabrina is a graduate of Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh and a member of the Irish Society of Hearing Audiologists. Having worked in hearing healthcare for twelve years, she decided to set up her own …
Business Matters Ep 95 – Sabrina Robb & Tara McGuire Read More »
On this week’s Business Matters, Ciaran O’Donnell is joined by Gerard McCormick, owner of Magees Pharmacy on Main Street in Letterkenny. He began working as a pharmacist in the family-run business after graduating from the College of Pharmacy in 1993, and took over the running of the long-established business in 2006. He has seen his …
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On this week’s Business Matters, Ciaran O’Donnell is joined by Ciaran Doherty, Operations Manager and Skipper with the Aine Fishing Company based in Burtonport. Ciaran is also chairperson of the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation. He first went to sea at the age of four and joined the family-owned business on a full-time basis while still in his …
On this week’s Business Matters, Ciaran O’Donnell is joined by Liam Cassidy. Born in Buncrana and raised in Kilmacrennan, he left school at a young age to join the army. A career change took him into the manufacturing sector in England, and he took up a senior management position with General Motors before moving to …
On this week’s Business Matters, Ciaran O’Donnell talks to Donegal Local Enterprise Office’s Student Enterprise Award winner in the senior category for 2022, Cathal Cannon. A TY student at St Columba’s College in Stranorlar, Cathal developed the smartphone app – Sports Injury Response – which provides guidance on how to deal with a range of …
Business Matters Ep 91 – Kevin McLaughlin & Cathal Cannon Read More »
Buncrana-based Irish designer, Bernie Murphy, is Ciaran O’Donnell’s guest on this week’s Business Matters. Bernie worked at Fruit of the Loom for 21 years and set up her own business in 2017. She grew up in a family in which traditional sewing and knitting were valued skills, and at a time when the textile industry …
On this week’s Business Matters, Ciaran O’Donnell is joined by Mary Bradley, owner of Pat’s Pizza in Letterkenny. A member of the well-known Keeney family, Mary’s ambition from a young age was to own her own restaurant. As a young girl, she worked in the famous Fiesta Ballroom which was opened by her father, Phonsie, …
On this week’s Business Matters, Ciaran O’Donnell is joined by Ian Harkin, co-founder and managing director of Lottie Dolls, and chairperson of Finn Harps Football Club. A native of the Twin Towns, Ian studied accountancy and business at LYIT. He established Lottie Dolls in 2012 and the locally-based company employs ten people. Since its launch, …
On this week’s Business Matters, Ciaran O’Donnell is joined by Paddy Logue, owner of Logue’s Bar in Cranford and Chairperson of the Mulroy Drive Tourism Group. Paddy began working in the family business while still at school. He was assistant manager in the Carrigart Hotel for eight years before taking up a full-time position at …
The success of Craoibhín Community and Enterprise Centre in Termon is the focus of this week’s Business Matters. Ciaran O’Donnell speaks to Mary Doherty, who has been manager of the centre for the last twelve years, about the turnaround in the fortunes of the centre. He also catches up with Cormac Coghlan, Community Operations Manager …
Business Matters Ep 86 – Mary Doherty, Cormac Coghlan & Neil Sullivan Read More »
On this week’s Business Matters, Ciaran O’Donnell is joined by Brendan ‘Bradas’ O’Donnell, owner of the Glenties-based broadcasting and media company, Bradas Video Productions. After leaving Glenties Comprehensive School, Brendan worked in the local McDevitt’s Factory before embarking on a film production course in Tralee in 1996. In 2000 he set up his own company. …
Business Matters Ep 85 – Brendan ‘Bradas’ O’Donnell Read More »
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