In the last episode of our first season, designer Lou Brennan tells us to "get comfortable with being uncomfortable".
Lou graduated in textile design just before the world of fashion underwent a massive change from analogue to digital.
For many years, that didn’t matter: she worked for Alexander McQueen and John Rocha, and sold her designs to the likes of Donna Karan, Giorgio Armani and Dolce & Gabbana.
But having kids widened that skills gap further. And when the time came to re-enter the fashion workforce, Lou had a mountain to climb.
Hear the story of Lou Brennan Design this Tuesday on Claremorris Community Radio and in your podcast app. Subscribe: kite.link/makingitmayo
“I don’t enjoy things that are too easy,” says McKinley Neal.
That’s a good thing for the business she co-founded, PAX Whole Foods & Eco Goods, which enables people to get their food and household shopping as packaging-free as possible.
But working against the grain of an established supply chain – and introducing customers to a new way of shopping – takes huge amounts of time and energy for McKinley and the rest of PAX’s all-female team.
In our next episode, we get an insight into how they’re meeting these unique challenges – and bringing a more sustainable future within reach for consumers in the west of Ireland.
Available in your podcast feed from Tuesday: kite.link/makingitmayo.
It's the mid-1990s in Co. Longford: Lorraine Corcoran is bored in Home Economics class, so she negotiates her way into Mechanical Drawing instead, and loves it.
Fast forward to 2017, Claremorris: Lorraine and her husband have just bought the Cosmetic Creations factory, and will soon purchase a similar plant in Cork for €7.5m.
In Episode 10, Lorraine Corcoran's inspiring journey from rare female STEM graduate to co-owner of LYNOSLIFE.
Out this Tuesday in your podcast feed. Subscribe: kite.link/makingitmayo.
Elaine Browne set up Perspective, a pioneering mental health support centre, in 2018 – and she was named Mayo’s Inspirational Woman that same year.
Her experience of mental health survival has given her the tools to help others. During the Covid pandemic, she’s providing a service that is more needed than ever.
Get the full story in Ep 9, out this Tuesday.
Subscribe to the podcast at kite.link/makingitmayo, or catch each episode first on Claremorris Community Radio at 2 pm on Tuesdays.
"If it's not working, park it."
Former Intensive Care nurse Deborah Coyle spent literally years planning and researching a business idea – only to decide that the world wasn’t ready for it… just yet.
In the meantime, she’s set up another business, @glanassured, keeping schools and public transport safe during Covid with an advanced disinfection service.
If you’re mulling over a business idea (or three!) of your own, Deborah’s story is an inspiring one.
Tune in on Tuesday at 2 pm on Claremorris Community Radio or in your podcast app: kite.link/makingitmayo
One of the hardest things to decide, as an entrepreneur or an employee, is when to stop and walk away. When you’ve given so much, how do you make that call?
@Áine Mulloy has been there. And her approach to the decision will chime with many in the current economy, where the learning and growth we expect from our jobs, even from our own startups, is more and more important.
Next week: Could your own frustrations in the workplace be signalling a business opportunity?
Asumpta Gallagher spent two decades working in healthcare, and saw a lot of room for improvement in how GPs manage staff, paperwork and appointments.
That first-hand experience became the basis of her consultancy and training business – Best Practice – allowing her to give doctors and surgery staff something valuable: real understanding.
Find out more in Episode 6, next Tuesday at 2pm on Claremorris Community Radio and in your podcast app at kite.link/makingitmayo.
“You have to adapt to survive,” says Rosemarie Noone, founder of Claremorris Gallery.
Rosemarie should know. She founded the gallery in 2007, just months before the financial crisis hit – but it’s still going strong.
In Episode 5 we get an insight into the art business – and hear how adapting to the loss of physical exhibitions during Covid is creating new opportunities for Rosemarie to reach her customers.
Catch it first on Claremorris Community Radio this Tuesday, 2 pm – and then your podcast feed (subscribe here: kite.link/makingitmayo).
🤤 If you're not hungry at the start of next week's episode, you will be by the end of it!
For Episode 4, Maria is joined by Cepta Mahon, who spent 15 years in financial services before finally ditching the bad career advice she’d been given at school.
Three years ago she founded cookery school Cookalicious and says that – in business – finding your true cheerleaders can make all the difference.
Like every 20-minute episode of 'Making It', this one goes very well a slice of 🍰 and cup of ☕️
Catch it first on Claremorris Community Radio at 2 pm on Tuesday – or in your podcast player soon after. Subscribe here: https://kite.link/makingitmayo
😃 Excited to announce that our guest for Episode 3 this Tuesday is Louise Foody, Director of Digital & Customer Experience at Kingspan Global 🏠
Louise tells Mary she’s “not a techie at all” – and yet is spearheading Kingspan’s digitalisation programme. And while she’s not an entrepreneur, all her roles with the company have been newly created ones.
So how has Louise brought that innovative approach to an established construction firm like Kingspan? And how did tough negotiations with Sister Regina in Transition Year start her off in the world of management, sales and marketing?
Tune in, 2pm this Tuesday, to find out – on Claremorris Community Radio – and in your podcast feed shortly after. Subscribe here: kite.link/makingitmayo.
Our guest for Episode 2 next Tuesday will be Suzanne Carney of Anatomy Physiotherapy ❤ – who's helping take Irish physiotherapy into new territory.
Tune in to hear her telling Maria how the freedom of being independent translates into greater freedom for her patients.
Catch the 20-minute episode at 2 pm on Tuesday 6th July on Claremorris Community Radio and in your podcast feed shortly after.
Making It - Trailer
We've got a trailer up in our podcast feed ahead of the first episode dropping next Tuesday.
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