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"If you want to survive in manufac-
turing in Ireland,
operate your plant lean and mean."
Mary Ann O’Brien, Founder and CEO, Lily O’Briens |
"It felt right to start the business, so I did it."
Moya Doherty on Riverdance |
"To solidify your business, you reinvest, you train money as money grows money."
Gillian Bowler, Chairperson of Irish Life and Permanent |
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Passion, dedication, persistence and above all vision, are all things
common to the women
featured
in our top 100 listing of Ireland's most proactive female entrepreneurs,
north and
south of Ireland. We highlight
entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and social and cultural innovators.
Top All-Island Business Women
| |
Base |
Name | Current Status | Description |
| A |
ROI |
Airey, Tanya |
Founder & MD |
Sunway Travel Group |
| |
ROI |
Allen, Darina |
Founder |
Ballymaloe Cookery School, Author & TV Presenter |
| |
ROI |
Averbuch, Sheila |
Founder & Editor |
ElectricNews.Net |
| B |
ROI |
Baker, Jane |
Co-Founder |
Fran & Jane |
| |
ROI |
Bang, Pia |
Founder |
Pia Bang |
| |
NI |
Bearder, Sarah |
Co-Founder |
Datactics |
| |
ROI |
Bergin, Eileen |
Founder |
The Butler's Pantry |
| |
ROI |
Bernardo Campbell, Triona |
Founder |
Campbell Ryan Productions |
| |
ROI |
Boardman, Alison |
Director |
Unique Voice Translations |
| |
ROI |
Bowe, Mary |
Co-Founder |
Marlfield House, Wexford |
| |
ROI |
Bowler, Gillian |
Serial Entrepreneur |
Chairperson, Irish Life & Permanent plc. Founder of Budget Travel. Sold Budget Travel in 1996remains as Executive Chairman. Board member of Social Innovations Ireland. Chairperson, Failte Ireland |
| |
NI |
Boyle, Christine |
MD |
Lawell Asphalt |
| |
ROI |
Brennan, Dr Margaret |
Founder |
Nanosense |
| |
ROI |
Broderick, Rosey |
MD |
HomeWise.ie |
| |
ROI |
Browne, Suzanne |
Founder |
Handy Baby Products |
| |
NI |
Burke, Moira |
Founder & MD |
Bio Kinetic |
| |
NI |
Butler, Bernie |
Founder |
Good4U Food and Drink Company |
| |
ROI |
Byrne, Nicola |
Founder |
11890 |
| |
ROI |
Byrne, Tina |
Co-Founder & Director |
Arcline |
| C |
ROI |
Campbell Sharpe, Noelle |
Owner |
Origin Gallery |
| |
ROI |
Carroll, Sarah |
Founder & MD |
Eventznet, NEO Ireland and DonationPoint.ie |
| |
ROI |
Casey, Carol Ann |
Founder & MD |
CA Consulting Limited |
| |
ROI |
Cheevers, Karen |
Co-Founder |
B2B Communications |
| |
NI |
Clarke, Anne |
Founder |
Anne Clarke Consulting |
| |
ROI |
Colcough, Julie |
Founder & MD |
Eurobase |
| |
ROI |
Cooney, Marie |
Founder & Director |
Tipperary Natural Mineral Water |
| |
ROI |
Corcoran, Ann |
Founder & MD |
Limetree |
| |
ROI |
Coyne, Bernadette |
Founder & MD |
Research Solutions |
| |
NI |
Craig, Cindy |
Founder |
Sandcastles Day Nursery |
| |
ROI |
Cunningham, Tara |
CEO |
Release Speech Therapy |
| D |
ROI |
Dalton, Rachel |
MD |
Rachel Dalton Communications |
| |
ROI |
Daly, Josephine |
Founder & CEO |
CNC Components |
| |
ROI |
Darmody, Michelle |
Founder |
The Cake Cafe |
| |
ROI |
De, Krishna |
MD |
Oneocean Ltd & host of Women in Business Show on Dublin City Annalivia FM |
| |
ROI |
Delaney, Martina |
Founder |
Handy Baby Products |
| |
ROI |
Delaney, Mary |
Founder |
SelfCatering.ie |
| |
ROI |
Doherty, Moya |
Serial Entrepreneur |
Executive Director, Tyrone Productions, River Films and River Productions. Owns Abhann Productions |
| |
ROI |
Donnelly, Carolyn |
Co-Founder |
Quin and Donnelly |
| |
ROI |
Doody, Connie |
Co-Founder |
Lir Chocolates |
| |
ROI |
Doyle, Rachel |
Co-Founder |
The Arboretum |
| E |
NI |
Eileen, Esler |
Founder |
Leadlines |
| F |
ROI |
Finan, Mary |
Co-Founder & Chairperson |
Wilson Hartnell Public Relations |
| |
ROI |
Fitzmaurice, Pamela |
Founder |
Blazing Salads |
| G |
ROI |
Gallagher, Bernadette |
Serial Entrepreneur |
Chairman, Jury Doyle Hotels. Formerly a director of PV Doyle Holdings |
| |
ROI |
Gardiner, Joanna |
MD |
Ovelle Pharmaceuticals |
| |
ROI |
Gashi, Olga |
Co-Founder |
Word Perfect Translations |
| |
ROI |
Gilheaney, Jane |
Founder |
Shaylyn Irish Dance Company |
| |
ROI |
Gleeson, Denise |
Founder |
Blakes Organic Chocolate |
| |
ROI |
Gogan, Nicky |
Founder |
Darklight Film Festival |
| |
ROI |
Gratzer, Fiona |
MD |
Unislim, company founded by mother Agnus McCourt |
| H |
ROI |
Hacket, Celine |
MD |
PC Cubed |
| |
NI |
Harbison, Alison |
Founder |
Living Classroom |
| |
ROI |
Haughney, Helene |
CEO |
Nubiq |
| |
ROI |
Hayes, Freda |
Chief Executive |
Blarney Woollen Mills |
| |
ROI |
Heaney, Catherine |
Co-Founder |
DHR Communications |
| |
ROI |
Heffernan, Margaret |
Director of Textiles |
Dunnes Stores, Dunnes family business |
| |
ROI |
Hendy, Hazel |
Founder |
Bold Art Gallery |
| |
ROI |
Heraty, Anne |
Founder & CEO |
CPL Resources and winner of E&Y Entrepreneur of The Year Award, 2006 |
| |
ROI |
Hession, Joanne |
MD |
R&H Consulting |
| |
ROI |
Holmes, Lindsey |
Founder |
Lindsey Holmes Publicity, (LHP). Holmes founded the company ten years ago player in arts and entertainment PR |
| J |
ROI |
Jordan, Brenda |
MD |
National Energy Assessors |
| K |
ROI |
Kelly, Maeve |
Serial Entrepreneur |
Director of Medicom. Founded the company with Howard Beggs, CEO |
| |
ROI |
Kennedy, Angela |
Serial Entrepreneur |
Founder, Megazyme. Former chairperson, Small Firms Association |
| |
ROI |
Kennedy, Caroline |
Founder |
Kennedy PR |
| |
ROI |
Kennedy, Louise |
Founder |
Louise Kennedy Designs |
| |
ROI |
Keogh, Lainey |
Founder |
Lainey Keogh |
| |
ROI |
Kiely, Hannah |
CEO |
HC Financial Services Group |
| |
ROI |
Kinahan, Dr Audrey |
Founder |
University Pharmacy, Galway |
| |
NI |
King, Sarah |
Co-Owner |
Complete Communications Corporation |
| |
NI |
Kinnaird, Nicky |
Founder |
Space.NK |
| L |
ROI |
Lawlor, Sandra |
Co-Founder |
Alternatives |
| |
ROI |
Leslie, Sammy |
Co-Founder |
Castle Leslie Estates |
| |
ROI |
Lynch, Francis |
Cultural Entrepreneur |
Jeweller |
| M |
NI |
Mac Cathmhaoil, Deirdre |
Founder |
Ri Na Mara |
| |
ROI |
Macdougald, Suzanne |
Owner & MD |
Solomon Gallery |
| |
ROI |
Madden Bernadette |
Cultural Entrepreneur |
Batik Artist |
| |
ROI |
Mallin, Liavan |
Serial Entrepreneur |
Founder Celtic Hampers, sold the business in 1997. Founder, Zalco Investments and CEO, NFTE Ireland |
| |
ROI |
Maughan, Gemma |
Director |
Convest |
| |
NI |
McCambridge, Susan |
Founder |
McCambridge Associates |
| |
ROI |
McDonagh, Aldagh |
Co-Founder |
Alternatives |
| |
ROI |
McDowell, Lorna |
MD |
Xenergie |
| |
ROI |
McEvoy, Eleanor |
MD |
Phonecard Warehouse |
| |
ROI |
McGoldrick, Deirdre |
Founder |
The Pregnancy Store |
| |
ROI |
McGovern, Mary |
Founder |
McGovern PR |
| |
ROI |
McKillen, Margaret |
Founder |
Association of Virtual Assistants |
| |
ROI |
McPartlin, Ruth |
CEO & Co-Founder |
Fluid Rock |
| |
NI |
Miskimmin, Joy |
Founder & Owner |
Accounts4Less |
| |
NI |
Montague, Gillian |
Founder |
All Creatures |
| |
ROI |
Morgan, Brenda |
MD |
Morgan Institute |
| N |
ROI |
Naughton, Pauline |
MD |
P&G Cards & Stationary Ltd |
| |
ROI |
Newman, Sarah |
Founder |
Needahotel.com |
| O |
ROI |
O'Brien, Mary Ann |
Founder & MD |
Lily O' Briens |
| |
ROI |
O'Callaghan, Miriam |
MD |
O'Callaghan Hotel Group |
| |
ROI |
O'Kelly, Charlotte |
Founder & MD |
Techworks Marine |
| |
ROI |
O'Toole, Aileen |
Founder & MD |
Amas |
| P |
ROI |
Papaioannou, Leanne |
Serial Entrepreneur |
Founder, Chilli Pepper Marketing. Dublin President, Network Ireland |
| |
ROI |
Pierce , Valerie |
Director |
Clear & Critical Thinking |
| |
ROI |
Power, Michelle |
Founder |
Boozeberries Ltd |
| |
ROI |
Pratt, Amanda |
Director |
Avoca |
| |
ROI |
Prone, Terry |
Founder |
Carr Communications |
| Q |
ROI |
Quin, Elizabeth |
Co-Founder |
Quin and Donnelly |
| R |
ROI |
Richards-Stocks, Linda |
Owner |
Viking Splash Tours |
| |
NI |
Robinson, Beth |
Founder |
Templeton Robinson |
| S |
ROI |
Scully, Yvonne |
Founder |
Bia Kid |
| |
ROI |
Shah, Rita |
Founder & CEO |
Shabra Plastics |
| |
ROI |
Shaw, Helen |
Founder |
Athena Media |
| |
ROI |
Skelly, Jackie |
Co Founder |
Jackie Skelly Fitness with Mark Tooke |
| |
NI |
Slavin, Anne-Marie |
Founder and serial entrepreneur |
OPT2VOTE and WesternConnect |
| |
ROI |
Smurfit, Norma |
Founder & Chairperson |
First Step |
| |
ROI |
Standœn, Dearbhaill |
Founder |
Cnoc Suain |
| |
NI |
Stewart, Evelyn |
Co-Owner |
Corvally Healthcare |
| T |
ROI |
Tierney, Vanessa |
CEO |
SOS School of Sales |
| |
NI |
Timony, Jenni |
Founder |
Doolittles LTD |
| |
ROI |
Tomrop-Hofmann, Astrid |
Founder |
Bombyx Mori Studios |
| W |
ROI |
Watkins, Nicola |
Founder |
Nicola Watkins PR |
| |
ROI |
White, Senator Mary |
Co-Founder |
Lir Chocolates |
| |
NI |
Whitehorn, Cecilia |
Founder & Owner |
Consultancy Mentoring Works |
| |
ROI |
Williams, Vivienne |
Founder |
Cellix |
| |
NI |
Wilson, Ruth |
Founder & Proprietor |
Beaufort Interiors |
| |
ROI |
Wilson, Tara |
Founder & MD |
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Top All-Island Social Entrepreneurs
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Base |
Name | Current Status | Description |
| B |
NI |
Blood, Baroness May |
MD |
Greater Shankill Partnership |
| D |
ROI |
Davis, Mary |
CEO |
Special Olympics Ireland |
| G |
ROI |
Garrahy, Elizabeth |
Founder |
Arts For Peace Foundation |
| K |
ROI |
Kelly, Caroline |
Founder |
Alfa Project |
| L |
ROI |
Liston, Tara |
CEO |
Release Speech Therapy |
| |
NI |
Lee Margaret |
MD |
Cresco Trust |
| |
ROI |
Liston Tara |
CEO |
Release Speech Therapy |
| M |
ROI |
Mbugua Henry, Salome |
Founder |
African Women's Network |
| |
ROI |
McGuigan, Caroline |
Founder |
Suicide or Survive |
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NI |
Moore, Adele |
Co-Founder |
John Hewitt Pub, Belfast |
| |
NI |
Mulgrew, Madeleine |
Founder |
Cancer Choices |
| N |
ROI |
Noble, Christina |
Founder |
Christina Noble Children's Foundation |
| R |
ROI |
Robinson, Mary |
Executive Director |
Ethical Globalisation Institute |
| |
ROI |
Roche, Adi |
Founder |
Chernobyl Children's Project |
Disclaimer: The information provided for the listing of Ireland’s
top intrapreneurs was the most up to date available to Irish Entrepreneur
at the time of going to print. All care has been taken to provide the
correct data. Should there be any omissions, we are happy to correct them.
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