“We’ll help Irish farmers farm better” – scientist winner of EY Entrepreneur of the Year reveals future plans
“Farmers need affordable, high-quality inputs. They need to be competitive.” Nicola Mitchell is the newly-crowned EY Entrepreneur of the Year for 2020 and her agri-pharma business, which makes generic molecules used in products to protect crops against disease or insects, has big ambitions for Irish farming. She told Sonya Lennon, host of The Architects of […]
5 years ago
“Takeaways three or four times a week” – Camile Thai’s Brody Sweeney on the growth of takeaway culture in Ireland
“In Rathmines you have 250 restaurants who will deliver to you within half an hour…” Brody Sweeney is the founder of the Camile Thai restaurant chain and he has seen big changes to the way Irish people consume their takeaway food. He told Sonya Lennon, host of The Architects of Business, made in partnership with […]
5 years ago
“What happened with gin in the public psyche?” – how one Irish gin is competing with the top gins in the world
“I was in one retailer recently and you had 620 gins.” Pat Rigney is the founder of The Shed Distillery, the creators of Drumshanbo Gunpowder Gin. The drinks industry, like most other sectors, has been undergoing huge change since COVID changed our lives in March, with supermarkets focussing on what he describes as a smaller […]
5 years ago
Irish travel company chief fears for American tourism industry if Trump is re-elected
“Hopefully we have a new leader there…” Mary McKenna is the Founder and CEO of Irish travel company, Tour America. She has witnessed her industry undergo seismic change since she closed the doors on her physical office on 18 March and moved all their business online. She told Sonya Lennon, host of The Architects of […]
5 years ago
Billion dollar Irish gaming company on course for $500million revenue in 2020
Keywords Studios employs over 8,500 people in 61 studios across the world. The Dublin-based gaming company creates, adapts, and supports some of the biggest video games in the world like Halo, Assassin’s Creed, and Fortnite. CEO Andrew Day, who joined Keywords Studios with 50 staff in 2009, says that his company is heading into a […]
6 years ago
Irish biotech company CEO working on COVID vaccine predicts it will be available by end of 2020
Aalto Bio is amongst a number of companies working on a vaccine for COVID-19. The Dublin-based biotech company researches and develops proteins and reagents that are provided to pharmaceutical companies that in turn develop diagnostic tests for viruses. CEO of Aalto Bio, Philip Noone who has been working in the virus diagnostics space for twenty-five […]
6 years ago