This week’s guest: Rosy Temple Magee 1866 is a fifth-generation Irish family business with over 150 years’ experience in designing, weaving and tailoring luxurious fabrics and clothing in Donegal.  It was founded on handwoven tweed when John Magee first established a small drapers shop in Donegal, Ireland. In 1900, Robert Temple – John Magee’s cousin and apprentice – bought the business and today the third and fourth generations of the Temple family are still at the helm. Their weaving mill in Donegal Town, on the banks of the River Eske, is still the beating heart of everything they do at Magee, proud to support a tradition of weaving and manufacturing textiles in the northwest of Ireland, bringing a contemporary edge to an age-old craft.  They are always looking for ways to envelop their heritage in new and exciting ways through contemporary design, so today Magee 1866's lifestyle collections include men/women/home interiors and accessories. This generation is about a sustainable future as they continue to focus on their heritage of long-lasting quality and weaving natural fibres like wool and linen, which are biodegradable and renewable. Rosy Temple began her career with commercial roles first at international auction house, Christie’s, and then at Rebel Kitchen, developing UK & Irish sales for the startup organic food brand, before returning to the family business in 2018, taking the responsibility for sales development and in early 2020 was appointed as CEO. This is the 14th episode with guest Rosy Temple, CEO of Magee Clothing at Magee 1866 in the Davy podcast series 'Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly'. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what you hear, please like, share and subscribe.

This week’s guest: David McKernan David McKernan joined Bewley’s straight out of school in 1987 as a sales rep. Through a combination of hard work and an equally hard neck, he worked his way up to the role of Sales and Marketing manager. In 1997, David convinced Bewley’s to make a radical experiment in espresso-based beverages - launching the Caffè La Scala brand. In early 1998, David started to research coffee roasting techniques – to try and further improve the quality, experience and flavour he had achieved with Caffè La Scala. In September 1998 he left Cambell Bewley Group to work full-time on this ambition. One hard and impoverished year later, Java Republic Roasting Company sold their first case of hand roasted coffee. The first five years saw huge growth in volume and distribution, and by 2005 Java Republic entered the retail market with a selection of coffees. The foodservice business also saw new product development in speciality teas and premium hot chocolate. To accommodate this growth, and to realise a vision first sketched in 1998, David then commissioned designs for a bespoke facility with a fourfold increase in capacity. It opened in 2008.  In 2019, he sold a majority stake in the company to Spanish coffee company Cafento, but remains in a non-executive role and brand ambassador. Since then, he has set up BiaVest - Ireland’s only dedicated food investment vehicle, which is committed to investing in high quality food brands. This is the 13th episode with guest David McKernan, Founder of Java Republic in the Davy podcast series 'Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly'. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what you hear, please like, share and subscribe.

This week’s guest: Aongus Hegarty While I can’t describe him as unique, I can definitely say that Aongus Hegarty is an uncommon species – not because his last twenty four years was spent in the technology sector but because that tenure was with a single company and covered periods where the company was publicly quoted, then taken off the stock market in a private equity funded transaction, then did the biggest acquisition in its history, before returning to the public markets, all the while being lead by the same well known man, who gave his name to the company. From 1999 to 2023, Aongus held several executive roles at Dell Technologies. His most recent was President for International Markets, an organisation spanning over 170 countries, supported by over 50,000 team members who helped customers of all sizes on their digital transformation journey . Aongus Hegarty is a seasoned board member, strategic advisor, and thought leader, with four decades of global business experience. He has been Chair of the Executive Council for the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union - leading the strategy to ensure a growth-oriented business and investment climate in Europe for US companies. He is a member of the Special Olympics Ireland Council of Patrons, Chair of the Munster Rugby Commercial Advisory Group, and a member of the 30% Club Ireland Advisory Group. This is the 12th episode with guest Aongus Hegarty, independent Director and Adviser in the Davy podcast series 'Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly'. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what you hear, please like, share and subscribe.

This is the 11th episode with guest Aisling Hurley, CEO of Breast Cancer Ireland in the new Davy podcast series 'Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly'. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what you hear, please like, share and subscribe. About Aisling Hurley Aisling Hurley has over 35 years of experience in the non-profit sector, having started out at the University of Limerick, assisting with the creation of the University of Limerick Foundation, and moving on then to become a Consultant with CCS Ireland Limited, a fundraising consultancy, where she worked on a variety of projects for the Arts, Cultural, Overseas and Education sectors. Aisling joined the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 2005 as their Director of Development. During her tenure, Aisling raised over €20 million as part of the College Development Campaign. In 2012, following discussions with RCSI and the need for a separate legal entity to be established,  Aisling, together with Prof Arnie Hill, leading breast surgeon, established Breast Cancer Ireland, securing its  charitable status (CHY 19926), developing its board and codes of practice. Since 2020 in line with the Charities Institute Ireland, Breast Cancer Ireland has successfully secured the Triple lock award for excellence in governance, compliance & accounting.  With over 9000 registered charities in Ireland, BCI is just one of 72 awarded this acumen annually. Since its inception in 2012, BCI has raised over €25 M from the public both from individual and corporate support. Aisling has been awarded many industry accolades as she continues to lead the development and expansion of Breast Cancer Ireland.

This is the 10th episode with guest Mick O’Keeffe from Teneo in the new Davy podcast series 'Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly'. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what you hear, please like, share and subscribe. About Mick O’Keeffe Mick O’Keeffe is Chief Executive of the Irish arm of the global CEO advisory firm, Teneo. He is the former Managing Director of Pembroke Communications and CEO of PSG, which he founded in 2014 following the merger of Slattery Communications and Pembroke Communications. Mick leads the Teneo Consultancy, and he is responsible for company strategy and development as well as global integration. He oversees the growth of the corporate, strategy and sponsorship business divisions in Teneo. He is deeply involved in reputation management, CEO advisory, issues management and media training for senior C-Suite clients, politicians, and sports stars. Mick also has a proven track record in developing successful commercial strategies for sporting and non-sporting organisations. He has also negotiated some of the biggest sponsorship deals in Ireland in recent years. But more important than all of that, Mick has represented the Republic of Ireland in football at underage and universities level and Dublin in GAA at all levels including senior

This is the 9th episode with guest Jacqueline O’Donovan OBE, Managing Director at O’Donovan Waste Disposal Limited in the new Davy podcast series 'Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly'. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what you hear, please like, share and subscribe. About Jacqueline O’Donovan Jacqueline O’Donovan is unique being the CEO of UK based O’Donovan Waste, the only female in such a role in London and one of only three in the entire UK. The business was started by her father, Joe, and it grew to a phenomenal size before his untimely death at the age of 51. For her part Jacqueline left school at 16 and intended to become a child minder, before she was thrust into the role as MD of O’Donovan Waste at the age of 19 – with no formal training, this was a big step up.  O’Donovan Waste now offers a wide range of services including skip hire, roll on/off bins, waste transfer stations, tipper and grab lorry services, recycled aggregates, road sweepers, wheelie bins and demolition services. It’s renowned for its efforts to clean up the industry and bring it into the 21st century. The company now has 150 staff, 85 vehicles, and six different depots, and she’s won just about every recognition and award in the industry. Although in recent years the business was sold to Sortera, a Swedish firm seeking to become one of Europe’s leading recyclers of construction waste, she remains at the coalface, running the company. Jacqueline also does a lot of work supporting the Irish community in London, and besides being an OBE, she was also given the Freedom of the city of London, the Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad from President Higgins, and a host of other accolades.

This is the 8th episode with guest Brian Thornes, Founder & CEO X-Bolt Trauma & Inventor of Tightrope in the new Davy podcast series 'Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly'. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what you hear, please like, share and subscribe. About Brian Thornes Coming from a medical family, his father was an oncologist and immunologist, Brian studied medicine in Trinity before interning in the Meath and Adelaide Hospitals. After a year in Brisbane, he returned to Ireland to commence his orthopaedic training, working in many of the hospitals around the country. An interest in ankle anatomy/injuries, the result of a water skiing accident, ultimately led him to inventing Tightrope in 2000, which he ultimately licenced to Arthex in 2003, with the first surgery performed in 2004.  In 2005, he quit the orthopaedic scheme to try his luck in business. (2-3 years short of becoming a consultant). Then in 2007, came his light bulb moment for the second product – X-Bolt for the treatment of hip fractures – and in 2018 he got FDA approval for the first generation of the product. Since then, further developments have been made with the introduction of a full portfolio in titanium based products for other anatomical areas in 2021.

The is the 7th episode and part 2 with Rena Maycock and Feargal Harrington from Intro Matchmaking and Cilter Technologies. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what you hear, please like, share and subscribe. Rena Maycock is the founder / CEO of Cilter, a technology startup developing child protection software for smartphones that detects/blocks cyberbullying, grooming and suicide/self-harm in user-generated content on messaging apps and browsers.   She started her career in advertising sales and went on to hold a variety of senior management and director roles in Sky Media, Sunshine and was latterly CEO of the iRadio group. She was appointed to the Commission on Taxation and Welfare and Chairs the board of the Irish International Business Network.  If that wasn’t enough she also writes a column for The Currency…. But I wont hold that against her!! In 2011 she co-founded Ireland’s largest traditional matchmaking company, Intro, with Feargal Harrington. Feargal is the lead principal of that business now and also involved in Cilter. He is a regular media contributor on all things dating-related. Recently he founded Kombeara, a hard-Kombucha drinks company which will be the first of it’s kind this side of the Atlantic selling organic, vegan, low-calorie and gluten free alcoholic kombucha to meet the demand for better-for-you alcoholic beverages which has already taken the US by storm Feargal began his career as an Estate Agent with property firm Lisney, before joining Sherry Fitzgerald in 2007.

The is the 6th episode with Rena Maycock and Feargal Harrington from Intro Matchmaking and Cilter Technologies. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what you hear, please like, share and subscribe. Rena Maycock is the founder / CEO of Cilter, a technology startup developing child protection software for smartphones that detects/blocks cyberbullying, grooming and suicide/self-harm in user-generated content on messaging apps and browsers.   She started her career in advertising sales and went on to hold a variety of senior management and director roles in Sky Media, Sunshine and was latterly CEO of the iRadio group. She was appointed to the Commission on Taxation and Welfare and Chairs the board of the Irish International Business Network.  If that wasn’t enough she also writes a column for The Currency…. But I wont hold that against her!! In 2011 she co-founded Ireland’s largest traditional matchmaking company, Intro, with Feargal Harrington. Feargal is the lead principal of that business now and also involved in Cilter. He is a regular media contributor on all things dating-related. Recently he founded Kombeara, a hard-Kombucha drinks company which will be the first of it’s kind this side of the Atlantic selling organic, vegan, low-calorie and gluten free alcoholic kombucha to meet the demand for better-for-you alcoholic beverages which has already taken the US by storm Feargal began his career as an Estate Agent with property firm Lisney, before joining Sherry Fitzgerald in 2007.

The is the 5th episode with Aine Kilkenny from Riley. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what you hear, please like, share and subscribe. I often tell people that the share tips they get in a bar late in the evening tend never to be the best investment ideas. So, whether starting a business from an idea created over a few drinks falls into this category as well, my guest Aine Kilkenny will probably tell me. Because while the world was still in the grips of COVID, along with friends Fiona Parfrey, Lauren Duggan, Áine put a girls’ wine night idea into action and now have a business that has seen them all quit their day jobs, move home to Ireland, and be nominated for an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year award all in two years. Riley is a company that aims to make superior, eco-friendly period and feminine care products more convenient and accessible to everybody, using a novel subscription-based model. Their products contain no bleach, no pesticides, no toxins, no harmful chemicals and the company has sustainability as one of their core values, with a plan to end the use of plastics in period care products. The company is also proud to be part of the fight against period poverty on the ground in Ireland but also further a field in Kenya.

This is the 4th episode with guest Niall Sabongi from Sustainable Seafood Ireland. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what you hear, please like, share and subscribe. Sustainable Seafood Ireland was first set up in 2013 by owner Niall Sabongi. As a chef/restaurant owner, Niall initially wanted to supply his growing restaurant business but more importantly have a better understanding of where his seafood came from and if it was truly sustainable. Allied to that, he also wanted top quality, variety of species, access to fish and shellfish that often only gets exported. So having the opportunity to build direct links to the fishers and boats was big driving force in setting up the business. In late 2014 SSI was approached by a number of other restaurants and likeminded chefs in the business seeking the same quality and variety. They get their seafood from a close network of purveyors and fishermen, using world-class standards to help ensure transparency at every step, from the waters the fish are harvested in, the catch method, down to the boat and skippers, letting them enjoy it with confidence and share this first-hand knowledge with their customers.

This is the 3rd episode with guest Ciaran Finane from Finline Furniture of the new Davy podcast series 'Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly'. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what you hear, please like, share and subscribe. About Ciaran Finane One of the big questions for many family businesses is that transfer from the first generation who started the business to the next generation. Finline Furniture was originally set up by husband-and-wife team Kieran and Brigid Finane in 1979. Recognising the lack of high quality Irish handcrafted sofas and chairs, their vision to fill this gap was the basis on which the business was created and operates today. Over the next decade, Finline continued to expand and began exporting into the UK and Middle East markets. In 2009, eldest son Ciaran joined the business. As a wholesale-only business, they began to explore new opportunities when the economic downturn of the late 2000’s took hold. Rethinking the business model led them down new avenues and in 2012 the first showroom in the factory in Emo, Co. Laois was opened. More retail operations have followed. In 2013 younger brother Kilian joined the family business. Kilian working alongside brother Ciaran brought another new dimension to the business.

This is part 2 with guest Gary McGann from Flutter Entertainment of the new Davy podcast series 'Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly'. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what you hear, please like, share and subscribe. About Gary McGann After studying, Gary McGann got a job with the Controller and Auditor General’s office and spent seven years in the civil service before joining mobile technology company Ericsson in 1978. He spent nearly 11 years there, eventually becoming the company’s chief financial officer. He then took up a role with drinks company, Gilbey’s, in 1988 and became its CEO in 1991. In 1994, the Irish Government appointed him as Group Chief Executive of Aer Lingus, a position he held until 1998. The job was to overhaul the company and he succeeded in keeping it afloat with several restructuring measures. Then in 1998, he joined Jefferson Smurfit as chief financial officer and eventually became its CEO in 2002, leading a successful merger with Dutch company Kappa to create a truly global business of Smurfit Kappa that we know today. He finished there in 2015. He has also held several chairman positions in his career in companies such as the Dublin Airport Authority, Aryzta, Sicon (Sisk), AON Ireland, and most recently, Flutter Entertainment. He board seats with UDG, and Green REIT. He is a former President of IBEC, and in the "not for profit sector" Gary is a director of Barnardos and The Ireland Funds.

This is the first episode of the new Davy podcast series 'Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly' with guest, Gary McGann from Flutter Entertainment.  This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. A new episode of the series will be released biweekly with the first one on Thursday, 25th May. If you like what you hear, please like, share and subscribe.   About Gary McGann After studying, Gary McGann got a job with the Controller and Auditor General’s office and spent seven years in the civil service before joining mobile technology company Ericsson in 1978. He spent nearly 11 years there, eventually becoming the company’s chief financial officer. He then took up a role with drinks company, Gilbey’s, in 1988 and became its CEO in 1991. In 1994, the Irish Government appointed him as Group Chief Executive of Aer Lingus, a position he held until 1998. The job was to overhaul the company and he succeeded in keeping it afloat with several restructuring measures. Then in 1998, he joined Jefferson Smurfit as chief financial officer and eventually became its CEO in 2002, leading a successful merger with Dutch company Kappa to create a truly global business of Smurfit Kappa that we know today. He finished there in 2015. He has also held several chairman positions in his career in companies such as the Dublin Airport Authority, Aryzta, Sicon (Sisk), AON Ireland, and most recently, Flutter Entertainment. He board seats with UDG, and Green REIT. He is a former President of IBEC, and in the "not for profit sector" Gary is a director of Barnardos and The Ireland Funds.

Aidan Donnelly, Head of Equities at Davy, has been working in, analysing, and investing in companies for decades. He has 27 years’ investment management experience. He joined Davy in 2005 and has worked as an analyst/fund manager for a range of global equity funds and is now responsible for the direct equity offering at Davy. While much of his time is spent focusing on the financials, what is more fascinating to him is how companies operate, how the entrepreneurs started them, and the business people/managements who run them. In this podcast, Aidan will be in discussion with these people to get insights into their journey, their highs and lows, their management styles, and the lessons they have learned along the way.  But as with most things, a work/life balance is essential, so it won’t just be about the professional developments they have made through the years, but also the personal ones.  There will be a new episode released every two weeks, with the first airing on Thursday 25th May so please like, share and subscribe if you like what you hear!