Episodes
On this week’s Red Business, Jonathan speaks to Danny McEnery, MD of PrimaHeath, an adolescent mental health provider. The company was one of the recent winners at the IGNITE awards.  He also speaks to Tara O’Driscoll from Douglas, co-founder of BoobyBiome, which harnesses breast milk microbiome science to develop products to improve infant health. Tara has been listed in the Forbes “30 under 30.” And The Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Growth Summit takes place on Tuesday 28th of May at Cork...
Published 04/24/24
On this week's Red Business, Jonathan has an in-depth conversation with Simon Coveney, who recently stepped down from his Cabinet position. The former minister discussed some of the highs and lows of his political career, as well as looking at some of the developments we’ve seen in Cork during that time.
Published 04/19/24
Published 04/19/24
Cork businessman John Mullins is throwing his hat in the ring to run as a Fine Gael candidate for Ireland South in the upcoming European Elections. Jonathan asks him what inspired the decision.  We also hear all about the “VAT 9” campaign and why the owners of Ballinadee Bus Accommodations in West Cork are getting behind it.  And Cork artist @johnadamspaintings has taken the world by storm with his new short film ‘Get up the Yard,' made by GM Media Solutions in Carrigaline.
Published 04/10/24
On this week’s Red Business podcast…. We hear from Stephen Daly, The Dairy Commercial and Operations Manager from North Cork Creameries on the progress of Or Butter with their new products, Melissa Jones, Spa Development Manager at The Kingsley Hotel in Cork on development of the best work environment for staff, And  Colman Keohane Managing Director of Keohane Seafoods on the journey to success
Published 04/03/24
On this week’s Red Business podcast…. We hear from Anthony Cremin, Head of Marketing for Maxi Zoo on their brand-new stores, Simon O’ Keeffe, Chairman of CIF Cork City Region on the future of Infrastructure And  Anthony O’Sullivan , Commercial Manager of Cork City FC on the ins and outs of running a football club
Published 03/29/24
On this week's Red Business  Jonathan Healy looks ahead to the St Patrick's Day festival and parade in Cork city. He chats to Trish Murphy, Events Manager at Cork City Council about what will be happening to mark the occasion ☘️
Published 03/12/24
We hear from Ian Kerrigan, Co- owner of Lusso’s a chocolate and cakes shop in Ballincollig, Clara O’Neill, Chair of CBA Cork city 2030 Committee about Climate Neutrality in business And  Kevin Cottrell from The Old Oak pub, who’s doing amazing things with green energy
Published 03/05/24
On this week’s Red Business podcast…. We hear from Julia Lynes, Co-Founder of EazyCity & EZC Study Abroad, Gilian O’Carroll, Cyber Skills lecturer at MTU who talks about her upcoming webinar on Cyber Security for Enterprise week And  Colm Reilly from OCO Global, who will be holding an in person seminar about how to plan for export success in his contribution to Enterprise week
Published 03/01/24
On this week’s Red Business podcast…. We hear from Aislinn and Nicole O’Shea, two sisters on a mission to make their hotel dreams reality, Phil Cone Owner of Academy Crests Munsters largest print and embroidery company, And  Brayden Peck, Owner of BP Strings, a business for restringing Tennis rackets
Published 02/22/24
On this week’s Red Business podcast…. We hear from Eamon Curtin, Director of Ignite on beginning your start up, Geraldine Magnier , Co – Founder of Idiro Analytics with her insights into AI and the workplace And  Dr Niall O’Keeffe, Head of Enterprise at Cork City Council, creating business opportunities and experiences.
Published 02/15/24
On this week’s Red Business podcast…. We hear from Wyon Stanfield, Co- Owner of Pinocchio’s Toy Shop renowned for it’s classic and nostalgic wooden toys Michelle Lewis, Co-Manager of Hannah/Griffiths Bar, a revamped rural pub bringing new life into the rural community of Skenakilla And Colm O’Connor, Rural Social Scheme Supervisor for Dunhallow Furniture Revamp, a upcycling, recycling and reusing incentive set up to bring your unused furniture new life
Published 02/08/24
On this week’s Red Business podcast…. We hear from Ciaran O’ Sullivan, An award-winning men’s hair Stylist and owner of KiwiCutz Ciaran Finnegan, chief Operating Officer for The HR Suite – which aims to bring you the best advice and training for your business needs And Gemma Kingston, co-founder of The Family Edit, a site to help you find the right place for you and your family to spend some quality family time.
Published 02/01/24
On this week’s Red Business podcast…. We hear from Leo Muckley, who has just begun his journey with his new Psychotherapy and counselling business Shannen O’ Reilly, the Co – Founder of TrustDish, which aims to deliver the best food choices for those with allergies And Richard Jacob, Creator of a Re-Commerce website known as StyleBarn, an environmentally friendly store aiming to reduce, reuse and recycle into new fab designs.
Published 01/26/24
On this week’s Red Business podcast… Kieran Barry of Living Dreamz Furniture talks about being in a competitive industry for 30 years Susana Marambio is the 2024 president of Network Cork And The Fabulous Pharmacist, Laura Dowling, brings her live show to Cork
Published 01/18/24
On the first Red Business podcast of 2024 Jonathan chats to Seán Treacy, the founder of Hunter Treacy Tailors, a Made to Measure suit company based in Clonakilty Lyndsey Cremin talks about the Dressing Clinic which offers specialist wound care to people in their own homes And  Stephen Carolan, National Hubs Network Programme Manager, gives us his predicted workplace trends for 2024
Published 01/11/24
On the final Red Business podcast of 2023… Jonathan is joined by the winners of Cork County Council’s West Cork Best in Cork Awards winners Wildberry Bakery is a gluten-free bakery in Ballineen which creates a range of cakes using quality ingredients Oak Fire Pizza is headquartered in Clonakilty and has expanded to five locations across Cork And Simple Study uses adaptive learning and AI to help secondary school students improve their exam results in more than 37 subjects Happy Christmas to...
Published 12/22/23
On this week’s Red Business podcast… Jonathan is joined by the winners of Cork County Council’s South Cork Best in Cork Awards winners Green Rebel provides site investigation data services to the offshore wind sector Hanna’s Bees produces a unique range of eco-friendly and sustainable handmade products And Everywhere English is an online learning solution that helps non-native English-speaking teams in businesses improve their level of industry-specific English. Also on this episode Dennis...
Published 12/18/23
Jonathan is joined by the winners of Cork County Council’s North Cork Best in Cork Awards winners Viska Systems creates intelligent automation that enables machines to move, think and see CPH is Ireland's largest Independent Powered Access Company And BladeBridge repurposes turbine blades into greenway bridges and outdoor furniture.  
Published 12/08/23
On this week’s Red Business podcast…  The Gate Cinema on North Main St reopens as Arc Cinema and Regional Manager Tracey O’Brien updates us on what we can expect  Irish Olympian Derval O’Rourke talks about her new workplace wellbeing platform SAOL  And  Keane’s Jewellers celebrates 75 years in business
Published 12/01/23
On this week’s Red Business podcast… Mark Tynan of MT Wellness explains how businesses can tackle workplace stress After winning an IGNITE Award at UCC, Fash Forward founder Ailis Crowley talks about sustainability in the fashion industry And the 30% Club Ireland hosts its first event in Cork
Published 11/27/23
On this week’s Red Business podcast… Rob Horgan of Velo Coffee Roasters tells us about the newly launched Coffee + Protein  Ciara Crossan of WeddingDates is voted Ireland’s Most Flexible Boss  And some of the country’s leading employers will be at the 5th annual STEM South West Expo
Published 11/16/23
On this week’s Red Business podcast… Sarah Ward-Hendy of Ruxx in Kinsale is one of the many craft makers at the upcoming Ballymaloe Craft Fair Dr Ciara Fitzgerald, co-director of the BIS degree programme, talks about the programme’s 30th anniversary  And CEO of CRITICAL Micheál Sheridan explains the importance of corporate sponsorships for the charity 
Published 11/10/23
On this week’s Red Business podcast… The Clonakilty Gluten Free Kitchen is honoured at the Blás na hÉireann Awards and founder Niamh Scally talks about the company’s expansion Ceramic artist Bernadette Tuite was the winner of the Innovation and Environment Award at the Cork City Partnership Awards  And  The CEAI launches its first ever Guidance Handbook for Good Governance
Published 10/27/23
On this week’s Red Business podcast… Rory Fitzpatrick of The National Space Centre in Midleton tells us about The Big Dish Susan Hayes Culleton, co-author of ‘Engineering In The World’, talks about how the new book will benefit teenagers And founder of The Menopause Hub, Loretta Dignam, talks about the new menopause treatment hub in Ballincollig  
Published 10/19/23