Limerick born Aoife Mc Namara is founder of her eponymous sustainable, Irish made fashion label, Aoife Ireland. After attending a fashion show in her teens, Aoife was bitten by the fashion bug. While her friends went travelling Aoife upped sticks and moved alone to New York to intern with Marc Jacobs and then to Paris. After 6 months of multiple jobs in the fashion capital she returned to Ireland and launched Aoife Ireland in 2019. Flash forward a year she has won multiple awards and her...

Dublin born Roisin Lafferty is CEO of award winning studio, Kingston Lafferty Design. Roisin has become a creative force in interior architecture and design. Her distinctive, innovative and inspiring creations have appeared in Elle Decor and Wallpaper Magazine. She has been recognised by multiple international design awards and is the 2020 president of the Institute of Designers in Ireland. We chat, never having a plan B, continuous innovation and being female in a male dominated...

Due to Covid 19 we are not able to bring you new episodes of The Hero Podcast at the moment. Recording virtually brought some challenges and as the premise of The Hero Podcast is sitting down with someone and chatting to them in person I decided to take a few weeks off until I can do that again safely. For now, I am resharing some of the early episodes in a REWIND SERIES. This week we look back one of our most popular episodes, Episode 17 from May 2019 with the incredible Laura...

Due to Covid 19 we are not able to bring you new episodes of The Hero Podcast at the moment. Recording virtually brought some challenges and as the premise of The Hero Podcast is sitting down with someone and chatting to them in person I decided to take a few weeks off until I can do that again safely. For now, I am resharing some of the early episodes in a REWIND SERIES. This week we look back at Episode 7 from November 2018 with the incredible Niamh O Donoghue.  I had watched from afar as...

This week following the death of George Floyd and the global outcry against systematic racism. It is not just a US problem but a global problem. I am working to educate myself  to be actively anti-racist and to help dismantle systematic racism. It is important to keep this conversation going and to use our platforms to elevate black voices and to support the Black Lives Matter movement. This week we REWIND to our episode with the incredible Nadine Reid from September 2019. Nadine Reid is a...

Unfortunately due to Covid 19 we are not able to bring you new episodes of The Hero Podcast at the moment. Recording virtually brought some challenges and as the premise of The Hero Podcast is sitting down with someone and chatting to them in person I decided to take a few weeks off until I can do that again safely.  For now, I am resharing some of the early episodes in a REWIND SERIES. This week we look back at Episode 3 with the powerhouse but most importantly sweetheart that is Michaela O...

Shane Finn is an endurance athlete, personal trainer, podcaster, coach and speaker. In 2017 he ran 24 marathons in 24 days, followed by running and cycling 5,000 km across America in 5 weeks in 2018. To date, he has raised over €250,000 for spina bifida inspired by his best friend and cousin, Mary. Shane has turned his passion for endurance into a business. He uses technology to connect with clients all over the world from the beautiful Dingle in County Kerry. We chat through dropping out of...

Brazilian born Pat Kane studied Economics and Finance in Rio De Janeiro. She worked across Latin America and the Caribbean for tech multinationals where she met her Irish husband while at Digicel. They now live in Dublin with their 2 boys. After having her first child she saw the amount of waste created by a family household and began to investigate alternatives. Her passion for sustainability flourished into reuzi.ie, a sustainability store and resource. reuzi has grown to a bricks and...

When a mutual friend connected illustrator Jill Deering to printmaker Gill Henderson in 2016 they realised their combined talents could create something really special. That initial collaboration evolved into Jill & Gill, a multidisciplinary design studio. Their limited edition collections of fine art, fashion, textiles and design sell out in record time, even getting a shoutout from the iconic, Iris Apfel. We chat through their story, it may appear that everything they touch turns to...

In light of the Corona Virus Pandemic I decided to share how I am keeping positive in Covid 19. My structured routine is helping me to feel in control and comfortable at this very uncertain time. I share my dad, Michael Hoyne's top 5 tips for businesses dealing with the serious business challenges they now face.  I hope I can inspire coping skills to get you through. If you are a small business owner, worried about the effect of Covid 19 on your business I'm happy to chat on the phone or...

Emma Hogan Eyre is the owner of award winning, top Irish skin clinic, Eyrebrushed Skin and Beauty Clinic. She excelled in music from a young age and became a music teacher in her early 20's. She loved to teach but not the constraints and challenges of working in schools. Always driven by her passions she turned to makeup artistry and caught the business bug. We talk, taking risks continuing to reinvent her business and the importance of the bottom...

Emma Farrell is a pioneer of Irish Makeup Artistry. The EF Creative Studios founder tells her story of cycling to jobs with her makeup kit on her back (because she couldn't afford a car) to winning the UK & Ireland leg of a global competition to be Creative Director for L'Oréal. She has painted the faces of The Corr's and Eva Longoria, walked the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival and worked with the iconic photographer, Rankin. Her meteoric rise came so fast it took a physical and...

Aisling Keenan is a Freelance Journalist, Content Creator and Creative Director from Dublin. Her creative eye can be seen right across Irish media from contributing to your favourite magazines and radio shows to the stunning Brown Thomas beauty imagery and on her podcast, Private Education. We talk about losing her dream job, the freelance hustle, imposter syndrome and her latest genius project, Rogue...

Dublin born Hannah Saunders is founder of her eponymous agency, Hannah Saunders PR. She cut her teeth in Dublin and New York before starting her London based agency in 2016. In under 4 years she has built a fashion, beauty  and lifestyle PR business to rival any long established agency. She has worked with clients like Easilocks, Spotlight Oral Care, Therapie Clinic, Freddy Jeans and Bloom Magic to name but a few. We talk, setting yourself apart, being fearless and how experience will always...

Dublin born Stephanie O’Quigley started her blog, which is now called StephanieOQuigley.com, while at college. A chance seating arrangement at a Cocoa Brown event led to an internship and then the role of Marketing Manager at the Irish business phenomenon. As Marissa Carters right hand woman, Stephanie learnt on her feet as the business grew to selling 3 bottles a minute worldwide. At just 21 she attended the Oscars with Cocoa Brown and become an accidental social media star. Then in 2016,...

Fleur Emery is a start-up expert with 15 years’ experience both launching her own product ranges into major retailers and using her success to help other founders achieve. Her client roster includes Pip & Nut, Miso Tasty and Rosa Bloom. She recently spent three years setting up a premium ready meal business and with a product range ready to go, funding in place and interest from supermarkets decided to pull the plug and pivot her career.  Fleur has lectured at UCL on Business &...

Fashion Designer, Emma Manley is the founder of her own eponymous label, Manley and Co-Creator of Bloss, a luxury Irish Designer Pop Up. Coming from an entrepreneurial family with a fashion designer mum, Emma always knew she wanted to be a fashion designer and nothing was going to get in her way. She interned in New York and in London with Alexander McQueen before returning to Ireland to launch her brand. We chat about making your own rules, competing by not competing and not taking no for an...

This week my good friend Ros Russell joins me to dissect Black Friday, the opportunity, the pitfalls, the alternatives and give some advice on how to navigate it. Ros Russell is global commercial director at United Perfumes, she also runs her own strategic business consultancy, RMR Consult. Please rate, review & subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Contact Ros: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ros-russell-0467257/ Follow Nicki’s Instagram: @nickihoyne

Maryrose Simpson is the ultimate slashie - Entrepreneur, founder of My Lady Bug, Irelands first period subscription box, Shopify Guru, Graphic Designer and Feminist Advocate. Side Note - She even vent viral on TikTok this summer (the girl who found the guys sunglasses lens at Electric Picnic!!) Maryrose and I met during the incredible Acorns program back in 2016 when we were both in the early days of our businesses. We chat about how her father's passing away at the age of 11 impacted her...

#30 Emma Kelly - Elevate PR Emma Kelly is one of Ireland's PR powerhouses She founded her Dublin based PR and Creative Agency, Elevate in 2001. Clients include Charlotte Tilbury, Kildare Village, Universal and Lily O Briens. We chat the reality of PR, Influencer marketing and how trying to predict the future is a thing of the past. https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmakelly3/ Website: https://www.elevate.ie Emma's Instagram: @emmaelevate Elevate's Instagram: @elevatepr Elevate's Facebook:...

Nadine Reid is a celebrity make up artist turned TV, Social Media and Cover Star. Born in Birmingham, with Jamaican roots she now lives in Dublin sharing a home with 94 year old Minnie. I met Nadine in Preen in December 2017. She did my makeup the morning of my TedxTalk when I was so nervous and apprehensive. She let me practice my speech, putting me right at ease. We talked about life, its meaning and the importance of happiness (thats what the TEDxTalk is about). Flash forward a couple of...

Jo Browne is founder of her eponymous brand, Jo Browne. She always loved solid perfumes and when in 2013 she could no longer find any she decided to make her own. In 2016 she launched her business from her hometown of Hacketstown in Carlow. Since then, the brand has become a multi-award winning success story. Jo tells her story of building her business her way, balancing family life and the demands of a thriving business. She is a lesson in determination, grit and "where there's a will...

#26 Grace O'Mahony - Model Kilkenny gal Grace O'Mahony is one of Irelands top model. A total sweetheart, she is a million miles from the stereotypical model. Case and point, she still works in the family petrol station often selling magazines with her face on the cover. Having suffered with scoliosis in her teens she owns her looks and has worked hard to get where she is today. She tells her story so far and her hopes for whats next. Instagram @gracefomahony Bookings:...

Niamh Hogan is the owner of multi-award winning, Irish made, natural skincare brand, Holos. A serial entrepreneur, having been a holistic therapist for 15 years, her clients wanted to buy the blended oils she used in her therapy and Holos was born. Niamh has an unshakable belief in her products, proven by winning the coveted "Most Innovative Irish Brand at the 2018 Image Beauty Award. It has been far from an easy ride, Niamh tells her story of building her business, her way, in a highly...