THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MOYA –

Moya Doherty, Tyrone Productions

Riverdance is far from being an albatross around Moya Doherty's neck, the co-founder of the Irish dance phenomenon.From what started as a six-minute interval during the Eurovision production, went forth to become a two-hour show that would take on a life of its own. The show took €100 million per annum in its first five years and has been seen by 22 million people... read more »

PASSION IN PRACTICE –

Dr. Valerie Donnelly, Mount Carmel Hospital

Dr. Valerie Donnelly has devoted her life to improving women's health and is Consultant Obstetrician at Mount Carmel Hospital in Dublin. She admits that: "Women are dispensable with regard to work but they are indispensible with regard to their families. This is something I have to remind women of, often."

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WOMEN WHO LAUNCH –

Second Nature Oils

"When you're growing food organically it is a little like Russian roulette," says Kitty Colchester. Of course she is referring to the hit or miss nature of a guaranteed crop. The 34-year-old Kilkenny native set up Second Nature Oils as a sole trader in 2009... read more »

STRONG REPUTATION –

Dana Strong, UPC Ireland CEO

Six months into her role as UPC Ireland CEO, Dana Strong is every bit the successful businesswoman you would expect; sharp, manicured, welcoming, and a little bit flustered, finishing one conference call seconds before throwing herself wholeheartedly into our WMB interview... read more »

IT ALL MAKES PERFECT CENTS –

The New Normal

Since there are so few people in Ireland who can say, with hand-on-heart, they avoided all superfluous, vacuous, devil-may-care spending between 2001 and 2008, I think 2012 should be the year that all hairshirt recriminations – public and private – about the collective fiscal stupidity of the Irish people should come to an end. What we have now – give or take a sovereign default – is the new normal... read more »