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2016 is a year that holds a lot of opportunities for each and every one of us be it in work, relationships or health.
I have compiled a list of ten businesspeople from whom we could get our inspiration to succeed from as these people are certainly achieving their goals and they are all under 40. Here’s five and we’ll have the other half next week…
Nathan McDonnell
1. Nathan Mc Donnell – Ballyseedy Home & Garden Centre
Having experienced difficulties like so may others during the downturn in the economy, it is just wonderful to see the Phoenix rise from the flames in Ballyseedy.
At the helm is Nathan who has worked tirelessly to make Ballyseedy a destination stop for so many. They have just had a hugely successful Christmas period with their ‘Believe at Ballyseedy’ experience a resounding success. Upwards of 60% of the people who visited Santa were from outside of Tralee and thankfully the traders of Tralee benefited from the visitors.
Plans for 2016 include a new farm shop selling local produce and a gala banquet called ‘Under the Stars’ at Ballyseedy in aid of local charities, which takes place in February. Details will be announced on their Facebook page in the coming weeks.
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Pat O’Sullivan and Mary Lynch of The Styling Irish. File Photo by Dermot Crean
2. Mary Lynch and Pat O’Sullivan – The Styling Irish
During a search for an unusual anniversary gift, Mary Lynch stumbled across a website that unbeknownst to her, her other half Pat O’Sullivan had also visited.
They had a chat about the viability of creating their own business and hence ‘The Styling Irish’ was born. The concept is a gift box that contains items to ensure that the Irish will always remain stylish. Bow ties, pocket squares, pocket watches and hip flasks are only some of the items that you will receive in your beautiful gift box.
Never a couple to shy away from hard work they immediately started the task of promoting and selling the idea and it wasn’t long before Ryan Tubridy had them on his radio show talking about their fledgling business, the company won the prestigious Hi Magazine Chairman’s Choice award and appeared on TV3’s Ireland AM.
Such was the traffic to their website www.thestylingirish.com that the website crashed. Due to the success of their Christmas business they were sold out by December 21st.
Check them out on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram
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Elaine Kinsella.
3. Elaine Kinsella – Radio Kerry
The stunning poster girl of Radio Kerry is a very talented and respected lady on the airwaves. Along with her co-presenter Andrew Morrissey they have the morning show on Radio Kerry and it is the feel good part of the day for all Kerry people.
A mixture of wit and a great sense of humour is what makes Elaine stand out from the crowd. She has worked with Radio Kerry for almost 12 years and is presenter of Kerry’s Full Breakfast and Seven Days.
Elaine is also the Head of Music for the station. The highlight of her career was winning a prestigious PPI award for a radio play about the Jeanie Johnston.
Other strings to her bow include her work as MC for many events throughout the county including the Rose of Tralee parade. Her infectious laugh is always identifiable and she is much sought after for this line of work.
2016 is a year that this Listowel native hopes she will finally finish that book that she has been writing since the day she was born!
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Caroline McEnery
4. Caroline McEnery – The HR Suite
Kerry is very lucky to have a lady of Caroline’s cailbre working and employing people here.
Her company The HR Suite is going from strength to strength and was set up six years ago. Caroline is member on the Low Pay Commission and she also is an adjudicator in the recently formed Work Place Relations Commission.
Basically this Causeway native knows every aspect of the HR world and has written numerous articles and given many speeches in the area of employment law, mediation and other relevant HR related topics.
Watch out for this lady in 2016 and see her grow from strength to strength.
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Gary O’Driscoll
5. Gary O’Driscoll – Gary O’Driscoll Auctioneers
Cork’s loss is Kerry’s gain and the field of auctioneering although haven gone through some difficult years is finally seeing a turnaround and Gary is prolific on the scene. He has operated his business since 2008 and opened his new premises located at Ivy Terrace in January 2014.
He currently sells in North Kerry, Tralee and surrounding areas. His focus is largely on the sale of commercial and agricultural properties. Ambitions for the future include opening an office in North Kerry and to increase his number of staff to include another qualified auctioneer.
Gary’s company sold a mixture of over 80 properties last year and has already experienced a strong start to 2016. His advice to anyone who is thinking of making a purchase is “If you want value in the future, you buy now”
Next week there will be more success stories including people from the world of sport and music.
Until next week,
Keep positive!
Orlagh xx
