Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly

For nearly 30 years Pamex has blazed a trail in the Irish Pharmaceutical industry. Its founder Tom Murphy was a leading figure in the pharma industry in the 1980’s and early 1990’s before being made redundant in 1994. Still in his early 40’s and with a young family he found himself on the dole at a time when unemployment in Ireland was at a record high. Using his industry knowledge and backed all the way by his wife, Mary, the couple started the business that has built up a diverse portfolio of products that have made an immeasurable difference to the health and wellbeing of countless Irish people.


Its first brand, Total Shaving Solution, has been joined by names such as Carmex lip balm, Alforex biotics, Kin Dental, Thea eyecare, and many more, with the result that this company from Castlebar continues to punch above its weight.


This is the 25th episode with guest Tom Murphy, Founder / Chairman Pamex Limited, 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.

Derek Murray is one of the World’s leading independent experts on golf club technology and the true art of custom fitting and club making – a passion ignited over 25 years ago, following a visit to the custom fitting tour trucks at the Czech Open.

Throughout his career Derek has worked with a ‘who’s who’ list of professional golfers like the late, great Seve Ballesteros, Ian Woosnam, Michael Campbell, Sergio Garcia, Raphael Jacquelin, and countless other PGA and European Tour pros. Closer to home, he has helped Padraig Harrington, Darren Clarke, Shane Lowry, Gary Murphy, and Seamus Power with their equipment decisions.

Further afield, he designed and developed an exclusive, brand agnostic club fitting system and in-house club-fitting program focused on delivering not only a world class customer experience for the members of one of the world’s most exclusive golf clubs in Georgia, USA but also designed a best in class fitting kit to specifically suit the course and conditions of play all cross referenced with the demographic of player at the club.

He is the founder of his family run business, ForeGolf, which is based at The Long Game Academy, Killeen Castle.

This is the 24th episode with guest Derek Murray, Owner & Master Club Fitter at ForeGolf 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.

When Harry Maharaj completed his Mechanical Engineering degree he got a ‘lucky’ call – his words, not mine – from a recruiter who found my CV online and asked would he consider moving away from engineering and going for an institutional equity sales role in Davy. Eight years later, having built strong client relations in Europe and US, he quit the job, moved home to Kilkenny, and started in the family business, Kilkenny Architectural Salvage.
 
Founded by his father to harness a long standing passion of his in the world of salvage, the business has just celebrated its 25th birthday. The company started originally building up stock by attending auctions, dealing with other salvage yards and buying from everyday people who had items to sell. Since then it has evolved and while they still buy from those original sources, they now have an extensive network of people and businesses who they deal with. They work very closely with some of the top hotels, restaurants and bars around Ireland, and also import items from the UK, Europe and even further afield.
Robin's three sons (Paul, Harry and Conor) all left their jobs in Dublin to move home to join the business in the last 5 years which has had a huge impact on the scale of the business in particular with bringing the business online through social media – they have 80k followers and have found it a great way to bring the world of salvage to the next generation.


This is the 23rd episode with guest Harry Maharaj, Director at Kilkenny Architectural Salvage & Antiques, in the Davy podcast series 'Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly'.
 
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There can’t be too many people, certainly in Dublin, who haven’t heard of Fitzpatrick’s Castle Hotel in Killiney. And while the building itself has a very long history dating all the way back to 1740, its current incarnation began in 1970 when Paddy and Eithne Fitzpatrick fulfilled a lifetime ambition by buying Killiney Castle and its grounds. They initially opened 1 room at a time, eventually reaching 13 rooms in the original castle, before embarking on a massive expansion plan over the 1975 to 1995 period that saw the property grow by 100 rooms, a fitness centre, and conference and meeting spaces.

The group then expanded to open hotels in Bunratty, New York, and Chicago before splitting into separate ownership when Paddy died. The Fitzpatrick Castle hotel has been in the ownership of Paddy and Eithne’s daughter since 2005 and has been operating for over 50 years.

Sitting in front of me are Mark and Joseph Scott Lennon – the current generation of operators. Mark has over 20 years of hospitality experience and took over running Fitzpatrick’s Castle in 2012. He has international experience working in Vancouver and New York and is heavily involved in the Irish Hotel Federation as a current member of the national council.

Joseph has 14 years hospitality experience packed with international destinations like St Vincent, the Grenadines, New York, and Dubai. He has been hotel manager at Fitzpatrick Castle for the last two years. 





This is the 22nd episode with guests Mark and Joseph Scott Lennon, Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel, in the Davy podcast series 'Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly'.


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Having spent 5 years as an Audit and Risk Senior with Deloitte Ireland, Mike Tonery moved to the role of CFO for the Aryzta/Wendy’s joint venture, before beginning his healthcare odyssey. In 2006 he became Senior Financial Controller for the Mater Private Hospital, transforming the finance function to meet the new requirements of the board, syndicate of lending banks, insurers, private equity investors and the development of a new hospital strategy.
In 2015 he moved to the Mater Private Cork as CFO before joining the Bon Secours Hospital in September of that year as CEO. The hospital employs circa 600 personnel, who, together with leading consultants work in partnership to provide the highest standard of Advanced Medicine Exceptional Care to over 30,000 patients each year. 


Then in July 2022, Mike took up his current role as CEO of Trinity Care, which provides the highest standards of quality, person-centred nursing home care for residential, convalescent, respite and rehabilitative services across Dublin, Meath, Kildare, Louth, Wicklow, Kilkenny & Cavan.


Mike is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ireland and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and Business Management and has completed programmes in Clinic Leadership, Pensions for Finance Directors, Debt Financing Training and Negotiation Skills Training.  Mike graduated from IMI with a Masters in Leadership in 2022.


This is the 21st episode with guest Mike Tonery, CEO at Trinity Care in the Davy podcast series 'Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly'.


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Much to his parents’ horror Declan Doyle dropped out of Trinity after one year and went full time managing 10 quick service retail stores in Dublin city centre, going to college by night to get a business degree. Realising accountancy might be a good skill to have, he trained with Grant Sugrue as a forensic accountant, before going into the facilities maintenance industry with Noonan Services Group.


Soon after he was involved in a management buyout – possibly not the best-timed transaction I think he would admit – but the company still managed to grow through the early years of the Financial Crisis with him in the role of CFO. The successful implementation of an ERP system was followed up by a large UK acquisition to bolster their position there.


In 2017 it was time for their private equity partners to say goodbye, as they found a new home with Bidvest PLC a South African headquartered services, trading and distribution group. The transition from PE to PLC ownership was easy. Then in 2019 the CEO retired from the business, and Declan stepped into the role – where he remains today.


The business has trebled in the last 6 years with revenues now north of €900M pa. and they now have a team of over 27,000 passionate and customer-focussed people. He may never have received his Theoretical Physics degree from Trinity, but he does have an MBA from there.


This is the 20th episode with guest Declan Doyle, CEO at Bidvest Noonan, 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.