For Mairead Mackle, a woman’s place in society is not in the home. For her, it’s about creating homes. Mackle grew up on a farm in Co Fermanagh in Northern Ireland and trained as a podiatrist before she decided to create her own career around home care and the housing crisis. With podiatry jobs in short supply, Mackle decided to create her own practice. However, this ended up eating into a lot of her time, which was not ideal as she had just had her first of seven children.   “My whole ethos is having flexibility and freedom to do…

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