Full coverage: start-up

After selling their finance business in 2019, Joe O’Regan and his wife Deirdre O’Connor were looking for a new venture. So, during the pandemic, they launched Put Your Feet Up Candles. O’Regan talks about switching careers, online strategy and future expansion.

Pharmacist Robert Fenton left Mitchelstown to try and make it in San Francisco. Five years later he has raised $11 million to help a new breed of life science and medical device companies disrupt healthcare. Tom Lyons, who has been following his story since 2016, talks to the 33-year old founder of Qualio.

Pastry chef Gráinne Mullins has worked in some of the most prestigious kitchens in Europe. But the economy went into lockdown, she discovered she wanted to do something a little bit different and decided to create her own business venture, Grá Chocolates.

With Cognotec, Brian Maccaba achieved fame and fortune as one of Ireland's earliest tech entrepreneurs. Now the 61-year-old is accused of devising an elaborate ruse to acquire a 50 per cent stake in a cybersecurity firm.