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Full coverage: sustainability

“I put a freezer in my living room. It was pretty noisy at night when my family were watching TV”

When Giselle Makinde left Brazil, she knew she would find work anywhere as a trained chef. However, she didn’t expect to own an Irish business turning surplus ingredients into high-end ice cream.

Ruth O'Connor
4th Oct, 2021 - 6 min read

“I was staggering around dazed. I had been burning the candle at both ends and in the middle”

Kerry-born designer Don O’Neill may have enjoyed the “Meghan effect” but it wasn’t enough to save his job in light of Covid-19. From his brownstone in New York, he talks about burn out, the vagaries of fashion and why he won't start from scratch again.

Rosaleen McMeel
1st Mar, 2021 - 6 min read
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