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Annabella Forbes is the Chief Chick of Bed&Fed, a company she started 2 years ago when she was just 24. Annabella is an actress (shorts and features) and short-film maker (music and corporate videos as well as comedy sketches). She also does various creative and freelance work for other companies. Annabella plays a lot of music and hopes [...]
Continue ReadingPhilippa works for Cultivate, a ‘not for profit’ cooperative based in the heart of Dublin. Established in 2000, Cultivate’s mission is to promote sustainable living, community resilience and environmental causes through education, events and by bringing people together. Originally from Bristol England, Philippa has made Ireland her home for the last 6 years, and plans [...]
Continue ReadingAnne Marie Boyhan is founder of fashion and lifestyle blog, WhatSheWears.ie, fashion editor of MSN Ireland and in March 2011 won the industry award for Best Blogger at The Most Influential in Irish Fashion Awards. Since 2009 she has focused on fashion and is a regular contributor to East Coast FM and Independent.ie and divides [...]
Continue ReadingEmily Hourican is a journalist and editor. She writes regularly for the Sunday Independent and Image magazine, and contributes to Conde Nast Traveller and Woman & Home in the UK. She edits Hospitality Ireland, a magazine for the hotel and restaurant sector, and was founding editor of The Dubliner magazine. She has three children and [...]
Continue ReadingFounding Director and Programmer of Ireland’s Festival of World Cultures (’00-’10), Jody Ackland is a freelance festival and events producer and programmer specialising in world-wide music and traditional arts. Originally from England, Jody has been living in Dublin for over 20 years working in the music, arts and community development sectors. As the Company Director [...]
Continue ReadingGoogle staffers tell us their thoughts on being girls (and boys!) and why it’s so important that women and girls across the world are empowered. The project was undertaken by Google staff as part of Google Serve, a companywide project that started in 2008, which has now grown into an annual tradition. Thousands of “Googlers” [...]
Continue ReadingDarryl Gibney is an Agency Sales Account Manager for Associated Newspapers Ireland Ltd by day and runs her own yoga classes under the name ‘Dublin Yogabody’ at The South William Space, 27 South William St by night. Darryl’s first yoga class in 2001 was a life changing moment and it wasn’t long before she fell [...]
Continue ReadingPeppy Nephrine is a member of the Dublin Roller Girls, Ireland’s first roller derby league. Unable to resist the idea of playing an all-female, fast-paced team contact sport on wheels, she joined the league in April 2010. She has played a number of bouts in Ireland and the UK with the Dublin Roller Girls’ travel [...]
Continue ReadingMarion Mathews is the owner of the bridal shop The White Room as well as a new venture in space-saving children’s furniture, “Ann & Barry”, and wholesale agent in the UK and Ireland for Spanish bridal designer Jesus Peiro. She is also the mother of two boys Ronan, 3 and Aonghus, 2. Married to Paddy Mathews, [...]
Continue ReadingMo Kelly is a Dublin based Artist and DJ, she is a well know face behind the decks in the capital, across the country and internationally, with gigs from Full Moon parties in Thailand, music festivals in India, residencies in Dubai to clubs across London and even combining art and DJing in France for ArtMosh. Mo regularly spins [...]
Continue ReadingCourtney Smith (or Coco as her fashion friends call her) is admittedly a fashion junkie! With a collection of ‘Vintage Vogues‘ threatening to take-over her studio and a wardrobe bursting with much-loved stylish treasures – it’s no wonder she followed a career path into fashion! A graduate of Fashion Design, Courtney was a finalist in [...]
Continue ReadingLorna has no formal qualification in fashion or journalism but her opinions and views come from years of trawling through fashion magazines and studying Irish street style. Styleisle.ie was born as Irish women evolve into chic fashionistas who are not afraid of a little style adventure. The website gives women a chance to see the [...]
Continue ReadingAlex Donald has been a DJ for many years playing in clubs, bars and festivals across Ireland, in addition to numerous gigs in London and even a stint in Dubai. Alex also runs the blog Alex Donald’s Multiverse, which has been in existence for almost two years and covers a multitude of subjects including fashion, [...]
Continue ReadingMarie Moran is a post-doctoral scholar at the UCD School of Social Justice. She has taught on the Equality Studies programme in UCD since 2005, delivering undergraduate modules on ‘Global Justice’ and ‘Social Justice Movements’, as well as teaching on the Equality Studies Masters Programme. She wrote her doctoral thesis on the idea of identity [...]
Continue ReadingWe recently teamed up with Kiss Magazine, Ireland’s only teen magazine, and asked Kiss readers what does it mean to them to be a girl. These are the top quotes we received from Kiss readers Aoife, Kelly, Katy, Nikki, Marie, Kim, Megan, Caoimhe and Jacqueline. We think their quotes are inspirational, uplifting and lots of fun! Check out the [...]
Continue ReadingMichelle Sadlier is an experienced style social media player, working from her dual base of London and Dublin. She is a media, marketing and communications graduate and immersed in the online global conversation influencing fashion. With over 10 years experience, her career to date includes working with some of Ireland’s most talented and inspirational entrepreneurs [...]
Continue ReadingMargaret E. Ward is a award-winning journalist, broadcaster and managing director of Clear Ink. She spent most of her print journalism career as a business columnist for The Irish Times and Editor of The Sunday Times’ Money section. Since 2010, she has focused on broadcasting and is a regular contributor to many RTE programmes including [...]
Continue ReadingAnna Ryan is a strategic planner at Chemistry ad agency in Dublin. She has lived and worked in Dublin, Paris and Vancouver and worked on campaigns for Barnardos, HeadWay and BrainTrust North America. She’s also part of the team involved with New York based charity One Home Many Hopes which finds, rescues, houses, loves and [...]
Continue ReadingSelf-confessed fashion-addict, Angela Scanlon, has a high profile across all facets of the media. She is a stylist and fashion writer for multiple home-grown and international publications including Grazia, Tatler and The Sunday Times STYLE Magazine; a presenter and reporter for the national broadcast network, RTE, and a regular contributor to TV3; a fashion commentator [...]
Continue ReadingMary Mitchell O’Connor TD was elected to Dáil Éireann on her first attempt in the 2011 General Election. She had previously served on Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council after being elected on her first attempt in June 2004 and re-elected in June 2009. Mary is a qualified teacher and before her election was Principal of [...]
Continue ReadingMadeline Hawke co-founded, and is now Coordinator of, the Irish Feminist Network and is also the Young Women’s Development Worker at the National Women’s Council of Ireland. Originally from Canberra, Australia, she came to Ireland to study Gender and Women’s studies at Trinity College and has never looked back. Before that, she lived in Boston, [...]
Continue ReadingAnn O’Dea is a founder-director of Whitespace Publishing Group and Siliconrepublic.com, and is Editor-in-chief of Business & Leadership, Ireland’s online resource for business and management news. She is also editor of Irish Director magazine. Originally a Master’s graduate in Arts, Ann spent many years in France, and lectured at both the Law and Arts faculties [...]
Continue ReadingCrowned the First Lady of Irish house by Hot Press, Aoife Nic Canna has been a central force in Irish dance music since it’s initial development. She was resident at U2′s The Kitchen, The Rock Garden, No. 4 Dame Lane and Ri-Ra and is still spinning in the most popular club nights in Ireland, with [...]
Continue ReadingKellie Dalton is a promoter of all that is green. A self-confessed corporate responsibility and sustainability geek, Kellie works in many ways to highlight environmental and social issues in business; as a marketing executive with Business in the Community(Corporate Responsibility advisory service), as co-founder of Re-dress: ethical fashion initiative and as a PhD researcher at [...]
Continue ReadingHailing from Chicago USA, Maura Murphy is a self confessed music junkie, living and breathing the sounds of the streets, venues and clubs. She got her first big break when she landed a much coveted slot on her local station WLUW Independent Radio. Not happy to sit on her laurels, she took up residencies in several [...]
Continue ReadingDunja Lugaric is PA to the CEO of Ireland’s leading experience marketing agency, Modern Green. Hailing from Zagreb, Croatia, she left her native country at 18 to follow her dream of living abroad. First stop was Austria where she graduated with a bachelors degree in Business Consultancy, followed by spending the last 4 years living in Dublin. [...]
Continue ReadingClaire Beck presents the Drivetime show on Phantom 105.2 in Dublin. She has spent many years DJing in clubs all over Ireland and also has her own business, a specialist pet shop and website www.mollys.ie She recently returned from Gonaives, Haiti where she took part in Haven Partnership’s “Build it Week” and plans to return [...]
Continue ReadingNathalie is editor of KISS Magazine, Ireland’s only magazine for teenage girls. She holds a degree in English and Spanish from University College Dublin. Born in Mexico, she grew up on a traveling circus where her mum was a ringmistress. The sequins and sawdust didn’t stop her from become a total nerd though, and she [...]
Continue ReadingRachel Prendiville is a Dublin based Designer. In 2006, Rachel opened her own company in the Media Cube of Dun Laoghaire (IADT). In 2007, Rachel co founded Ampersand Design Studio an award winning, Dublin based studio which is a team of highly motivated creatives who believe in the power of visual communication and good design. [...]
Continue ReadingNiamh Pattwell is a lecturer at the School of English, Drama and Film Studies in University College Dublin and has published in the area of Medieval English Literature which is her field of specialisation. Before returning to full-time study in University College Cork (M.A.) and Trinity College, Dublin (Ph.D.), Niamh worked as a secondary school [...]
Continue ReadingChoice Music Prize nominee, Meteor Ireland Music Award winner and number one selling artist Cathy Davey was born in Dublin and grew up in Monkstown. She found her way into music almost accidentally. Signed by Parlophone’s Regal, she was spirited away to a studio in Wales where she set to work on her debut album, [...]
Continue ReadingCatherine Fulvio is a renowned TV Chef, food writer and proprietor of award-winning Ballyknocken House and Cookery School, in Ashford, Co. Wicklow. No stranger to authentic food, she was brought up on the working Farmhouse, Bed & Breakfast while holding on to the apron strings of her mother. She appreciates the labour of love that [...]
Continue ReadingNathalie is a journalist who, after working for the BBC and setting up the Prison Radio Outreach Project in a London men’s prison for Media for Development, chose to start On Road Media in 2005 - a social enterprise promoting citizen journalism. On Road Media delivers social media training to marginalised groups and organisations throughout the [...]
Continue ReadingLiv Morgan is Staff Editor/Writer with WMB (Women Mean Business) Magazine. She has a BA in Journalism from Dublin City University and spent time studying in Sydney, Australia. Prior to WMB, Liv was a freelance writer contributing to other business and specialist titles. Four and a half years ago she came to find her true [...]
Continue ReadingLoretta Dignam is the Marketing Director with Jacob Fruitfield. She is a marketing professional with over 25 years experience gained in the food & drink industry, working with a number of blue chip, multinational companies, in the UK, Sweden and Ireland. She previously held positions as Head of Consumer Communications at Diageo Ireland, Marketing [...]
Continue ReadingH.E. Madame Emmanuelle d’Achon is the Ambassador of France in Ireland. Born in Paris, Mme d’Achon studied French Literature and Political Science, joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1978. Her career in Foreign Affairs has ranged from working for the Middle East Division, Americas Division to serving in South Africa, Mauritius and working as Congressional Fellow [...]
Continue ReadingJennifer Hough is a news reporter with the Irish Examiner with a special interest in social affairs. Hailing from Roscommon, she left her native county at 17 and has since lived in the US, New Zealand, the UK and travelled in South and Central America and more recently spent ten days in Sierra Leone. Jennifer graduated [...]
Continue ReadingIn 1987 Lulu O’Sullivan set up her a gifts delivery company (originally called Inter Teddy). By 1996 GiftsDirect.com was an early adapter to the Internet and one of Ireland’s first online transactional websites. The company is now at the forefront of the online gift delivery business, with a strong presence not just in Ireland but [...]
Continue ReadingEmma Kennedy is personal finance correspondent with The Sunday Business Post. The journalist comes from Wicklow, but now lives in Dublin. She has a BSc in Economics & Finance from UCD and an MA in Journalism from DCU. She enjoys travel, sport and new challenges. She has taken part in volunteer projects in South Africa [...]
Continue ReadingClaire Bergin is an Olympic athlete and is currently working towards becoming a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte. Claire competed at the Winter Olympics on the Bobsleigh team last February in Vancouver. She is also a member of the Irish relay squad who have qualified for the World Championships in Daegu, Korean in August 2011. Claire [...]
Continue ReadingMarguerite Gallagher is Development Education and Campaigns Officer with Plan Ireland. Marguerite is from Dublin and joined Plan Ireland in December 2010. She recently completed a Masters in Development in Kimmage Development Studies Centre. Marguerite worked with short-term volunteer sending organisations from 2003 until 2010 in a training and logistical capacity. This involved frequent travel [...]
Continue ReadingCaroline Curran is Communications Manager for Coca-Cola HBC Ireland Ltd where she is responsible for internal communications and managing corporate social responsibility programmes such as the Coca- Cola Designated Driver campaign, the Coca-Cola Cinemagic Festival and Coca-Cola’s sponsorship of the Clean Coast programme. Caroline joined Coca-Cola HBC Ireland in 2007. Prior to this, Caroline worked for seven years in the Public Affairs [...]
Continue ReadingMargaret Gilsenan is a founding partner of Boys and Girls, a communications company that celebrated its first birthday at the end of 2010 after a very successful first year in business. Margaret is a director of Plan Ireland, sponsoring children in Mali and Indonesia and had the pleasure of meeting her Malian sponsored child during [...]
Continue ReadingTina Roche was appointed Chief Executive of The Foundation for Investing in Communities in January 2000. She established two organisations - Business in the Community Ireland (BITCI) and The Community Foundation for Ireland. Tina has a MBA from IMI/Fordham and previous to her present role she worked for The National Gallery as Head of Development. [...]
Continue ReadingMaura McHugh runs the Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild website and blog, and edits its fortnightly electronic newsletter. She also writes, and her short stories and poetry have appeared in markets in the USA and the UK. A script written by her has been made into a short film. She has been on the juries [...]
Continue ReadingMadeleine Keane was born in Dublin and is educated at UCD and Trinity. She is Literary Editor of the Sunday Independent where she has worked since 1988 and writes about books, theatre and travel. She presented the books programme ‘First Edition’, has written a non-fiction careers guide for teenagers, and helped establish the ‘Irish Book [...]
Continue ReadingLinda de Courcy is a Dublin girl who gets to work for herself as a Nutritional Therapist and Pilates Instructor. Always having had an interest in food and how it affects our health, at 7 she persuaded her dad to stop taking sugar in his tea!! As an adult she became increasingly frustrated at what [...]
Continue ReadingDeirdre Kennedy is Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs manager at IBM Ireland, where she is responsible for IBM’s Corporate Responsibility initiatives. She manages IBM’s education programmes, with particular focus on promoting science, technology, engineering and maths with girls; programmes with not-for-profit organisations and their extensive volunteering programme. Deirdre has been with IBM since 1994, working [...]
Continue ReadingTell us what it means
to you to be a girl
I can vote and be myself and be successful. If you educate a man you educate a man if you educate a woman you educate a generation.
all boys and men appear to be more important, know more, and have to have needs sorted, first- food, washing, the basics - loo cleaning, etc. We must stop doing it, full stop. I bet Orla Leyden still does all her family housework (no offence at all - just making a point) x
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