Mary White (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The creativity is unbelievable and Connie and I worked together to get it started.

Another recommendation in the policy paper is that Enterprise Ireland and Bord Bia should advise women against going solo. Making Lir Chocolates a success was incredibly demanding. We had to go through steel walls every day but because there were two of us we were mentally able to sustain each other. My role in the company was to create employment during the last recession. When we started out in the 1980s the unemployment rate was 17%.