Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly

Village Vets is Ireland’s largest privately owned, vet-led veterinary group, delivering premium companion-animal care to communities across the country.
Founded on clinical excellence and local ownership, Village Vets has grown into a market-leading organisation caring for hundreds of thousands of pets every year, supported by a nationwide team of veterinary surgeons, nurses, animal care teams and specialists.
Alongside its clinics, Village Vets owns and operates Pawprints Crematorium, Ireland’s largest pet cremation service, supporting both the public and veterinary practices nationwide.

Charles Cosgrave is the CEO and owner of Village Vets, and one of the most experienced vet-entrepreneurs in the Irish veterinary sector. He began his veterinary career in a busy small-animal hospital in Limerick, followed by a year in a high-volume multisite practice in the UK, before joining Village Vets in 2003 — a business founded in 1980 by his father, Karl, who is also a Vet. Today, he leads the strategic development of the group, with responsibility for business growth, clinic expansion, and long-term platform strategy.

This is the 71st episode in the Davy podcast series ‘Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly’ with special guest Charles Cosgrave, CEO and Owner of Village Vets.

In 2020, Niamh Tallon co-founded Her Sport, a pioneering social enterprise dedicated to increasing visibility, participation and equality for girls and women in sport. Combining her background in business and marketing with a lifelong passion for sport, she recognised a significant gap in media coverage and role-modelling for female athletes in Ireland.

Rather than simply study the issue, she acted, alongside Mohammed Mahomed as her co-founder, building Her Sport into a dynamic platform offering digital content, educational workshops and community partnerships aimed at changing culture and retaining girls in sport.

Under Niamh’s leadership, Her Sport has grown its digital community significantly, expanded into schools and clubs with education programmes and forged collaborations with brands and organisations committed to driving gender equity in sport. She has been outspoken about the dropout rates of girls in sport and the need to amplify the female athlete voice.

This is the 70th episode in the Davy podcast series ‘Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly’ with special guest Niamh Tallon, Founder & CEO of Her Sport.

Operating for over 50 years, Dentaltech Group is a multi-award-winning, second-generation dental company leading the way in digital dental innovation. It now operates four state-of-the-art clinics across Ireland, offering comprehensive dental care including teeth cleaning, composite bonding, and implants, with a special focus on 3D-printed digital dentures and smile-enhancing treatments.

Sitting in front of me is Bevin Mahon is the CEO and Owner of Dentaltech Group. Under her leadership, the business has undergone a complete transformation—from traditional denture manufacturing to fully digital workflows using scanning, CAD design, and 3D printing for everything from dentures and smile makeovers to anti-snoring devices and removable veneers.

Dentaltech is also Ireland’s largest provider of mobile dental care to nursing homes and the homecare sector—ensuring thousands of vulnerable patients receive the care they deserve. Its in-house manufacturing lab not only supports its own clinics but also supplies precision dental devices to hundreds of practices across Ireland and the UK.

This is the 69th episode in the Davy podcast series ‘Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly’ with special guest Bevin Mahon, CEO and Owner of Dentaltech Group.

It’s the first podcast of 2026 and as they say, go big or go home. We are only a few weeks away from the start of the 6 Nations, and joining me is Ronan Dunne - a Chairman, CEO, Board Strategic Advisor and independent non-executive director.

Between 2016 and 2022, he served at Verizon, as President and CEO of Verizon Wireless, Verizon Consumer Group and most recently as strategic advisor to the CEO. At Verizon Consumer Group, he led the teams responsible for delivering wireline, wireless and television products and services to more than 100 million consumers. Prior to Verizon, he was CEO of leading UK mobile operator, Telefonica UK (O2) for almost a decade. He has held other industry roles that speak to his leadership and expertise in the telecom world.

Today, he serves as Chair of Six Nations Rugby, the organizing body of the Six Nations Championships and Autumn Nations Series and Chair of Kore Labs, the RegTech and product intelligence platform. Ronan also serves as a non-executive director of British multinational retailer, Marks & Spencer and Balance in Business and is a strategic advisor to a number of companies in the telecom & technology sector. Ronan’s charitable work focuses primarily on education and providing opportunities for the next generation of leaders. 

This is the 68th episode in the Davy podcast series ‘Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly’ with special guest Ronan Dunne, Chairman, CEO, Board Strategic Advisor and independent non-executive director.

Jim Barry is the Managing Director at Barry Group. The business was founded by his late father in 1955, and under Jim’s vision and leadership, it has grown from a once local business to a leading wholesale distribution company. The Barry Group is one of Ireland’s leading retail food and alcohol wholesale providers, servicing over 1,600 customers through a central distribution centre and company owned fleet on a weekly basis.

The company employs over 230 people at its state-of-the-art headquarters in Mallow, Co. Cork and trading both nationally and internationally, it is responsible for 265 franchises under the Costcutter, Carry Out Off Licence, and Quik Pick symbols, as well as a large number of independent retailers and wholesalers based in Ireland.

Jim is an energetic business leader who has a passion to deliver superior customer service through his committed and valued team. As an entrepreneur at heart, a passion of Jim’s is fuelling the entrepreneurial spirit in emerging Irish businesses.

Barry Group has been listed as one of Deloitte’s Best Manged Companies, and has also been accredited in the Great Place To Work Programme. 

This is the 67th episode in the Davy podcast series ‘Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly’ with special guest Jim Barry, Managing Director at Barry Group.