Join us for our first networking event of 2019 which will take place on International Women's Day in the Mullingar Park Hotel on Friday, 8th March - it is a joint event with our colleagues in Westmeath and Longford.

The event will finish with a short networking session followed by lunch

Ellen Gunning

Trainer, Author, Professional Speaker, Media Journalist and Commentator with 25+ years expertise in Public Relations

Ellen has written three books.  The first one, Public Relations:  A  Practical Approach, is the core text for all courses in PR throughout Ireland.  The 3rd edition, now International PR, was published by Macmillan Higher Education in November 2018.  She is also a regular media commentator in Making the News on Ireland AM show on Virgin Media One (previously known as TV3) and guest blogger for Microsoft's SME website.

Lucy Kennedy

Journalist, Irish Radio Presenter and Television Presenter

Lucy is an award winning television presenter as well as a busy mum of three children.  She was born in Dublin and got her first break as a runner in a production company before getting in front of the camera to host The Podge and Rodge Show on RTE.  Lucy moved to TV3 to co-present the 6 o'clock Show. 

Her 'Living with Lucy' show which sees Lucy move in with a well known personality has been a huge ratings success and for the past year, Lucy has co-hosted Radio Nova's Breakfast Show with Colm Hayes.

Lucy is an ambassador for the Make A Wish Charity

Martina Skelly

Co-Founder Sport Tech Ireland

Martina Skelly is Co-founder of not-for-profit Sports Tech Ireland and CEO of YellowSchedule.com an appointment management solution for the mental health sector.  She has won numerous awards, including the Vodafone Start-Up Awards Business Woman of the Year and the Irish Internet Association's Net Visionary Awards Start-up of the Year.  She was named by Silicon Republic as one of the top 100 Women in STEM in Ireland.

She has grown the turnover of Yellow Schedule 70% year on year for the last four years in the US and over 3 million appointments hae been scheduled through the platform to date.  She holds multiple qualifications in Marketing, Management and Technology.

Grainne Barry

Co-founder of Sports Tech Ireland

Grainne is the co-founder of not-for-profit organisation, Sports Tech Ireland and EMEA Operations Director for STATS Data & Technology Ltd.  STATS.com are one of the most innovative sports data globally with a mission to revolutionize sports through AI.  Head-quartered in Chicago, STATS has its EMEA head-quarters based in Limerick, employing 150 people.

Grainne holds multiple qualifications in business, management and computer science.  Grainne is a leading advocate for diversity and STEM within the sports technology industry