The Donegal Dublin Business Network committee aims to achieve these objectives by providing members with access to a wide range of activities. These include networking breakfast seminars; other networking events; and an opportunity to experience presentations by a broad range of speakers with insights, expertise and experience from different spheres of business (and elsewhere). Please click here to see examples of some of the events held to date.
The Donegal Dublin Business Network was established in January 2017 with the view to encouraging Donegal business people based in Dublin to network, refer business and to share contacts with each other.
A big thanks to everyone who attended the DDBN Finn Harps event on Friday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the clubs winning the FAI cup. It was a wonderful evening of chat and craic with our stellar panel of speakers with Ireland International Tyler Toland, Jim Sheridan who captained the cup winning team and Ireland legend Shay Given. It…
A packed house at The Chop House restaurant on Wednesday evening for the DDBNs celebration of ‘Donegal Women in Business’ to celebrate International Women’s Day. We had a lovely evening listening to Ballyshannon woman Andrea Gilligan from Newstalk eloquently discussing with our panel of female trailblazers Mary Coghlan (Consultant, Former Tánaiste, and current chair of Donegal GAA),…
Pictured with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohue, are (from left) Donegal Dublin Business Network members Garrett Harte (Chairperson); Sally Anne Sherry\; Paul Doyle\; and Declan Walsh. The Donegal Dublin Business Network (DDBN) has welcomed the Government’s pledge of €600 million towards the development of the A5 Derry to Aughnacloy Northwest Transport…
Garrett Harte is new chairman of Donegal Dublin Business Network as group announces event to mark International Women’s Day on March 6th. Garrett Harte is the new chairman of the Donegal Dublin Business network, succeeding Paul Doyle who has stepped down from a role he has held since the group’s foundation seven years ago. The incoming chairman…
The DDBN would like to say a huge thank you to all our members who attended last December’s DDBN Christmas Dinner in aid of Donegal Cancer Flights and Services, Ionad Naomh Pádraig Dobhair. We do hope you all enjoyed the festivities. Your generosity and sponsorship for this event helped raise over €22,000 for Donegal Cancer Flights…
It was a special night last night for the DDBN in the Magee 1866 store hosted by Rosy Temple and her team at South Anne Street, Dublin 2. You could hear a pin drop while Seán Perry quizzed Jim McGuinness on the past, present and future for Donegal GAA. So much of what was said…
The DDBN Committee are really delighted to launch the first in our DDBN Podcast Series today. It is presented by DDBN Committee member Seán Perry in conversation with Donegal entrepreneur, Donagh Kelly. The in-depth interview was edited and produced by Letterkenny native Lochlainn Harte. It can be accessed free-of-charge below and is available on both the Apple…
Ireland football manager Stephen Kenny was guest of honour as the Finn Harps Supporters Club (Dublin Branch) welcomed members of the Donegal Dublin Business Network to a Social and Information event at the Tallaght Cross Hotel on Friday 29th October last. Stephen, who spent ten years living in County Donegal when managing Derry City, attended…
The Temple Family hosted the DDBN at its flagship Magee 1866 store on Anne Street South last Thursday, 7th October. Lynn Temple welcomed the network back to its store for the first time since 2019 in what was the Network’s first in-person event since the Linkedin Workshop in Mason Hayes and Curran back in March…
Please RSVP to the Magee Event via the form below. We are limited to 50 guests so it will be first come, first serve.
You can watch the video here. Password is: 1E^zd80g Jason is a proud Donegal man and a recipient of Donegal person of the year 2018/19. Jason spoke with Sean Perry (28th May 2020), in front of the DDBN via Zoom about his mental strength and mind skills training techniques, which have led business leaders and high…
The Donegal Dublin Business Network (DDBN) has expanded its COVID-19 support activities to include funding of almost €6,000 for the seven Chef Aid schemes that are providing meals to members of the community across the county. This article originally appeared in the Donegal Daily on May 19, 2020. The organisation, which is in its fourth…
The DDBN had the opportunity to attend a webinar hosted by McNulty Performance last Thursday (30th April). Thanks to the 130 members, and friends of the network, who attended. If you didn’t get a chance to attend the Webinar or would like to watch it again, you can do so at the following link: https://vimeo.com/413682084/f97069cb5f. …
A record breaking crowd of 130 people gathered in Ballsbridge’s Thomas Prior Hall for the DDBN’s Third Annual Christmas Dinner and Charity Raffle & Auction. A festive evening ended with a charity raffle and auction which raised €13,580 for Donegal Down Syndrome. The money raised will go to much needed services provided by DDS such…
LISTEN: DDBN Members’ Panel @ McCann Fitzgerald McCann Fitzgerald hosted the DDBN on Wednesday 20th November. The network observed a panel discussion moderated by Garrett Harte (Harte Media). The event gave DDBN members valuable insight into the panel’s background and experience in business, as well as an opportunity to network with other DDBN members in…
The DDBN gathered in Magee 1866’s flagship store on South Anne Street (just off Grafton Street) on Thursday 19th September. This was the third year of the running of this event. The Temple Family welcomed guests to their store for an evening of networking, food and drink. Refreshments on the evening were served up by the…
Please register your interest to attend, with the DDBN, a Finn Harps match in Dublin. An invitation to get behind County Donegal’s most remarkable sporting success story Finn Harps against-the-odds performances have been one of the League of Ireland’s most compelling stories for almost a decade now. This year, the team has taken their…
The Donegal Dublin Business Network (DDBN) gathered recently in Bank of Ireland, Grand Canal Dock for a Get Down to Business breakfast event. The first in a series which will be rolled out twice per year, the DDBN gave four members a chance to introduce their businesses to the network and to take part in a panel discussion. The members who…
Food, wine and networking were on the agenda for the Donegal Dublin Business Network’s first event of 2019 as Head Chef Sean Smith (Letterkenny) welcomed the DDBN to experience the hospitality, ambience and food that the Cliff Townhouse on St. Stephen’s Green has to offer in the heart of the city. Those present were offered…
The Donegal Hospice is set to benefit to the tune of €15,000 following a highly successful fund-raising dinner organised in the capital recently by the Donegal Dublin Business Network (DDBN). The organisation’s second Christmas gathering took place at the Clayton Hotel in Ballsbridge. Sponsored by the MCR Group and Bannon Commercial Property Consultants, it once…
IRRESPECTIVE OF BREXIT OUTCOMES, DELIVERING ON THE A5 DUAL CARRAIGEWAY CORRIDOR BETWEEN DUBLIN AND DONEGAL MUST REMAIN A GOVERNMENT PRIORITY Regardless of how Brexit eventually turns out for the North West, the Irish government must continue to prioritise the improvement of Donegal’s connectivity with the rest of the country, particularly via the external road network,…
Magee 1866 host Donegal Dublin Business Network (DDBN) with exclusive Donegal theme The DDBN gathered in Magee 1866’s flagship store on South Anne Street (just off Grafton Street) on Thursday last 13th September. This was the second year running of the event. The Temple Family welcomed guests to their store for an evening of networking,…
There was nothing on the agenda, except a good time, last night as over 50 DDBN members and their guests gathered in D2’s Backyard BBQ for the first annual DDBN Summer Barbecue for a night of great food, catching up and networking. Last night was an example of the great and productive events membership of the…
Report by Donegal Daily The challenge of creating innovative housing solutions was on the agenda at the most recent meeting of the Donegal Dublin Business Network (DDBN) as Eoghan Murphy TD, Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, addressed the organisation. A panel discussion on the subject of housing took place at the group’s April…
One of the capital’s newest and most environmentally-friendly buildings was the venue recently as the Donegal Dublin Business Network (DDBN) held our first networking event of 2018. The Iveagh Garden Hotel on Harcourt Street has been opened by Brian and Sally McGill and their family, who have strong County Donegal roots and a portfolio of…
Joe McHugh TD & Gov. Chief Whip acknowledged the DDBN as he announced details of Donegal’s share in ‘Project Ireland 2040’. Improved infrastructure between Donegal and Dublin has always been on our wish list. We’re looking forward to implementation. Full Report from the Donegal Democrat here, excerpts below. Minister Joe McHugh speaking from Sligo today…
Many members have already renewed their memberships for 2018 online. If you haven’t already done so, you can pay the 2018 membership fee of €30.00 via this link or in person at the Iveagh Garden Hotel event on 22 February. Thank you to DDBN member Cornie McGinley, Managing Director of Costa Systems which specialises in Epos…
The Donegal Dublin Business Network marked its first full year of activity in the capital last week with a charity Christmas business lunch which raised more than €8,000 for the north-west branch of Pieta House in Letterkenny. The gathering in the Clayton Hotel in Ballsbridge was addressed by former politician Ivan Yates, now a television…
A big thanks to Kevin Kelly, Head of Construction in McCann FitzGerald for hosting us, to Paul Doyle, Managing Director of Bannon Commercial Property Consultants for an insightful overview of the property market and to Niall McCauley of Google for demonstrating the new DDBN members online portal. For those who were not present, we have sent an email…
The Donegal Dublin Business Network members enjoyed a wine tasting and networking evening at the Magee store in Dublin on June 14th. The members gathered at the Magee flagship store on South Anne Street to taste and learn about wine with Tindal Wine Merchants. The stylish setting of Magee 1866, a luxury clothing brand with firm roots in Donegal, combined…
WINNERS IN SPORT AND IN BUSINESS WILL WORK HARD BUT MUST ALSO FIND TAKE TIME TO REFLECT, MCGUINNESS ADVISES The importance of ensuring time is set-aside to facilitate reflection was just one of many insightful parallels drawn between the worlds of sport and commerce by former Donegal manager Jim McGuinness at a recent meeting of…
A diverse array of professions and commercial sectors came together in the capital recently as the Donegal Dublin Business Network (DDBN) held its first breakfast seminar at the 1900 Restaurant in Harcourt Street. More than 60 attendees – all with strong connections to County Donegal – were at the venue by 7.30am to avail of…
