The businesses that don’t need a shop front. Oisin Ryan co-founder from Localmint.com explains his clever app that allows people to find shop info quickly and easily just when you need it, like where is the nearest late-night pharmacy. Also on the programme, Ann Hunt's company Chasing Returns harnesses the power of psychology to help traders trace their patterns of behaviour to create better decisions and make more money.

Master tailor's Jas Fagan (and musician) started out making suits for the showbands during their heyday (including Joe Dolan’s very last trademark white suit which has pride of place over the counter). Still going strong 47 years later, Jas's son Leonard Fagan explains how they create handmade bespoke suits for Communion, Confirmation … and Christenings. They recently created matching three-piece suits for a father and his infant son.

Polonia Pharmacy in Smithfield is Ireland’s first Polish chemist and just opened January of this year. Inside its pristine bright shop, Sylvia Wojtczak explains that they have been surprised at how many different ethnicities are crossing their threshold including, Irish, Russian, Ukrainian, Slovakian and Romanian. Some days they are speaking over three different languages.

Author and historian Maurice Curtis talks about his fascinating book 'To Hell or Monto' and tells the incredible true story of Molly Malone and the denizens of Dublin's notorious red light districts. How at one time Ireland had the biggest area of prostitution in Europe and its clients included kings and Nobel-prize winning authors.

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Dara Hogan, an award-winning and inspiring social entrepreneur, paragliding enthusiast and harmonica player shares his story. He has helped to build businesses providing education to a deeply marginalised community which in turn is helping families to lift themselves out of the poverty trap.

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