Martin McVicar is one of Ireland's most accomplished entrepreneurs, and his Combilift business has come through some tough times to become a market leader across the world.

Who says you need to have gone to university to become successful in business? Martin McVicar is proof that you can succeed regardless of your qualifications.

The Monaghan businessman is our guest this week on The Architects of Business, in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™, and he has driven his forklift-manufacturing business Combilift to new heights following the devastation of the economic downturn of a decade ago.

The biggest night in Irish business ended in a massive victory for Daniel Mackey and Peter Coppinger of Teamwork.com, who scooped the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ prize for 2018.

The Cork duo speak to Tadhg Enright on The Architects of Business about their humble beginnings, the mistakes they had to correct to succeed and how it feels to win such a prestigious honour.

Tadhg also asks some of Ireland's most audacious entrepreneurs about what it takes to succeed in business, while Kevin McLaughlin and Frank O'Keeffe of EY talk about making Ireland a better place for people looking to start their business.

If you routinely stay back in the office long after everyone else has gone home, businessman Kevin O’Loughlin has this advice: Stop.

Better to be an early bird than someone who works long into the night, insists the founder of Nostra.

O’Loughlin has built a massively successful IT company that deals with a number of organisations across many industries and sectors – including Microsoft, HP, Apple, Fujitsu and DELL - and he’s done it all before 5.30 in the evening.

Speaking to host Tadhg Enright on The Architects of Business, Kevin explains how his strict adherence to downtime is crucial when it comes to being switched on when it matters.

One of the brothers behind Teeling Whiskey, Jack Teeling, explains why he decided to leave the world of finance and get involved in the family business.

Jack Teeling has revealed why he decided to leave the world of finance behind and get involved in the whiskey business.

Teeling, along with his brother Stephen, is behind the massive whiskey brand that bears his family's name, with the company's headquarters in Dublin's Liberties one of the city's prime tourist destinations since it opened in 2015.

Speaking to host Tadhg Enright on The Architects of Business, in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™, Jack explained how he was initially reluctant to work with his father John at the Cooley Distillery.

"If we could bottle that and put into an intravenous infusion, we'd kill cancer!"

Dr. Johnny Walker is no ordinary entrepreneur, and no ordinary doctor.

The Founder of Jinga Life - a company that keeps health records for patients digitally - balances his work in business with his role as an interventional radiologist at the Hermitage Medical Clinic in Dublin.

Johnny's career has taken him all over the world, from the back of a truck treating pregnant aboriginal women in isolated Western Australia to setting up Global Diagnostics and, more recently, Jinga Life, and he has plenty of stories to tell along the way.

Dr. Johnny Walker is our guest this week on The Architects of Business, in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™.

While it's true that dogs and cats in Ireland are generally being treated better than before, that doesn't come without consequences. Integrating your dog or cat into the family does improve their standard of life, but also means they are more susceptible to the same diseases as their owners.

Before TriviumVet, a company founded by Tom Brennan and Louise Grubb, animals' medicine came from vets simply compounding the human equivalent. The idea for the company came to them on a plane home from Philadelphia, and they haven't looked back since.

Speaking to host Tadhg Enright on The Architects of Business podcast, in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™, Louise and Tom spoke about how Ireland can change the way we treat our pets.

Louise and Tom are both veterans of the pharmaceutical world, who turned their attention to helping veterinarians treat small animals. They both have already had several successful business ventures, including Louise's founding of 2016 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ Finalist Q1 Scientific.

We're no longer prepared to just clock in, do our eight hours, zone out and go home, insist two of the McArdle siblings behind Height For Hire.

One of Ireland's most well-respected family businesses, Height For Hire has been operating its machine rental business out of Ashbourne for the last 40 years.

Frances and Fergus McArdle are the daughter and son of founder Harry McArdle.

Appearing on The Architects of Business, in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™, the McArdle siblings discuss current workplace culture with host Tadhg Enright.

Primary school. Secondary school. College. Possible post-graduate qualification. Workforce. Mortgage. Etc. It’s a well-worn path for many, many Irish people but Sean Brett – the man who founded Steeltech Sheds – believes there are other ways to build a successful life and career.

Speaking to host Tadhg Enright on The Architects of Business, in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™, Brett insisted that learning a trade can be more valuable to post-Leaving Cert students if they’re not academically inclined.

“In Ireland right now, and Britain the same, there is this focus on sending all children to third level schools, whereas the rest of Europe don’t have that focus,” says Sean, who also believes Irish people can save as much as €7,000-a-year by working from home.

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With the world heading for a massive food shortage in less than 35 years, Samuel Dennigan believes we need to rethink our attitude to vegetables.

We're snobs, and the resulting food waste is going to cause massive problems.

Speaking to host Tadhg Enright on The Architects of Business, in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™, Strong Roots Founder Samuel Dennigan was clear about Irish attitudes to misshapen, 'wonky' vegetables and believes we need to change our ways.

Ciara Clancy is no ordinary entrepreneur, with her company Beats Medical far less concerned with making money than it is with helping people to live with various neurological conditions.

At the age of just 29, Ciara Clancy's work in helping people to live with the likes of Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's, dyspraxia and the effects of stroke are unparalleled on the island of Ireland.

Speaking to host Tadhg Enright on this week's The Architects of Business, in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™, Ciara reveals the reason why she left behind her career as a physiotherapist.