THE LEGAL LUNCH

Host Padraic Grennan gets up close and personal with legal and business professionals about starting out, their entrepreneurial journey, and where they’re headed.

#7 Let’s Talk

May 4th 2021

Eamonn Carney, Principal Solicitor at Carney McCarthy Solicitors discusses his family’s fascinating history, worldwide business success, enduring tragedy, and the importance of communication with our loved ones.

#6 You Live And You Learn

April 15th 2021

Stuart Gilhooly, Partner at H.J. Ward & Co. Solicitors and former President of the Law Society chats about standing up to the FAI, his love affair with Liverpool FC, being on the wrong end of a viral backlash and the new personal injury guidelines.

#5 Not All Heroes Wear Capes

November 11, 2020

Gary Lee, Managing Solicitor at Ballymun Community Law Centre talks about how his Jesuit education helped shape him as a man, his personal journey from employment to owning his own law firm, turning his back on the corporate world to devote his time to helping the vulnerable in our society get access to social justice, and camping outside the Dáil with 300 disability campaigners to reverse a government decision.

#4 Trailblazer

October 26, 2020

Award-winning solicitor Lisa McKenna, principal of McKenna & Co. Solicitors, talks to host Padraic Grennan about her legal calling at the age of 17, podcasting with David Mc Williams, the unhealthy obsession of business owners, and how she has embraced digital technology to drive her business forward.

#3 Man On A Mission

October 19, 2020

Former solicitor-turned-barrister-turned-serial entrepreneur Gavan Wall opens up about losing it all in the crash, his 7 year recovery plan, giving up alcohol and the launch of his new businesses: legal probate platform Asset Nexus and his venture capital fund The Change.

#2 A Paradigm Shift

October 12, 2020

Padraic Grennan speaks to solicitor, author, webinar host and legal marketing guru Flor McCarthy, Managing Partner at McCarthy & Co. Solicitors, about pivoting after the crash, navigating through Covid, why we are not going back to the way things were, and the most important asset for any business – the list.

#1 Put ‘Em Under Pressure

October 12, 2020

John Geary, Managing Partner of JV Geary Solicitors in Castlebar, speaks to host Padraic Grennan about his first 10 years in private practice, editing a quarterly legal magazine, growing up in a hotel and collecting grasshoppers for soccer icon Jack Charlton