Ireland | The Barefoot Spirit

Ireland Stands to Gain by Brexit

ENGLISH SPOKEN HERE

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

Whatever you think about the UK’s decision to leave the EU, American businesses must find a new gateway to Europe. For American’s, our ‘mother’ country has always been our foot in the door to Europe. If you could prove yourself in the UK, the...

Ireland’s Killarney National Park is a Nature Lover’s Paradise

GRANDMA WAS RIGHT!

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Article, Business Blog, Education, Environment, Lifestyle Blog

We’ve always been hikers and love to discover the true natural environment wherever we travel. We can’t wait get away from the cities and man-made “improvements” and venture off into the real world – on foot! Perhaps that is why we have always been conservationists at...

At What Age Should Entrepreneurial Thinking Be Taught?

A VALID ALTERNATIVE

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Article, Business Blog, Education, Entrepreneurship, Event

Should we be teaching the mindset necessary for successful entrepreneurship beginning much earlier than college? By postponing the consideration of self-employment until after high school are educational institutions actually discouraging their students from...

The Pat Kenny Show

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Interview

Michael was interviewed on The Pat Kenny show while in Dublin, Ireland. To listen to the interview, please follow the links below. The Pat Kenny Show Part 1 (Interview starts at 54:56) The Pat Kenny Show Part 2 (Rest of the interview goes until...

How the Irish Got Barefoot

CORK, WINE, AND CONTAINER

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

Over one hundred years ago Michael’s grandfather, John Francis Houlihan, left his hometown of Limerick, Ireland, heading for the port city of Cork where he boarded a cattle steamer bound for America. The only passage he could afford was above deck, so in order to...