Workplace Wellbeing: Partners in love and business work it out 

Couples who run a business together need to establish clear boundaries separating home and work  

Catriona and Robert Cullen have been married for 11 years. They have three sons and run cullennurseries.ie, a Carlow-based business that grows and supplies native trees, hedging and bedding plants

Conventional wisdom warns us that doing business with friends or family is risky as it could pressure the relationship. Yet some couples successfully work side by side every day. What’s their secret?

Catriona and Robert Cullen have been married for 11 years. They have three sons and run cullennurseries.ie, a Carlow-based business that grows and supplies native trees, hedging and bedding plants.