Sisters know sea’s secrets

WHO would have thought a common childhood ailment would lead to the formation of a well-known Irish company and shape two sisters’ lives?

Suffering from eczema as children played a surprisingly important part in making doctors Jane and Katherine Mulrooney the women they are today. It led to the setting up of Seavite — an organic skincare range — and to the sisters being at the forefront of cosmetic dermatology in Ireland.

“Jane, our brother James and I had severe eczema as children,” says Katherine. “The only time it would improve was when we would bathe in the sea by our Nana’s house in Sligo.”