Meet the Irish women behind Sisterly: 'It came from one simple question: 'What do women need?'

They watched peers juggle small kids, frantic careers, ageing parents. Determined to find a solution to a problem facing the women in their life, the founders of Sisterly set out to create a supplement that would work for every woman. They speak to Gemma Fullam as it launches in Harrods

Aoife Matthews, Jennifer O'Connell and Louise O'Riordan, the co-founders of Irish brand Sisterly. Photograph: Moya Nolan

In December 2024, Jill Biden hosted a conference on women’s health research at the White House. 

Dr Lisa Mosconi, a neuroscientist, gave a powerful speech on women’s cognitive health which ended with this bombshell sentence: “We owe women centuries of research.”