With it being a family business, I was always involved at a management level from the beginning and as a chartered accountant by qualification, I always have one eye on the figures!

A survey of Irish female professionals and business owners has revealed that two-thirds of working women said they need to be more confident in the workplace, with a quarter noting that men are paid more at their places of work.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Unplug Day, which encourages us to take 24 hours out from our hyper-connected world. We challenged three of Cork’s connected people to take a digital detox. Ciara McDonnell finds out how they got on.

Women are naturally more cautious than men when it comes to promoting their businesses, says Helen Wycherley, the president of Network Cork.