Brody Sweeney Explained

Brody Sweeney is an Irish businessman, known for founding O'Briens Irish Sandwich Bars and the food delivery brand Camile Thai Kitchen.

Career

In 1981, Sweeney founded Prontaprint in Ireland, a printing company.[1] He sold the company back to the British parent in 1988. Sweeney is known for founding O'Briens Irish Sandwich Bars in 1988.[2] The company went into liquidation in October 2009.[3] He has written two business guides, Making Bread and "Small to Tall" - How to grow your business from its entrepreneurial roots.[4]

Sweeney unsuccessfully ran as a Fine Gael candidate for Dublin North-East in the 2007 general election. Sweeney came sixth of eight candidates, with 10.1% of first preference votes.[5]

He founded a Thai takeaway business, Camile Thai Kitchen, in 2010.[6] As of 2021, 45 Camile Thai branches were franchised or operating across Ireland and the United Kingdom.[7] [8]

In 2011 and 2015, Sweeney was appointed to the board of Bord Bia, the state agency responsible for promoting sales of Irish food.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. News: 8 October 1999. Bread and butter man. 2020-09-11. The Irish Times. en.
  2. News: 1 March 2005. O'Briens founder aims to run for Fine Gael. 2020-09-11. The Irish Times. en.
  3. News: O'Brien's Sandwiches facing cuts as knives out for food industry . Niamh . Horan . Irish Independent . 14 June 2009 . 13 October 2021 .
  4. Web site: 26 July 2012. Try and try again . . . the Brody motto for success. 2020-09-11. independent. en.
  5. Web site: Brody Sweeney . electionsireland.org . 28 October 2021 .
  6. Louise McBride and Roisin Burke, " Diehard risk-takers get back in the saddle ", The Irish Independent, Sunday 1 May 2011
  7. Web site: Camile Thai to create 300 jobs and raise €10m for tech updates . Irish Times . irishtimes.com . 18 February 2021 . 21 August 2021 . Brody Sweeney [..] co-founded Camile Thai Kitchen at the height of the last recession in 2010 .
  8. Web site: Job numbers at Camile Thai on course to top 1,100 . Independent News & Media . independent.ie . 3 October 2021 . 28 October 2021 . Currently, there are 45 Camile Thai outlets in operation including 10 in the UK and three in the USA .
  9. Web site: Ryan. Philip. 21 June 2015. Two former Fine Gael candidates appointed to state board. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150621234132/http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/two-former-fine-gael-candidates-appointed-to-state-board-31317662.html . 21 June 2015 . 2020-09-11. independent. en.

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