180 Kildare business leaders attend breakfast meeting with tycoon

County Kildare Chamber hosted a very successful annual business breakfast this morning with 180 business leaders from throughout the county in attendance.

This year, the guest speaker was entrepreneur John Teeling who founded Cooley Distillery in 1987.

Mr Teeling has also established several companies in the oil, gas and resource sectors over more than three decades.

Allan Shine, CE of the Chamber said: “We were delighted to secure such a high-profile speaker and John engaged the room with his views on the global economy and his hugely successful career to date."

Sponsors of this year’s event were Permanent TSB and The Osprey Hotel.

Businesses in attendance included Kildare Village, Acumen and Trust, Colourtrend, PWC, Bord na Mona and Grant Thornton.