Brody Sweeney

Brody Sweeney is an Irish businessman, known for founding O'Briens Irish Sandwich Bars.

Career

In 1981, Sweeney founded Prontaprint, a printing company.[1] He sold the company back to the British parent in 1988.[1] Sweeney is known for founding O'Briens Irish Sandwich Bars in 1998.[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.[4] He came 6th of 8 candidates with 10.1% of first preference votes, and was beaten by Terence Flanagan for the Fine Gael seat.

He founded a Thai takeaway business, Camile Thai Kitchen, in 2010 with 28 branches now franchised or operating across Ireland and 7 in the Greater London area as of February 2020.[4][5]

In 2011 and 2015, Sweeney was appointed to the board of Bord Bia.[6]

Sources
  1. "Bread and butter man". The Irish Times. 8 October 1999. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  2. "O'Briens founder aims to run for Fine Gael". The Irish Times. 1 March 2005. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  3. NIAMH HORAN (June 14, 2009). "O'Brien's Sandwiches facing cuts as knives out for food industry". Irish Independent.
  4. "Try and try again . . . the Brody motto for success". independent. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  5. Louise McBride and Roisin Burke, " Diehard risk-takers get back in the saddle ", The Irish Independent, Sunday May 01, 2011
  6. Ryan, Philip (21 June 2015). "Two former Fine Gael candidates appointed to state board". independent. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
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