As Ireland’s leading accountancy firm to the pharmacy sector, we want to bring together great minds from the community pharmacy world to discuss the challenges and opportunities present in the industry today. As supply chain, labour and regulatory challenges mount pharmacists may find themselves at a professional crossroads. If you missed it, don’t fret – all four interviews from Ireland’s leading Pharmacy Industry panelists are below for you to watch in your own time. Ever had a question about the Irish Medicines Supply Chain? Dermot Ryan from Uniphar and Paul Reilly of United Drug chat about the industry at our Future of Pharmacy event in Teeling Whiskey Distillery.Mergers and Acquisitions happen in the community pharmacy industry every day. While we’re experts in the subject, we still learn so much from our industry colleagues. Chatting about this is our CEO Stuart Fitzgerald and Sharen McCabe from McCabes Pharmacy Group.International Pharmacy Trends. When it comes to this topic, very few are more learned than Caoimhe McAuley from Boots and Daragh Connolly from Commcare. Community pharmacists, you won’t want to miss this one.Let’s talk Technology! Oonagh O’Hagan from Meagher’s and John Carroll from Navi discuss The Future of Pharmacy Technology. We hope you benefit from their wealth of knowledge as much as we did.SpeakersMatt CooperOur Host Read BioMatt Cooper is a Radio and TV Broadcaster, Newspaper Columnist and a Best-Selling Author. He writes a weekly newspaper column for The Irish Daily Mail that is published each Wednesday and The Last Post column on the back page of the Business Post each Sunday. Matt has a long-standing interest in business, going back to his time as Business Editor of the Irish Independent. He has written two major business biographies, both of which were short-listed for Irish Non-Fiction Book of the Year: ‘The Maximalist, the story of Tony O’Reilly’ (2015) and ‘Michael O’Leary, turbulent times for the man who made Ryanair’ (2018), Financial Times book of the month in September 2018.Stuart FitzgeraldFitzgerald Power Read BioStuart provides strategic financial advice to operators in Ireland and the UK. He has a strong background in corporate finance and advises a large range of international corporates and SMEs on their acquisition, disposal and corporate fundraising strategies. He is extremely well networked in the Pharmacy, SME, Food and Beverage and corporate finance markets. This network includes all the major banks, private equity / venture capital funds, alternative lenders and high-net worth private investors.Dermot RyanUniphar Read BioDermot has a dual role as Managing Director of the Supply Chain & Retail division and Global Operations Lead. A Chartered Accountant by training, Dermot joined Uniphar in 2015 as Financial Director of Allcare Pharmacy Group, taking over the Retail Services business (later Supply Chain & Retail division) in 2017. Dermot has day to responsibility for Uniphars pre-wholesale, wholesale and retail businesses in Ireland and well as Uniphars Global On Demand Business. Prior to Uniphar, Dermot held a number of senior commercial and financial roles across retail, aviation and private healthcare.Daragh ConnollyCommCare Read BioDaragh Connolly was elected as President of the Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU) in May 2016 after serving a term of two years as Vice President. Daragh has been involved with the IPU since 2002, having experience on Regional & National Committees. He was elected to a four-year term to the Executive Committee of the Community Pharmacy Section of FIP in 2018, and as Section Vice President in 2020. Daragh was section lead for the CPS Vision 2025, Pharmacists at the Heart of our Communities. In September 2021 Daragh assumed the role of President of the CPS FIP. He is the Chair of the Bureau of Pharmaceutical Practice at FIP.John CarrollNAVI Read BioPharmacist John Carroll is the founder and CEO of Ireland’s leading pharmacy retail, buying and technology company, Navi Group. John first established Axium Buying Group in 2009, the largest independent community pharmacy buying group in Ireland, supplying over 500 independent pharmacies. Brands also operating under Navi Group include Thera Pharmaceutical Ltd, TouchPlus Technologies, CarePlus Pharmacy and StayWell Pharmacy. John is originally from Kerry and now lives in Kildare with his family.Oonagh O’HaganMeagher’s Pharmacy Group Read BioOonagh O’ Hagan is a qualified pharmacist and the owner and Managing Director of the Meagher’s Pharmacy Group, a group of nine physical pharmacies in Dublin and the thriving online store meaghers.ie serving customers in 58 countries all over the world. Meaghers has been named as a Deloitte Best Managed company in Ireland for eight consecutive years and has been recognised as one of Ireland’s Great Places to work for the past two years reaching the TOP 30 places to work in Ireland for 2021.Sharen McCabeMcCabes Pharmacy Group Read BioSharon McCabe is Chief Executive Officer of McCabe Pharmacy, a leading chain of Online and 28 community pharmacies throughout Ireland. With revenues of over €64m, McCabes Pharmacy strive to be Ireland’s largest omni channel provider of healthcare medicines and products to patients in Ireland. McCabes Pharmacy want to champion people’s desire to live healthily and live life to the full and aim to deliver this through their compassionate, honourable, persistent, entrepreneurial teams.Caoimhe McAuleyBoots Ireland Read BioCaoimhe McAuley is Director of Pharmacy and Superintendent Pharmacist at Boots Ireland. A qualified pharmacist, Caoimhe has been with Boots for 15 years. She was instrumental in Boots being the first pharmacy chain in Ireland to offer HPV vaccinations earlier this year, and is a driving force in women’s health and menopause support. As a passionate supporter of community pharmacy, Caoimhe currently sits on the Executive Committee of the Irish Pharmacy Union and is an active member of the HSE Community Pharmacy Planning Forum, working tirelessly to drive innovation in patient care. Paul ReillyUnited Drug Read BioPaul Reilly is the Managing Director for the PHEONIX group in Ireland with responsibility for United Drug, Lloyds Pharmacy and TCP Homecare. Paul is 11 years in the business with the initial first two years as Operations Director. Paul also sat on McKessons European Leadership Team and is a board member of both the IMVO and GIRP (European Wholesalers Associations) Paul previously worked with Diageo Ireland for 7 years in Logistics and Operational roles and prior to that in the US for 10 years in both Engineering and Quality Management roles. Paul holds an Honours Degree in Industrial Engineering and a diploma in Quality Management.
