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HEALTH-conscious con-sumers will be delighted to learn that Dee’s Wholefood Burgers will soon be available at select SuperValu and Cen-tra outlets across Ireland.

Widely-recognised as being one of the most suc-cessful business ideas show-cased on last season’s Drag-ons’ Den, Dee’s Eat Well, Be Happy range has been stead-ily growing in popularity ever since the show aired.

Dee’s organic Omega Burger and Dee’s organic Spicy Bean Burger will be stocked in the chilled section of many of the Musgrave-owned supermarkets and

convenience stores.The award-winning range

is considered unique because Dee’s products are made from natural, non-processed ingredients such as pro-tein- rich seeds, wholegrains and vegetables – the type of simple ingredients that you would find in your kitchen.

Dee’s burgers are not just meat-free, but also wheat-free, gluten-free and made without using dairy ingre-dients, soy or eggs. As the range has no added salt or sugar, the burgers are proving extremely popular with par-ents looking for meal options for their children.

A FOODIE SUCCESS STORY ...

Dragons’ gaze brings new opportunities

Q: When you were a kid, what did you want to be?A: A naval officer, like my cousin,

Liam

Q: What was your first job?A: After leaving school, as a trainee

accountant, although I worked in a

nightclub at weekends while at school

Q: And your first pay cheque?A: £56 per week (and that was before

any tax deductions!) as a trainee – train-

ees have it really good these days, they

earn about nine and ten times that now

Q: How many people do you have to talk with every day?A: It varies from day to day, and from

job to job

Q: What is the greatest thrill of your working week?A: When a former client returns to our

practice because they found that the

firm they left us for either did not look

after them as well as we did, or they

found us to be better than the other

firm

Q: And what part of your job do you dislike the most?A: At the moment being asked to

liquidate insolvent companies, because

everybody is losing out. Even though it’s

still business for us, it is very disheart-

ening, as we are dealing with former

employees who have lost jobs and

livelihoods, directors whose personal

guarantees are being called in by the

banks and who may lose their homes,

and creditors who are unlikely to see

much (if any) of the money they are

owed by the company being liquidated

– there is a very human side to account-

ants, which we don’t often get credit for

Q: What car do you drive?A: A Saab 93

Q: Can you swim?

A: Yes, I regularly swim three times a

week

Q: Would you ever bungee jump? A: I very much doubt it

Q: Do you play any sport? A: Well, my rugby days are over unfor-

tunately, and I just don’t get golf, but I

really do enjoy sailing with friends out

in Skerries, whatever the weather

Q: What is your favourite food and drink?A: A good Balti, a home-made La-

sagne, or a beef stew – washed down

with Fuller’s India Pale Ale, or Timothy

Taylor Ale

Q: Who would you rather have dinner with, Brian O’Driscoll or Brian Cowen?A: Brian O’Driscoll – we could boast

to each other about our rugby injuries

and scars

Q: How many times each week do you go to the ‘hole in the wall’? A: Hardly ever – I’m a laser and Visa

man, I’m not into carrying cash around

Q: How many times each year do you

shop for clothes? A: Probably only once really, and it’s

usually on-line

Q: What is the name of your favourite shop?A: Coolers Off-Licence in Ongar – they

don’t mind making the effort to find

and stock lesser-known drinks if you

ask them to – they really understand

what it means to be in business and

how to look after customers

Q: How many pairs of shoes do you own? A: Not sure, but definitely less than my

wife

Q: Where is your favourite holiday destination? A: Malta, Orlando and Scotland

Q: When do you wish to retire? A: When I’m not able to enjoy my

present work anymore

Q: What will you do then? A: Head off to the Virgin Islands, and

either buy that yacht or start those

novels!

Interview: Andrew Bonehill – Principal, Hanley Morgan Cooper

Q&A

Taking accountANDREW Bonehill is the principal accountant at Hanley Mor-gan Cooper in D15.

In addition to servicing the usual demands from its business customers, the firm is currently also very busy looking after pri-vate individuals who are not in business, but who are, instead employees of other businesses. This is as a result of the firm now offering a Personal Tax Back facility to all PAYE workers in the Dublin 15 area.

Andrew says: “We’re delighted with the amount of inter-est we have had from the public so far. The processing of the paperwork fits naturally into our existing internal processes for the other tax work we do, so it just made sense for us to offer this service to the general public. Why restrict your client base to businesses and companies, when there are hundreds of work-ing people out there who are paying too much tax, not claiming their full entitlements, but don’t know where to go for help?”

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Andrew Bonehill, principal accountant

Sadhbh Gash-rudy, from Grange, and Deirdre Collins

from Veggie Burgers in the English Market to celebrate

the achievement of eight innovative Cork food companies

MATERIAL World, a retailer of designer curtain and upholstery fabrics, has launched one of Ireland’s first online fabric stores.

Sourcing all of their cur-tain and upholstery fabrics, tiebacks, fringing and acces-sories directly from the man-ufacturers and mills across

the globe, they now provide their full range online at www.materialworldireland.com.

With 25 years experience of fabric retailing, Peter and Paula Whyte have built a reputation as one of Ireland’s premier suppliers of designer quality fabrics.

It’s a Material World