Mick Crean

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Rare genetic disorders: ‘We were told he was the only child in the world with this’

We all like to think that our children are unique but Nuala and Mick Crean were actually told by doctors that there was no one in the world like their(...)

Brothers Mick and Ciaran Crean of MicksGarage.com were down on the warehouse floor packing orders during the lockdown. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons/The Irish Times
The ‘covidpreneurs’ of 2020: ‘You couldn’t mill the flour fast enough’

Meet the miller who worked all night, the car-parts sellers who started flogging frisbees, the gin makers who switched to hand sanitiser,(...)

Mick and Ciaran Crean: “While you may want to kick the s**t out of your brother on a daily basis sometimes, there is serious trust there,” says Mick. “You don’t get that in the same way from someone you employ.” Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons
MicksGarage: a classic 13-year overnight success

Management books, the kind written by brain-deadening chicken soup for corporate soul types, say that, in business, timing is everything. Nonsense. An(...)

MicksGarage.com announces €2.3 million investment and 65 new jobs. Taoiseach Enda Kenny opens company’s new headquarters in Park West. Photograph: Conor McCabe
Media creating ‘wall of cynicism, disappointment and disillusionment’

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has criticised the Irish media for creating a “wall of cynicism, disappointment and disillusionment” Mr Kenny descr(...)