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EE464 - Mentor Moment: Pádraig Ó Céidigh — From Teaching to Buying an Airline

EE464 - Mentor Moment: Pádraig Ó Céidigh — From Teaching to Buying an Airline

Update: 2025-11-21
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How does a schoolteacher from Connemara end up buying his own airline?
In this Mentor Moment, Pádraig Ó Céidigh, former owner of Aer Arann, shares how instinct and courage led him to take one of the boldest entrepreneurial leaps in Irish business — remortgaging his home to keep a vital island service alive.

🎙️ Listen to the full conversation in Episode 408 of The Entrepreneur Experiment to hear Pádraig’s full story of risk, resilience, and leadership.
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EE464 - Mentor Moment: Pádraig Ó Céidigh — From Teaching to Buying an Airline

EE464 - Mentor Moment: Pádraig Ó Céidigh — From Teaching to Buying an Airline

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