Alison O'Kelly on her business journey, educational stereotypes and hopes for the future

Society tells us that there's a certain order in which we should be doing things. Primarily, it's school, college, work, then business. But for Alison O'Kelly, a young woman from Portlaoise, she doesn't tend to follow the trend. A head girl in Scoil Chríost Rí, she didn't conform to the stereotype, opting to take a backdoor route to university, set up her own business in the meantime and then manage her degree course with working and building a business. Owner of AOK Mentoring, a "modern day communications company" that offers digital marketing and public speaking services, she's also finishing her studies in DCU. In this LoveLaois Podcast, she discusses her background, what she does and how she balances it all.