#404: Dennis McGettigan, From a House of Ten in Dublin to Dubai's Biggest Pub Empire

The Spencer Lodge Podcast by Spencer Lodge

Jun 29, 202601:21:59News & Politics

Dennis McGettigan is the founder and CEO of McGettigan's, one of the most recognisable hospitality brands in the UAE. But the story behind it starts in Dublin, in a house with ten children run "like a business", where th...

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