Brody Sweeney is an

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businessman, known for founding

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and the food delivery brand Camile Thai Kitchen.

Career

In 1981, Sweeney founded Prontaprint, a printing company. He sold the company back to the British parent in 1988. Sweeney is known for founding

in 1988. The company went into liquidation in October 2009. He has written two business guides, ''Making Bread'' and ''"Small to Tall" - How to grow your business from its entrepreneurial roots''. Sweeney unsuccessfully ran as a

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candidate for

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in the 2007 general election. Sweeney came sixth of eight candidates, with 10.1% of first preference votes. He founded a Thai takeaway business, Camile Thai Kitchen, in 2010. As of 2021, 45 Camile Thai branches were franchised or operating across Ireland and the United Kingdom. In 2011 and 2015, Sweeney was appointed to the board of ''

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'', the state agency responsible for promoting sales of Irish food.

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External links

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(archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Sweeney, Brody Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Alumni of Dublin City University Fast-food chain founders Fine Gael politicians Irish businesspeople People educated at Rockwell College