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Paula O’Neill of Premium Power

Software engineer Paula O’Neill established Dublin company Premium Power in 2001 with her father-in-law Hugh O’Kelly, offering power-monitoring services to big manufacturers in the high-tech and pharmaceutical sectors.

“Hugh had worked as an electrical engineer with ESB for many years and had this expertise in power quality,” said O’Neill.

“He could see there were a lot of high-tech manufacturers that needed to monitor power quality, so he decided to start a consultancy after ...