Swapping the rat race for a dog -walker’s life

If you’ve ever thought of leaving an office job for a healthier way of life, with more time to spend walking the pooch, dogwalking has become a lucrative business.

Grainne Byrne, founder of Dogwalking.ie, worked in PR for 30 years. “The recession years were tough in public relations,” she says. “Business was up and down. I’d always loved animals and hiking – I’ve climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.”

In 2016, she combined the two and ...