Connor Buckley built his name in business across 20 years of graft for press-up entertainment

and the world-famous Dean Hotel in Dublin. The pandemic didn't just knock him off that perpetual

loop of corporate sales. It brought him fatherhood and the chance to reflect on the mark he was

going to leave on the world when his time was up.

Human Collective Clothing is the new company he is created with a group of like-minded Irish people

and it is as much about creating sustainable clothing using organic recycled materials

as it is about pursuing and spreading this message of equality.

Their mission is to make the best clothing while also donating three euros as it is about pursuing and spreading this message of equality.

Their mission is to make the best clothing while also donating three euros from every single jumper sold to Sari, LGBT Ireland and the Irish Youth Foundation.

And as you'll hear, this is not about tokenism.

It's actually about making a tangible, visible difference with each item sold.

I had the chance to sit down with Connor and talk about what made him take the leap and how the

goodness that underpins this venture actually attracts more goodness and hops him out of the bed

every single morning. You're listening to an Irish

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That's the small talk. Now let's go down to business. Now, your program, what's de big idea?

Well, they're going to know the Irish much better. We've now got to know how largely their mind works.

I moved over here and immediately I had to open the game.

I could not have done the job I did for quite a number of years in Ireland. I had to go

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