Lisa J. Collins was born in Dublin, grew up in Greystones, Co. Wicklow, and now lives in Co. Wicklow with her husband. She is a local business owner, and also works to support and create networks of local businesses and women in business. From 2011 to 2014 Lisa, her father Gerry and her wider family took part in an award-winning national television and media campaign to encourage smokers to quit. The QUIT campaign and Gerry Collins are credited with helping reduce smoking prevalence in Ireland by over 100,000 smokers since 2013. In 2017 Lisa’s book The Man Who Moved The Nation, which is dedicated to her late father, was published by Mercier Press. Lisa will be in conversation with broadcaster Gerry Foley.
