This Working Life: ‘There was a feeling the construction industry was not for girls. I love to see this changing’

Róisín Carroll, sales manager at Carroll Estates, chats to Mary McCarthy about joining the family business, the influence of her father and focusing on the customer

Róisín Carroll of Carroll Estates

In conversation with Mary McCarthy

I put in the work at college to get the results. I was not a natural exam taker, I did better with continuous assessment.

I loved films and at one point wanted to get into that. Instead, I did a four-year marketing and business degree in DIT. I wanted to hedge my bets, and not rule anything out.