Limerick's Louise Cooney talks fashion, fitness and fizz at charity fundraiser

LIMERICK'S Louise Cooney is one of Ireland’s top influencers and fast becoming an established businesswoman. 

The Dooradoyle woman returned to Limerick at the weekend for an event to celebrate of International Women’s Day and to help raise money for the Children's Grief Centre. 

When she isn’t the face of social media campaigns, Louise is developing her activewear line and alcohol brands. 

“I've just shot my new campaign for CLOO for spring/summer, so that's launching at the end of the month, even though it doesn't feel like spring. We have new styles coming for summer, new colors and stuff. And then 67 Spritz is my wine spritzer,” she told Limerick Live. 

Speaking of developing a wine spritzer, the Limerick native explained how her love of wine and spare time during lockdown, gave her the idea for this business venture. 

"With our wine spritzer, it's really light, 67 calories, that's where the name came from. So 67 calories per can. It's delicious and it's ready to go. It's so convenient, if you're going to festivals or you're having a barbecue, it's just easy to grab and go,” she explained. 

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While she admits she is busy and learning to juggle it all, Louise added that she is “managing a whole lot of different things” and “trying to find a balance”. 

Dressed in a grey Aoife Ireland suit, she revealed how she loves coming home to her "hot water bottle" and getting out to meet people.

Louise previously spent some time living in New York but the Covid-19 pandemic forced her to move back home, something that the now Dublin-based star doesn’t rule out in the future.

“I'm very open minded. Before lockdown, before I lived back here, I didn't see myself back here. But then when I was living here, I was like, ‘I could totally see myself back here'. I don't know, my boyfriend's from Belfast, so (it) might be a little bit far for him, but we'll see,” she revealed. 

The 30-year-old isn’t one to rest on her laurels and is also launching season two of her podcast, Open Book, shortly.