About us

Software built by people who do HR for a living

HR Buddy Manager comes from HR Buddy, an Irish HR consultancy that has spent years running HR, payroll and compliance for businesses across Ireland. We built the software we wished our clients had.

Our story

HR Buddy started as a consultancy answering the questions every Irish employer eventually asks: is this contract right, how do I handle this grievance, are we compliant? Over the years we've supported hundreds of businesses — from single-site cafés to multi-location employers — with contracts, handbooks, payroll and day-to-day HR advice.

The same problems kept arriving on our desk: leave tracked in spreadsheets, contracts years out of date, records that wouldn't survive a WRC inspection. So we built HR Buddy Manager — software with our expertise baked in, so businesses stay compliant by default and only need to call us for the hard stuff. And when they do, that support is included.

Meet the team

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Damien McCarthy

Founder & Managing Director

CIPD-associate HR practitioner and a familiar voice on Irish workplace issues in national media. Damien leads HR Buddy's consultancy and sets the compliance standards built into every corner of Manager.

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Mike Spillane

Payroll & Finance

Over 20 years in accountancy, bookkeeping and payroll management. Mike is the rock HR Buddy is built on — the cool head behind Manager's payroll integrations and everything finance-related.

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Colin Ryan

HR Practitioner

Experienced HR practitioner with a background in retail operations and people management. Colin's expertise in employee relations and employment law compliance shapes Manager's templates and training content.

Hundreds
of Irish businesses supported
CIPD
qualified HR professionals
12 tools
in one subscription

HR expertise, built into software

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