Michael Wright opened Home Instead's 8th Irish office in Thurles, Co. Tipperary in 2008 and managed this to 2019 when he joined Home Instead Ireland's National Office as Director of Public Affairs. In this role Michael developed Home Instead's strategy in response to Government policy to introduce home care regulation and a statutory right to home care for Irish citizens.
Since 2021 Michael is Director of Corporate Operations for Home Instead Ireland and has responsibility for the operations of 20 Home Instead offices in Ireland. Home Instead is Ireland’s largest private home care company, delivering home support services publicly funded by the Irish Health Service (Health Service Executive) and funded privately by individuals and their families. Home Instead Ireland is part of a global network of Home Instead companies operating in a dozen countries around the globe.