Win Happy Podcast

In this episode Greg chats with Ian Ring , songwriter and music producer, the man behind some great artists such as Daithi and Talos , part of the fantastic duo, Young Wonder and now working on his own project Boku as well as many other projects. We chat about his early life, where his interest in music and producing came from and how some interesting collaborations in Cork including legendary Ste...

In Part Two of a Two Part podcast Greg chats with Kieran McGeary , CEO of Cork's 96FM and C103 about the true love of his life. radio! We chat about the challenge of taking over hugely successful stations in Ireland's second city, coping with changing trends in media, fake news, real news and the emergence of podcasts and what this means for radio. We also chat about the powerful role of radio for...

In Part One of a Two Part podcast Greg chats with Kieran McGeary , CEO of Cork's 96FM and C103 about the true love of his life. radio! A fascination for radio, those fascinating voices from different places around the world led to this 8 year old practicing his DJ skills with the family stereo as each single played one after the other. A first role with a small pirate station in Waterford, 'Crysta...

Watching her mother struggling to make ends meat despite juggling three jobs in her native Poland was enough to spark a steely determination to succeed in Patrycja Jurkowska . In this episode we chat with Patrycja who emigrated to Ireland, put herself through college, qualified as an accountant and now has a successful career with roles in Deloitte and now GOAL Global . We chat about helping her m...

Ger O'Mahoney , Partner with PwC in Cork was the President of Cork Chamber between 2009 and 2011 when the walls of the Irish economy literally came tumbling down. Greg chats with Ger about his ability to dig deep at this crushing time and to consistently put on a brave, positive face, with an " everything is solvable " philosophy to business. We chat about Cork Chamber, his deep love of Cork, leav...

At the busy unveiling of the redeveloped Dunnes Stores, Jetland store in Limerick I caught up with Paddy Brennan who unveiled a special exhibition '20 Years of Dancing at Jetland' at the shopping centre. In 1963, the Jetland Ballroom opened its doors and operated for 20 glorious years hosting huge acts including Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, The Everly Brothers as well as the biggest showbands of the...

At one point the Dwyer family employed thousands of people in Cork city. In this episode I chat with Ted Dwyer who lived through the painful collapse of his family business in a traditional industry that fell during the industrial revolution. We chat about how this early life experience influenced his career choice, his approach to business and to life and how he coped with the many ups and downs...

In this episode we chat with the Chelsea fan and Music Manager, Jeremy Lloyd , the brains and passion behind the Laissez-Faire Club  who is representing Allman Brown , Ben Hobbs and Sophie Morgan . We chat about his career, the changing dynamics of the music industry and the "nuts and bolts" of looking after talented singer/songwriters. How do you succeed in this crazy industry? ...tune in to disc...

Greg chats with Paul Sheridan , the founder of the Tour de Munster cycle, which is now 20 years of age! This 400 mile, four day charity cycle has gone from strength and has raised over 2.5 million alone for one of it's partner charities, Down Syndrome Ireland . We chat about what drives him, leadership, the unconditional love of a child, his work life with U-Blox, Lance Armstrong and the comradery...

Greg chats with the superb singer/songwriter Allman Brown about his life and career to date. Fresh from a tour supporting Dido he has just released his second album, 'Darling it'll be alright', which he will be showcasing on his upcoming tour including Ireland, the UK and Holland. Allman writes beautifully crafted, emotional songs such as 'Sons and Daughters' and 'Foolish Love' and he has a gorgeo...

A seventeen year old, football loving young man from a small town in Kerry joins a seminary in Thurles. Six years later at the tender age of 23, he reports for duty as a new parish priest to Salford in Manchester. What does he know about life? In this episode Greg chats with Fr. John Ahern , an unlikely friend (He is a huge Manchester United fan!) about the challenges of priesthood, life in Salfor...

In this episode Greg chats with Alan Foley , Founder and Artistic Director of Cork City Ballet . The young dancer, inspired by Fame and Flashdance found his way to the Cork Ballet School, run by the renowned Joan Denise Moriarty and he thrived under her strict regime. He gives us a fantastic insight into this special woman, who he clearly adored.  His career brought him to London, New York and Rus...

In this episode I chat with author Clodagh Finn and Deirdre Waldron about the incredible life of Cork woman, Mary Elmes who passed away in 2002 at 92 years of age. Clodagh is the author of " A time to risk all " and she tells us about Mary's unthinkable bravery as she rescued 432 children from prison camps during the Spanish Civil War and World War 2. Mary, who has recently been honoured in Cork w...

In today's podcast I chat with Shane McCarthy , the Chief Marketing Officer of Sandboxx in the United States. Shane, a UCC graduate from Killarney chats about how this young company is providing a lifeline to young military entrants through their messaging services. The very passionate Shane connected with me as a young student and I was thrilled when he reached out again with me recently. While I...

Today I chat with my good friend, Development Director with EFM, and former TD, Aine Collins . We discuss her fascinating life and career from a farm in North Cork, to London, to her own accountancy practice and then five years in Leinster House during some of the most turbulent times in Irish history. Her passion for getting things done, for helping people and for entrepreneurship has led her to...

When the work that you do each day helps to make a huge difference to some of societies biggest problems, that must be at the heart of a Win Happy life. In today's show I chat with the CEO of Social Entrepreneurs Ireland , Darren Ryan who has been with the organisation for 10 years. Darren talks about about his mum the social worker and his sister who helped to guide him to a towards a " making a...

I'm always blown away when I see Tidy Towns volunteers up early on a Sunday morning picking up other people's rubbish. In today's show I chat with Tom Butler , who has been Chairperson of Ballincollig Tidy Towns for the last 20 years. Tom talks about the influences in his life, lessons learnt from his scouting days, lessons from his dad, Jim, and what drives him to do what he does each day and the...

In part two of this two part podcast, Greg chats with the Creative Director of Fuzion , Jonathan Leahy Maharaj , or JLM as many know him. We chat about his passion for design, his love of typography and fonts, the creative process with design for clients, ghost signs in our cities and towns and his love of photography. He also talks about how client's can help input proactively into the design pro...

Growing up in Ireland with an English accent, as an only child, living with mum and gran and being a little bit darker than the rest of us can't have been easy! In part one of this two part podcast I chat with one of the Fuzion gang, our Creative Director and Mr. Nice Guy, Jonathan Leahy Maharaj , or JLM as many know him. We talk about the early days discovering a love for design, the challenges o...

In this episode we chat with the co-founder of Renatus Capital , Mark Flood , who grew up on a horse farm in County Meath. This self confessed SME loving entrepreneur has had an interesting career, from his early training as an accountant with BDO to quickly switching to equity finance, which led to him taking a huge role with the Racing Post for many years. Eventually he founded Renatus Capital ,...

Will Kerry win the All Ireland Final this Sunday and stop Dublin winning 'five in a row'. In this episode we chat with Kerry GAA Legend, Tommy Doyle , winner of seven All Ireland medals, and one of those few greats who came closest to this unique feat. What is his verdict on the big match? Enjoy the show! Other Episodes with Tommy Doyle: How to win an All-Ireland medal and how to win seven How to...

In this episode we chat with Limerick man, Dave Moloney , the CEO of Bothar, the charity that provides support to communities by sending livestock from Ireland. Dave tells us about his career and a small community project in Limerick, that resulted in the formation of the charity. He tells us about how Bothar make a huge difference to communities, he talks about the challenges of running a charity...

In this episode we chat with Karen Egan , the VP of Advanced Customer Engagement with VMware . Karen chats about her early life, her love of maths, her time in UCC and the challenge of having a baby at that time and her early career moves that took her to a software company in the UK, and to Apple and Motorola in Ireland. We chat about her career success, her huge role with VMware and the challeng...

In part two of this two part podcast we chat with Emma Morgan , a senior Fundraising Manager with Concern , a Fundraising Consultant and a Career Mentor. Emma discusses her career, the challenges with her role and we discuss the sector including the importance of trust with the general public. We chat about her consulting work, the importance of professionalism and communications in the industry a...

Emma Morgan was raised by her grandmother, Rose, who was in her seventies. In part one of this two part episode we chat with Emma Morgan a senior Fundraising Manager with Concern , a Fundraising Consultant and a Career Mentor. Emma enjoyed a very special relationship with her Gran, growing up in Ballyfermot, where she was taught the importance of education and where all of her interests were encou...