Win Happy Podcast

When Ken Gibson from The Mission to End Leprosy called our office two years ago we honestly thought it was a joke. Sadly this ancient disease, is still isolating people in India, Brazil and Africa, but it can be cured by Ken and his team with the will and the right support. St. Stephens Green, Leopardstown and Galloping Green in Dublin, Lovers Walk and Castlemartyr in Cork are just some of Ireland...

Greg chats with the Destination Developer, the Londoner who fell in love with Ireland, Roger Hobkinson . When most kids wanted to go on another ride, Roger kept asking why was Disneyland in Florida! What do you do with the Millennium Dome, how do you bring the Wild Atlantic Way to life, how do you revitalise Bunratty Castle and Folk Park, what do you with Cork Docklands and what is the Cork brand?...

In this episode of the Fuzion Win Happy podcast, Greg chat's with the poetic wordsmith, the passionate Corkonian, the dreamer, the singer songwriter, John Spillane . The young man who dreamt of being a forester, discovered music in his teens and a deep love of Irish and Irish culture. After spells with various bands John went solo and a fantastic journey began with a unique songwriting style immer...

Greg chats with Siobhan O'Donoghue , CEO of Uplift , the organisation that takes on causes it believes in, including housing, climate change, racial injustice, the rise of the far right and gender equality. As a young girl she stopped chickens from being killed on the farm, as a nurse she stood up for patients and patient care and as a community worker she stood up for the traveller community in L...

A young couple got married and had their wedding reception at the Imperial Hotel in Cork and travelled onto Shannon Airport to wave goodbye to their families and emigrate to New York. They left New York, six years later on Valentines Day, 1963 on a ship to return home, after a fantastic adventure in the "City that never sleeps". Working and living in New York, drafted into the American Army, the m...

What does your face tell me about you, really tell me? In this episode Greg chats with Joseph Maguire , author of Face Facts and Founder and Director of Clearsight Communications . Joseph had an interesting life growing up in inner city Dublin, working in the UK and Hamburg in Germany, developing a unique expertise and skill set, including the ability to read people's faces. This special ability c...

Greg chats with the now retired Professor, Michael Mortell who was the President of University College Cork from 1989 to 1999. His father died when he was just five years of age and Michael found that he had to dig a little deeper, and try a little harder to succeed in every walk of life. He succeeded on the hurling field and he succeeded in academia earning scholarships to UCC and the much revere...

Greg chats with Sister Bride Given , an Irish nun originally from Listowel in Co. Kerry and a Board member of Nano Nagle Place . Sister Bride shares her fascinating story, joining The Presentation Sisters, a closed order when she was just 17.  In that time she has lived through huge changes, part of which has led to the creation of Nano Nagle Place two years ago in Cork city.  She tells the story...

Professor Patrick O'Shea , President of University College Cork  initially started off at the college studying physics on a scholarship.  After an illustrious career in the United States at the University of Maryland spanning 30 years he returned to UCC nearly two years ago to take up the role of President. In this podcast he outlines his ambitions for the college and the critical role that educat...

In part two of our podcast with the inspirational Chairman of CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) , Tommy Fegan he shares with us how he and his family coped with the sudden death of his son, Kevin at the age of 24. The initial shock, the grieving and then the losing of one's self in work, in various projects and getting involved in fundraising for the charity CRY are all things that helped Tommy to c...

Greg chats with Daithí , the music producer from the West of Ireland about "the business" of a career in the music industry. A very frustrated Daithí , despite lots of early success was on the brink of abandoning a career in music when he had the most accidental of hits with "Mary Keane's introduction". He added a dance track to a recording he found of his grandmother talking about how she met her...

Greg chats with CEO and Founder of Tour America and Cruise Holidays , Mary McKenna . To say Mary is a survivor is an understatement - 9/11 is a total disaster when your business is bringing people to America and then there was a near death experience where she was literally rolled over by a jeep behind her office. During the recession that wiped out 50% of the travel operators in Ireland, Mary sta...

In part two of this podcast with the CEO of the international organisation EIL (Experiment in International Living) , Kevin Hickey,  explains in detail some of the powerful initiatives and the transformative effect they have with young adults. He is joined on the episode by the inspirational Annemarie Collins , from the travelling community, who travelled to Mexico as part of the EIL Explore progr...

Greg chats with the CEO of EIL, An Experiment in International Living , Kevin Hickey . Kevin shares his fascinating life journey from a small farm in Tallow to incredible experiences and roles including archaeology, running a music school, an observer of the very first democratic elections in South Africa in 1984, rural community programmes, teaching in Mexico and his role as CEO of this very inte...

Greg chats with Tommy Fegan , Chairman of CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) in Part 1 of a fascinating podcast. Tommy grew up in a divided society in the North of Ireland and witnessed first hand the very worst of the troubles. His love of music brought him close to the travelling community in the South and made him one of the most popular men in the United States during spells there. His fascinatin...

If you want to get anything done you should ask a busy person! Greg chats with serial educator and the master of getting great things done, Bernard Kirk , CEO of  Camden Education Trust , Co-Founder of Africa Code Week and someone who is involved in so many projects all with the same goal of advancing the potential of young people through education. An early experience on building sites in the UK...

In this episode Greg chats with Caroline O'Driscoll , KPMG Tax Partner, Chairperson of ITCork and Co-Founder of I Wish . Caroline, chats about her life in Cork, her 21 years with KPMG and her passion for the region as a place to work and live. She chats about her role as Chairperson of ITCork , a 200 strong members organisation and one that has seen huge employment growth and her role with I Wish...

In this episode Greg chats with the man from Cavan, Michéal  Sheridan , the CEO of The Mercy Foundation Hospital . Michéal chats about that balance between being professional and taking things personally and he chats about the "life changing" Roger Waters gig that challenged us all to RESIST wherever and whenever we see bullshit happening in the world. He shares his personal and professional stori...

In this episode Greg chats with General Manager of the Kinsale Bay Food Company , Tommy Doyle , Kerry Legend, the winner of seven All-Ireland Senior medals. Tommy is asked if the "invincible" Dublin team can be stopped from winning five All-Irelands in 2019 and if Kerry are the team to do that. We talk about the art of defending, having a ferocious appetite for winning and Kerry needing a manager...

In this episode of the Fuzion Win Happy podcast, Greg chats with Ireland's Best Young Entrepreneur 2018, Conor O'Loughlin, CEO and Founder of Glofox , who shares his story of huge disappointment with an injury, which finished his rugby career with Connacht at the age of 28 to a new career in computer software. Realising that his rugby career and dream was over, he started a web development company...

In part one of this Fuzion Win Happy podcast, Joe Philpott , lead guitarist of Rubyhorse shares the incredible story that took this band of school friends from their garage in Cork to huge success in the U.S. In this episode, Part 2 Joe takes us from then until now, from falling out of love with music and the band and then gradually falling in love all over again with both. 15 years later the band...

In this episode of the Fuzion Win Happy podcast we chat with Joe Philpott , lead guitarist of Rubyhorse , who are on the comeback trail after 15 years of not playing together. In part one Joe shares his and the bands incredible story, which took friends rehearsing in a garage in Cork to being chased by all of the major record labels in the U.S. Determination, hard work, faith and raw talent took J...

In this episode of the Fuzion Win Happy podcast, Greg chats with the music loving, artist and kayaker, Donal Clancy , CEO of Laya Healthcare . Donal shares his fascinating story including how he has calmly navigated this thriving business through some huge storms, which saw it evolve from BUPA to Quinn Healthcare to Laya Healthcare .   Donal shares his philosophy about business and life and how he...

In this episode Greg chats with Mick Hannigan , the Co-Director of the Indie Cork Film Festival . Mick, who has just returned from a 3 month volunteering stint in the West Bank shared his experiences in Part 1 of our chat. In this, Part 2 of our chat he shares his life story, including early days growing up in Cork, London in the punk rock seventies and then a return to Cork. He has spent over 30...

Greg Canty chats with Mick Hannigan , Co-Director of the Indie Cork Film Festival over two episodes. Just back from a three month volunteer stint in the West Bank , Mick shares his fascinating experiences. He wasn't expecting to be herding sheep with shepherds in Yatta, Hebron and there was lots more to surprise him during his time in this troubled place. Sumud is the Arabic word for hope... Mick...