“Pride is something that should be instilled from day one. No matter the task, or what you have done on site. It’s something that we struggled with for numerous years… but it is something that should be instilled in everyone on site”

In episode 1 of the Construction Industry Federation's Construction Safety 2026 podcast, made with iProperty Radio, Safety, Health & Skills Executive, John Egan, joins Donal Cahalane, Director; Jerry Crowley, Site Manager; Eithne Hennessy, Safety Manager; and Gabriel Travers, Project Manager on site at Clonakilty Community Hospital. 

🎙️ Listen on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2BqYvhbc8dRG6rMBa6VqCv

📹 Watch in full - https://youtu.be/ZshDgSEpDfc

Produced by Katie Tallon MPRII, iProperty Radio for CIF

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In episode 9 of the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) Construction Safety Campaign 2025 podcast, Director of Safety, Education & Training, Sean Downey, joins Kerrie O’ Flaherty, Graduate Civil Engineer, Henry O’Sullivan, Non-Destructive Testing Apprentice  and Daniel Browne, Graduate Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineer, on site at Murphy HQ! 

🎙️ Listen on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2SQXVgyerkhnxh80jnEORZ?si=8918311ee4964ed3

📹 Watch in full - https://youtu.be/ZshDgSEpDfc

Produced by Katie Tallon MPRII

Further podcast episodes in this series will involve on-site interviews with construction safety teams to understand real issues on the ground. 

The CIF Construction Safety Campaign 2025 ‘Back to Basics’  will take place from October 13–24th 2025.

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🏗️ “People talk about common sense in the industry – I don't think common sense exists until you create it”

In episode 7 of the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) Construction Safety Campaign 2025 podcast, Director of Safety, Education & Training, Sean Downey, joins Brian Foskin, Group EHS Director with Dornan Engineering in Dornan HQ in Co. Cork.

Brian discusses the company-wide training matrix, built during the pandemic, and how they track compliance; as training goes up, accidents go down. To cut falls from height they use modular & offsite work, scaffold high-work corridors over MEWPs, and  telematics/secondary guarding while keeping operators accountable.

🎙️ Listen on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2SQXVgyerkhnxh80jnEORZ?si=8918311ee4964ed3

📹 Watch in full - https://youtu.be/IEB25hQlDGM

Produced by Katie Tallon MPRII

Further podcast episodes in this series will involve on-site interviews with construction safety teams to understand real issues on the ground.

The CIF Construction Safety Campaign 2025 ‘Back to Basics’  will take place from October 13–24th 2025.

#CIFSafety25

In episode 6 of the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) Construction Safety Campaign 2025 podcast, Director of Safety, Education & Training, Sean Downey, joins Kathy O’Leary,  Director of Occupational Health & Safety with BAM UK and Ireland on the helipad of the new National Children’s Hospital 

Produced by Katie Tallon MPRII

Further podcast episodes in this series will involve on-site interviews with construction safety teams to understand real issues on the ground. 
 
The CIF Construction Safety Campaign 2025 ‘Back to Basics’  will take place from October 13–24th 2025.

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"We are just one of the multidisciplinary teams on this huge project, helping to deliver something that's the first of its kind on the shores of Ireland"

In episode 4 of the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) Construction Safety Campaign 2025 podcast, Director of Safety, Education & Training, Sean Downey, joins Clare Kelly, Group EHS Manager with Designer Group on site at the Celtic Interconnector. 

This major infrastructure project is the first interconnector between Ireland and France that allows us to both bring in and send energy.

🎙️ Listen back - https://youtu.be/0D1rk14ZYKE

📹 Watch in full at https://youtu.be/9YpOhEg84lA

Produced by Katie Tallon MPRII

Further podcast episodes in this series will involve on-site interviews with construction safety teams to understand real issues on the ground. 

The CIF Construction Safety Campaign 2025 ‘Back to Basics’  will take place from October 13–24th 2025

Get involved at https://cif.ie/safetycampaign/

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⚠️"We've integrated the IPD room – it's almost like a war room – with a huge amount of pre-task planning across all of the supply chain and our delivery partners, including the client…"

In episode 2 of the Construction Industry Federation (CIF)
Construction Safety Campaign 2025 podcast, Director of Safety, Education & Training, Sean Downey, joins Willie Loughnane, Construction Director at Collen Construction on site at Grangecastle Power Station. This project is the first of its kind, a dual fuel 110 megawatt (MW) energy project in west Dublin!

🎙️ Search CIF Construction Safety on YouTube for the full episode!

Produced by Katie Tallon MPRII

Further podcast episodes in this series will involve on-site interviews with construction safety teams to understand real issues on the ground. 
 
The CIF Construction Safety Campaign 2025 ‘Back to Basics’ will take place from October 13–24th 2025

#CIFSafety25

 “There is leadership – and then there is good safety leadership”

In episode 2 of the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) Construction Safety Campaign 2025 podcast, Director of Safety, Education & Training, Sean Downey, joins Sinead Gaines, EHS Manager with PJ Hegarty on site at Citi’s European Headquarters. 

Set for completion in 2026, this 459,000 sq. ft, twelve storey commercial building will be one of the most sustainable in Citi’s global real estate portfolio.  

🎙️ Listen back at https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Aze7212olFND9lnRNLOFF?si=7dd7ef790612407c

📹 Watch in full at https://youtu.be/P6hwNU9VaEY

Produced by Katie Tallon

Further podcast episodes in this series will involve on-site interviews with construction safety teams to understand real issues on the ground. 

The CIF Construction Safety Campaign 2025 ‘Back to Basics’  will take place from October 13–24th 2025

Get involved at https://cif.ie/safetycampaign/

#CIFSafety25