HarteLines

This week I chatted to Singer-Songwriter, Ciaran Moran from Dublin about his music life. 

Ciaran talked about everything from growing up in the inner city of Dublin, having a musical family, the art of busking, and how his writing style has developed over the years? being fortunate enough to have mentors like Christy Moore & Damien Dempsey.

Supporting Aslan, Bagatelle and Maverick Sabre, his passion and obsession for his craft, a dream gig location? who else helps him critique his work? future gigs coming up in Dublin, Belfast and London, finding his fans, and looking forward to the release of his EP plus his headline show at Whelan's on April 29th.

On this week's episode a few days after I'd hoped but this was a lovely one with Sinead Frew, The founder of Dublin based clothing brand Früjunk.

Sinead talked about everything from the origins of the brand name, her fashion background, a brief stint in Canada that gave her some fresh perspective, micro-trends, social media influence, sustainability, vintage shops, fast fashion v brand loyalty, a collab with Bohemians Football club, plans for the brand and so much more.

You can support Sinead and Früjunk.

Check out her range of clothing

https://www.frujunk.com/

I hope you enjoy this episode and if you know a friend that likes a podcast, share the love and as always remember you are always welcome here on Hartelines.

Happy St Patrick's Day hope you have a good one.

For this week's episode, I chatted with Thady Nolan, Managing Director of Ma Nolans Irish pubs who is from Portlaoise, Co Laois and based in Nice on The French Riviera.

How he adapted to French culture?, finding a niche in Nice, what life is like in Nice?, his love Guinness and rugby, his red carpet experiences at Cannes Film Festival, famous clientele who have come to Ma Nolans Pub?, Ma Nolan's plans for St Patrick's Day?. The rest you will need to dive in and find out.

http://www.ma-nolans.com/vieux-nice/

Thanks, Thady for, sharing your time with me. I hope you and everyone enjoy this episode and remember you are always welcome here on Hartelines.

This week I got to chat with Poet & Spoken Word Artist from Dublin, Emmet O'Brien to learn about his story.

Emmet talked about growing up in Cabra, Dublin 7, how he got into poetry, losing friends at a very young, being inspired by other artists, his thoughts on Religion/ Faith, mental health, and working on a project called StoryBud?with a previous guest on the show, mural artist, Kevin Bohan in conjunction with Creative Connections.

Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency are what I am hearing many people talk about in the last decade or so. 

So I thought for the first episode of 2022, I would chat to a man who helps people understand his passion for bitcoin, and his name is Dinny Collins (Crypto with Dinny).

Dinny talked about what exactly is bitcoin and how it works?. The blockchain, fungibility, personal development/ investing in himself, risk management, mentorship, and so much more.

You can learn more about Dinny.

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQwb788nSI2YwvDnlWFXTjQ

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/cryptowithdinny

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cryptowithdinny/ 

Website - www.cryptowithdinny.com

Thanks, Dinny for, sharing your time with me. I hope you and everyone enjoy this episode and, remember you are always welcome here on Hartelines.

As we near the end of 2021, I thought I would bring on another special guest to the top, the year off in style.

So my latest guest on the show hails from Ashbourne, Co. Meath, and to his fans, he is affectionately known as The Guinness Guru.

He talked about how the idea for Guinness Guru came about? his relationship with the fans, the criteria for rating Guinness? and even a story about a pub trying to persuade him to come to review their Guinness.

He also talked about his ultimate 12 Guinness, Pub Crawl (okay, I think it turned out as 13!!, my bad haha), and so much more.

A massive thank you to my colleague Paul for helping to connect me with The Guinness Guru, and I hope you and everyone enjoys this episode it was a pleasure. 

My latest guest on the show Tommy Byrne is a former motor racing driver who hails from outside Dundalk, Co. Louth and now lives in Daytona, Florida.

This week I spoke with former professional Flat Racing Jockey, Fran Berry from Kilcullen, Co. Kildare who has over 1000 race wins in Ireland and has won races from The Curragh, Royal Ascot to Tokyo.

Fran talked about his first win at 15 years old, winning as a jumps jockey on Ladies Day at Aintree, the camaraderie of the unique environment of the jockeys weighing room, superstitions, the favourite horse he has worked with?, working under Mick Kinane and always learning.

He talked about the most challenging times in his career, dealing with pressure, setting routines for himself, career injuries, and an accident at Wolverhampton that caused him to retire in 2019- how he dealt with this?

Today he has transitioned to working in media, writing columns and working with Racing TV. He also spoke about upcoming projects and plans.

Thanks, Fran for, allowing me into your world and offering your unique insight into your world of racing, and as always to the listeners, remember you are always welcome here on Hartelines.

Let me know your thoughts on this episode.

Follow me

Instagram: @hartelinespodcast

EP 55: Joe Barr, World-Class Endurance Cyclist.