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In today's 65th episode of the show, we are back to the Business of Football and a big week for the FAI and their new sponsor Sky Ireland.

We are joined by Orlaith Ryan the Chief Commercial Officer of Sky here in Ireland 

Sky are also our Primary Partner for football coverage on Sport for Business so we were delighted to head up to the offices, through all the Outbelieve messaging and record this chat where we discover the Why behind the partnership, a focus on collaboration and the role of an 11-year-old who may played a part in the expansion to the Men’s team… 

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In today's 64th episode of the show, we are starting a new series looking at the importance of Children’s sport.

We are joined by Anne Smyth of Electric Ireland and Nora Sullivan a Ph.D. researcher and a player with Belfast Ravens to look at some recent research and some lived experience.

The Electric Ireland Game Changers partnership with the Irish FA is into its seventh year and is a real winner.

Find out more about what we do day in day out at Sportforbusiness.com

We publish a daily news bulletin and host regular live events on a wide range of sporting subjects.

Subscribe to the podcast wherever you get your podcasts from, and look forward to more upcoming chats on leadership and the business of sport.

Our upcoming live events, including our League of Ireland Breakfast at Grant Thornton on February 4th, as well as plenty more, are live on the Sport for Business website, and we'd love to have you join us.

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In today's 63rd episode of the show, we meet with Ireland’s Chef de Mission for the Paralympic Games.

What you may well ask is a Chef de mission?  

This Road to Paris series is supported by Team Ireland partner PTSB helping athletes and all of us be altogether more human.

The human side of bringing the team to Paris involves a lot of decision-making.

This is about the nuts and bolts of bringing together a team of high-performance athletes in a way that will enable them to give their best on the biggest stage of all.

Find out more about what we do day in day out at Sportforbusiness.com

We publish a daily news bulletin and host regular live events on a wide range of sporting subjects.

Subscribe to the podcast wherever you get your podcasts from, and look forward to more upcoming chats on leadership and the business of sport.

Our upcoming live events, including our League of Ireland Breakfast at Grant Thornton on February 4th, as well as plenty more, are live on the Sport for Business website, and we'd love to have you join us.

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In today's 62nd episode of the show we meet with Ireland’s first-ever Double Swimming World Champion and a genuine contender for Paris, Daniel Wiffen

This Road to Paris series is supported by Team Ireland partner PTSB and amongst other things we find out from Daniel what it is that an athlete looks for from a good sponsor.

We also find out about his hopes for Paris, the reason he started his popular YouTub channel, something of the science of altitude training, and what he does during a down week away from the pool.

Find out more about what we do day in day out at Sportforbusiness.com

We publish a daily news bulletin and host regular live events on a wide range of sporting subjects.

Subscribe to the podcast wherever you get your podcasts from, and look forward to more upcoming chats on leadership and the business of sport.

Our upcoming live events, including our League of Ireland Breakfast at Grant Thornton on February 4th, as well as plenty more, are live on the Sport for Business website, and we'd love to have you join us.

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In today's 61st episode of the show, we meet with the Ireland and Leinster Full Back Hugo Keenan.

We don’t normally focus on players so much as those who enable them to be brilliant but when you are out at the High Performance Centre and Hugo is there well it would be rude not to.

The Business side comes when we are talking about the Energia campaign for which he is an enthusiastic ambassador but first, well we had to ask how he is ahead of the big games to come.

All of our rugby coverage on Sport for Business is supported by Bank of ireland who urge us to #NeverStopCompeting

Thanks to Hugo for taking the time out to chat.  

Energia’s Half a Fan campaign is gaining traction and you can see the Women’s team in Dublin, Cork and Belfast during their Six Nations campaign.

Find out more about what we do day in day out at Sportforbusiness.com

We publish a daily news bulletin and host regular live events on a wide range of sporting subjects.

Subscribe to the podcast wherever you get your podcasts from, and look forward to more upcoming chats on leadership and the business of sport.

Our upcoming live events, including our League of Ireland Breakfast at Grant Thornton on February 4th, as well as plenty more, are live on the Sport for Business website, and we'd love to have you join us.

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In today's 60th episode of the show, we meet with J Batt, the Athletics Director of Georgia Tech University in Atlanta.

Georgia Tech will play Florida State University in this year’s Aer Lingus College Football Classic in Dublin’s Aviva Stadium.

We chat about the changing world of college athletics, about managing 18 high performance programmes rather than just one and plenty more.


We start with how he got to the role he is in today, the excitement of the College Gameday experience and why it is a worthwhile undertaking to come to Dubli

The game will take place on Saturday, August 24th and it will as ever be one of the highlights of the sporting summer.

Public sale tickets will be out next month and we will be dropping in on the prep for the game and the College Gameday experience plenty over the coming months.

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We publish a daily news bulletin and host regular live events on a wide range of sporting subjects.

Subscribe to the podcast wherever you get your podcasts from, and look forward to more upcoming chats on leadership and the business of sport.

Our upcoming live events, including our League of Ireland Breakfast at Grant Thornton on February 4th, as well as plenty more, are live on the Sport for Business website, and we'd love to have you join us.

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In today's 59th episode of the podcast we focus on High-Performance sport and the funding of programmes and individual athletes.

I’m joined by Niamh O’Sullivan, High-Performance Director at Sport Ireland

Our conversation covers the background to the increase in Funding over this current cycle towards the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, what the money is used for, and lots more.

This is the story of how great athletes become so.

I think you’ll enjoy it.

Find out more about what we do day in day out at Sportforbusiness.com

We publish a daily news bulletin and host regular live events on a wide range of sporting subjects.

Subscribe to the podcast wherever you get your podcasts from, and look forward to more upcoming chats on leadership and the business of sport.

Our upcoming live events, including our League of Ireland Breakfast at Grant Thornton on February 4th, as well as plenty more, are live on the Sport for Business website, and we'd love to have you join us.

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In today's 58th episode of the podcast, we return to the Business of Football in this week of the start of the 2024 SSE Airtricity League of Ireland Season

I’m joined by Mark Scanlon the Director of the League of Ireland at the FAI and we have a wide-ranging conversation about the growing popularity of the League, investing in grounds, the quality of the players we are seeing coming through, and staying longer, and among other things, the world of football broadcasting

Our Sport for Business Football Coverage is supported by Sky, you’re home for the best of sport.  If you have just enjoyed the African Cup of Nations, the Super Bowl from Las Vegas, or the new Sky Sports Tennis Channel you’ll know it is the place to go for the best in sport around the world.

Let’s get into it then with Mark, in an unusual setting for a morning chat…

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We publish a daily news bulletin and host regular live events on a wide range of sporting subjects.

Subscribe to the podcast wherever you get your podcasts from, and look forward to more upcoming chats on leadership and the business of sport.

Our upcoming live events, including our League of Ireland Breakfast at Grant Thornton on February 4th, as well as plenty more, are live on the Sport for Business website, and we'd love to have you join us.

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In today's 57th episode of the podcast, we are talking all things Superbowl, live from Las Vegas with Conor Brophy of Teneo and the Irish NFL Show.

We talk about the big game itself and the juggernaut that is the NFL.

Along the way, we touch on TV numbers, Sponsorship, U2, Taylor Swift, the billionaire socialism that keeps the sport fresh and gambling, well, when in Vegas...

Find out more about what we do day in day out at Sportforbusiness.com

We publish a daily news bulletin and host regular live events on a wide range of sporting subjects.

Subscribe to the podcast wherever you get your podcasts from, and look forward to more upcoming chats on leadership and the business of sport.

Our upcoming live events, including our League of Ireland Breakfast at Grant Thornton on February 4th, as well as plenty more, are live on the Sport for Business website, and we'd love to have you join us.

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In today's 56th episode of the podcast, we start a new Sponsorship Series talking to the decision-makers at the highest levels of Irish and international sport. 

 We start with Anneliese Mesilati who manages the North American sponsorship portfolio of UBS.

Working with Lewis Hamilton is one of the perks of Anneliese’s job but there are plenty more.  

We get an international perspective on stadium naming rights, community engagement, measurement and so much more, as well as discovering her path towards sponsorship from a starting point of environmental science…

Find out more about what we do day in day out at Sportforbusiness.com

We publish a daily news bulletin and host regular live events on a wide range of sporting subjects.

Subscribe to the podcast wherever you get your podcasts from, and look forward to more upcoming chats on leadership and the business of sport.

Our upcoming live events, including our League of Ireland Breakfast at Grant Thornton on February 4th, as well as plenty more, are live on the Sport for Business website, and we'd love to have you join us.