Win Happy Podcast

On today's podcast I chatted with Cork City FC legend, Gearoid Morrissey about his career and life.

On part one of this two part conversation Gearoid chats about his early career, the joy of playing football with your friends and the excitement of fulfilling your dreams of becoming a professional footballer at the highest level in England.

Arsenal, Derby, West Ham, Southampton, Blackburn and Liverpool - they were all interested in this talented young footballer from Cork.

However, at 16 you are just a boy and when you don't have your friends and family around you the joy of playing football can quickly disappear,

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This show has been produced by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork.

Podcast Production by Greg Canty

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On today's podcast I chatted with the very special Mary Doherty and her equally special son Aaron about her career and their lives together.

Mary has spent 30 years with An Garda Síochána, a career that saw her progress through the ranks to the position of Detective Inspector, looking after the Protective Services unit, dealing with the worst of abuse and sexual crimes.

Mary's son Aaron is a vibrant young man with down syndrome and this led to Mary getting deeply involved with Down Syndrome Ireland, campaigning for basic rights for people with down syndrome.

A car accident a couple of years ago turned her busy life upside down, leaving her with a broken neck and facing a long recovery period, which she is still in the middle of.

While extremely traumatic, this accident forced her to look at life through a different lens and also gave her a chance to begin to recover from the vicarious trauma of such a mentally draining job.

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This show has been produced by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork.

Podcast Production by Greg Canty

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On today's podcast I chat with founder of Next Wave Africa, Greg Serandos, the Californian, who is living in Johannesburg in South Africa.

At the time of recording he was in the middle of one of the daily scheduled rolling power outages as we chatted about his life and career with the company of some very loud crickets!

He spoke about the beautiful country and climate, the declining economy, everyday life as well as the seven layers of security needed to be safe there.

He chatted about his business Next Wave Africa, which helps companies to explore possible opportunities in the continent and why doing the biggest bungee jump in the world was part of his best day ever!

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This show has been produced by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork.

Podcast Production by Greg Canty

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On today's podcast I chatted with two very special and talented people, the duo behind the new musical project, Hibsen.

Grainne Hunt and Jim Murphy have teamed up to bring the James Joyce book "Dubliners" to life through a special collection of songs inspired by each story in the book.

This project was born during a "Covid lockdown" songwriting workshop and now it comes to life with a new album, 'The Stern Task of Living'; and live performances which will debut in Smock Alley as part of the Bloomsday Festival.

James Joyve will be happy when he hears this …

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The podcast features two singles from the album, Araby and Eveline

This show has been produced by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork.

Podcast Production by Greg Canty

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Sometimes figuring out what you want to do in your life can be difficult, unclear and confusing and sometimes it can be crystal clear and there is only one path that is right for you.

On today's podcast I chat with the super talented Fiona Kennedy, my old neighbour who was born to write and sing beautiful songs.

She chats about her new album 'Find Me', the life of a professional musician in Ireland and her personal journey that did have lots of twists and turns, stops and starts...

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This show has been produced by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork.

Podcast Production by Greg Canty

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On today's podcast I welcome back Professor Connell Fanning, Director of The Keynes Centre at UCC and co-author of The Leadership Mind.

Books are a key part of the development programme at The Keynes Centre and critically he says "It's not the book, it's how it is read" that is important.

Connell describes how we should "read with intent" , developing a dialogue with ourselves, engaging with the author's mind and he discusses some source thinkers, minds that can help us to refresh our own thinking.

Most importantly, Connell explains the importance of development through adulthood an how reading experiences can play a critical role in this.

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This show has been produced by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork.

Podcast Production by Greg Canty

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In part two of this two part podcast I chat with Eoin Kernan, about his recovery from mental illness and his new venture, Discover SUP.

In part one he spoke about his OCD and his eating disorder, which led to a full breakdown in 2019, and his subsequent road to recovery.

In this episode he speaks about his partner, Carolina and his family and the role they played in his recovery, as well as his special relationship with the sea.

He chats about his love of stand-up paddleboarding, which led to his new venture, Discover SUP, whereby he brings joy and happiness to so many through this special activity.

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This show has been produced by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork.

Podcast Production by Greg Canty

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Eoin Kernan: "It's like I fell off a cliff in 2019"

In part one of a two part podcast I chat with Eoin Kernan, founder of Discover SUP about his OCD and eating disorder, which led to a full breakdown in 2019.

Eoin found his own secretive ways of coping with his mental illness until eventually it came to breaking point and he needed help.

He speaks about the pressures of modern life, workplace and personal expectations and what can happen without the appropriate pressure valve.

Eoin speaks candidly about his mental illness and his long road to recovery and the special role of art therapy as part of this.

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This show has been produced by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork.

Podcast Production by Greg Canty

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On today's podcast I welcome back to the podcast, Paul Niland, CEO of Lifeline Ukraine, the suicide prevention helpline service in the country, to reflect on a year of this terrible war.

Paul chats about his experience of Ukraine in his 20 years of living there, the relationship with Russia, the political environment and the unlikely rise to power of Volodymyr Zelensky, the comedian and star of the TV series 'Servant of the People'.

He also talks about the impact of the war on Lifeline Ukraine and how he and his team have coped with the huge increase in calls from people in severe distress and finally how he sees this war coming to an end.

Glory to Ukraine

This show has been produced by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork.

Podcast Production by Greg Canty

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On part two of this two part podcast I chat with Daryna Hruzdieva, Recruitment Resourcer with AA Euro Group.

In part one she spoke about escaping from Kyiv in Ukraine, leaving her happy, successful life behind and finding her way to safety in Ireland with her family.

On this episode she speaks about the kindness of strangers, in particular the host family, Mike and Matilda Morrison.

She also spoke about her state of depression when she arrived and how her mum, Victoria brought her out of this and helped her to rebuild her life including an exciting new role with AA Euro Group.

Enjoy the show..

This show has been produced by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork.

Podcast Production by Greg Canty

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