Win Happy Podcast

"The devil is in the detail" when it comes to insurance says Richard O'Dwyer and Paddy Mettler, Managing Director and Head of Sales and Distribution at Hiscox Ireland respectively.

Are we paying for things we don't need and not paying for things we do need and how do we make sure we get this right?

The role of the broker, is the insurance company a friend or foe, with people working from home has risk changed, do we need cyber insurance and how business could not function without insurance are some of the things we discuss on the podcast.

We also talk about happiness..

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

The show is produced by Greg Canty

In part two of this two part episode, Brendan Murphy of THE 4 OF US talks about the first gigs, riding the wave of success and realising quickly that you are better off driving the bus rather than being a passenger on the bus and doing all of this at a time when the music industry was experiencing huge change.

We also talk about perfect moments and the magical ingredients needed for a perfect birthday...it's quite simple!

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

The show is produced by Greg Canty

"I want to be like him" were the thoughts of the young Brendan Murphy when he first saw Elvis Presley on TV.

In part one of a two part podcast we chat about the early days, loving the experience of singing "I can fly when I sing", seven years in college, taking his 15 year old brother busking in France which raised enough money for a four track recorder, which allowed 'THE 4 OF US' to make the music magic that won them a big contract with CBS and.....then came a song called Mary!

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

The show is produced by Greg Canty

Kathleen O'Meara, the only triplet I have ever met was brought up to believe that "there were no limits to what you can do" by a mother who had to quit work as a teacher when she married and the nuns who taught her in Roscrea.

Kathleen became a journalist with RTE, took a job in politics and then joined the Labour Party, ran for the Dail unsuccessfully three times and served as a Senator for 10 years

We chatted about her early life, her passion for politics, the huge personal downside of that all consuming career, gender issues and discovering a passion for campaigning with the Irish Cancer Society, Rehab and now her own Public Affairs Consultancy.

We also reflect on this pandemic period, how life may change and the state of Irish and foreign politics.

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

The show is produced by Greg Canty

Four months on from our conversation at the beginning of lockdown, I have a follow up chat with Dr. Gerard Waldron, Assistant Director of Public Health in Northern Ireland to see what has changed, what have we learnt, is this what he expected and what is needed to get control of Covid-19.

We also chat about the danger of fear mongering, mandatory mask wearing and the risk of this becoming an awful social norm, North/South co-operation and how international co-operation could potentially have shut Covid down, just like it has in New Zealand.

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

The show is produced by Greg Canty

Susan HayesCulleton, "The Positive Economist" of the Hayes Culleton Group comes from a small country town in County Cork and as we've heard before on this podcast, that can have it's opportunities for women.

With Susan it is all about seizing those opportunities when they come along - a travel agent for teddies, school, debating, UCG, sticking your neck out and asking the question, which led to a job working for a successful businessman who ultimately became a business and life partner.

Finance, women in business, the recession and Covid, the role of positivity, her many initiatives and is she really a clever marketeer, are some of the topics we covered.

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

The show is produced by Greg Canty

When your first job is clearing glasses at the age of 10 in the family pub in Cobh, it's not hard to see how hospitality could be in your blood.

Aaron Mansworth, MD of Trigon Hotels chats about his international hospitality career that has taken many twists and turns including a long spell in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York and looking after some very special long term guests, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg in a hotel in Cavan.

There are three very different hotels in the Trigon group, the 123 year old Metropole Hotel, Cork International Hotel and the Cork Airport Hotel, and as they reopen post the Covid lockdown John chats about his career, the importance of mentors, developing his people and some of the challenges that the industry is facing at this difficult time.

He's been there before, and this time is no different and as usual Aaron brings his positive outlook to it - We will be back!

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

The show is produced by Greg Canty

Elizabeth Cope's energy and drive at the age of 68 is infectious and inspiring.

The very lovely, straight talking, renowned Irish artist chats about her colourful (literally!) life that had her painting since she was just nine years of age when she was "seduced by the smell of paint".

From the early days of drawing nuns in bikinis her work is often a diary of her life that like the rest of us has had it's ups and downs.

She says that art never leaves her, that she is on duty 24/7 and that the "struggle is the secret of success".

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

The show is produced by Greg Canty

From his days growing up in the northside of Cork city playing with St Vincents, John Goulding the CEO and co-founder of Workvivo, thrives at being the underdog, taking on the big guns and winning!

John chats about summers painting with his dad, working as a shoe salesman, studying at UCC and then successful, long serving roles with EMC and CoreHR before his latest move.

Over two years ago this underdog started his own company with Joe Lennon, and Workvivo is already enjoying huge success as it grows from strength to strength as it helps to shape cultures in organisations with it's innovative software.

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

The show is produced by Greg Canty

The wonderful architect, environmentalist and TV personality, Duncan Stewart has dedicated his life to protecting the environment.

Full of passion and never one to sit back and watch damage to our environment, Duncan has always taken a lead - he protests, he produces TV shows such as ECO-EYE, Our House and About The House.

In this fascinating, lively discussion we talk about the early "hillbilly" life, building sites, protests, wild life decline, humans causing Covid, Donald Trump, Black Lives Matter and a planet on the brink.

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

The show is produced by Greg Canty