Win Happy Podcast

In this episode Greg chats with Ian Ring, songwriter and music producer, the man behind some great artists such as Daithi and Talos, part of the fantastic duo, Young Wonder and now working on his own project Boku as well as many other projects.

We chat about his early life, where his interest in music and producing came from and how some interesting collaborations in Cork including legendary Stevie G "the glue", led to some huge musical output..

Ian has a special musical talent but one of his greatest talents is making his artists feel comfortable, which brings out the best of them and allows the magic to happen!

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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 a Two Part podcast Greg chats with Kieran McGeary, CEO of Cork's 96FM and C103 about the true love of his life. radio!

We chat about the challenge of taking over hugely successful stations in Ireland's second city, coping with changing trends in media, fake news, real news and the emergence of podcasts and what this means for radio.

We also chat about the powerful role of radio for a city and giving back to charity through the powerful Radiothon initiative.

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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 One of a Two Part podcast Greg chats with Kieran McGeary, CEO of Cork's 96FM and C103 about the true love of his life. radio!

A fascination for radio, those fascinating voices from different places around the world led to this 8 year old practicing his DJ skills with the family stereo as each single played one after the other.

A first role with a small pirate station in Waterford, 'Crystal Radio' at the age of just 15 led to studies in the UK and eventually roles with various BBC regional stations and independent stations including GM of 'The Wolf' in Wolverhampton.

He returned to Waterford to set up Ireland's first ever youth station, Beat 102-103 in 2003.

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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

Watching her mother struggling to make ends meat despite juggling three jobs in her native Poland was enough to spark a steely determination to succeed in Patrycja Jurkowska.

In this episode we chat with Patrycja who emigrated to Ireland, put herself through college, qualified as an accountant and now has a successful career with roles in Deloitte and now GOAL Global.

We chat about helping her mum and sisters to emigrate to Ireland, the challenge of a professional career as a non-national and her role as President of the Junior Chamber International, Dublin branch.

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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

Ger O'Mahoney, Partner with PwC in Cork was the President of Cork Chamber between 2009 and 2011 when the walls of the Irish economy literally came tumbling down.

Greg chats with Ger about his ability to dig deep at this crushing time and to consistently put on a brave, positive face, with an "everything is solvable" philosophy to business.

We chat about Cork Chamber, his deep love of Cork, leaving Deloitte after 26 years, Cork Hibs, Christians and some warning signs for the Irish economy.

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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

At the busy unveiling of the redeveloped Dunnes Stores, Jetland store in Limerick I caught up with Paddy Brennan who unveiled a special exhibition '20 Years of Dancing at Jetland' at the shopping centre.

In 1963, the Jetland Ballroom opened its doors and operated for 20 glorious years hosting huge acts including Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, The Everly Brothers as well as the biggest showbands of the time.

Paddy, the author of 'Limerick Music Throughout the Decades' shared his memories of the ballroom including meeting his wife at the famous venue.

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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

At one point the Dwyer family employed thousands of people in Cork city.

In this episode I chat with Ted Dwyer who lived through the painful collapse of his family business in a traditional industry that fell during the industrial revolution.

We chat about how this early life experience influenced his career choice, his approach to business and to life and how he coped with the many ups and downs through five decades.

Ted is a one of life's gents and someone who is always generously there to share some of his 'life' wisdom.

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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 this episode we chat with the Chelsea fan and Music Manager, Jeremy Lloyd, the brains and passion behind the Laissez-Faire Club who is representing Allman Brown, Ben Hobbs and Sophie Morgan.

We chat about his career, the changing dynamics of the music industry and the "nuts and bolts" of looking after talented singer/songwriters.

How do you succeed in this crazy industry? ...tune in to discover how.

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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

Greg chats with Paul Sheridan, the founder of the Tour de Munster cycle, which is now 20 years of age!

This 400 mile, four day charity cycle has gone from strength and has raised over 2.5 million alone for one of it's partner charities, Down Syndrome Ireland.

We chat about what drives him, leadership, the unconditional love of a child, his work life with U-Blox, Lance Armstrong and the comradery on the cycle and we also remember some very special people, Aidan Lynam and Sean Hennessy.

Paul's recipe for happiness is "Wanting what you get in life"

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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

Greg chats with the superb singer/songwriter Allman Brown about his life and career to date.

Fresh from a tour supporting Dido he has just released his second album, 'Darling it'll be alright', which he will be showcasing on his upcoming tour including Ireland, the UK and Holland.

Allman writes beautifully crafted, emotional songs such as 'Sons and Daughters' and 'Foolish Love' and he has a gorgeous voice, which has led to his early career success.

He chats openly about his life, the sacred art of singing, the challenges and highs of the music business and the special relationships, which are essential to 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