Win Happy Podcast

Greg chats with Daithí, the music producer from the West of Ireland about "the business" of a career in the music industry.

A very frustrated Daithí, despite lots of early success was on the brink of abandoning a career in music when he had the most accidental of hits with "Mary Keane's introduction". He added a dance track to a recording he found of his grandmother talking about how she met her husband, which became a huge overnight success.

Daithí is now taking on the music business on his own terms and is crafting a successful career, making music that has meaning to him.

He chats about the challenges of the music industry, the dangers of ego, his relationship with fans, coping with disappointment and loss and the expression of this in his new album, which will be released in the new year.

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Greg chats with CEO and Founder of Tour America and Cruise Holidays, Mary McKenna.

To say Mary is a survivor is an understatement - 9/11 is a total disaster when your business is bringing people to America and then there was a near death experience where she was literally rolled over by a jeep behind her office.

During the recession that wiped out 50% of the travel operators in Ireland, Mary started Cruise Holidays.

This ultimate survivor, lives her life according to a very special set of values, many of which were passed down to her by her dad, Frank who she absolutely adored.

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In part two of this podcast with the CEO of the international organisation EIL (Experiment in International Living), Kevin Hickey, explains in detail some of the powerful initiatives and the transformative effect they have with young adults.

He is joined on the episode by the inspirational Annemarie Collins, from the travelling community, who travelled to Mexico as part of the EIL Explore programme and she shares her valuable experiences including working with indigenous and immigrant children.

Annemarie says that her experiences changed her forever. they woke up "the activist" in her!

I hope you enjoy the show!

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Greg chats with the CEO of EIL, An Experiment in International Living, Kevin Hickey.

Kevin shares his fascinating life journey from a small farm in Tallow to incredible experiences and roles including archaeology, running a music school, an observer of the very first democratic elections in South Africa in 1984, rural community programmes, teaching in Mexico and his role as CEO of this very interesting international organisation, EIL.

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Greg chats with Tommy Fegan, Chairman of CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) in Part 1 of a fascinating podcast.

Tommy grew up in a divided society in the North of Ireland and witnessed first hand the very worst of the troubles.

His love of music brought him close to the travelling community in the South and made him one of the most popular men in the United States during spells there.

His fascinating career meant he had to push his strong politics aside with key roles with Cooperation North and the Prince's Trust where he enjoyed a special friendship with Prince Charles.

His life came to a shuddering crash on the 3rd September, 2010 when his son, Kevin, aged 24 died suddenly of heart failure.

This introduced him to the condition SADS (Sudden Adult Death Syndrome) and the organisation CRY.

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If you want to get anything done you should ask a busy person!

Greg chats with serial educator and the master of getting great things done, Bernard Kirk, CEO of Camden Education Trust, Co-Founder of Africa Code Week and someone who is involved in so many projects all with the same goal of advancing the potential of young people through education.

An early experience on building sites in the UK set off a powerful light bulb moment for Bernard - without education you will struggle, as he witnessed with so many Irishmen slogging their way through life.

Bernard uses his Irishness, his ability to make connections and his determination to move mountains.

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In this episode Greg chats with Caroline O'Driscoll, KPMG Tax Partner, Chairperson of ITCork and Co-Founder of I Wish.

Caroline, chats about her life in Cork, her 21 years with KPMG and her passion for the region as a place to work and live.

She chats about her role as Chairperson of ITCork, a 200 strong members organisation and one that has seen huge employment growth and her role with I Wish, which encourages young women in STEM sectors.

She also shares some simple golden rules about preserving that precious balance between home life and work.

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In this episode Greg chats with the man from Cavan, Michéal Sheridan, the CEO of The Mercy Foundation Hospital.

Michéal chats about that balance between being professional and taking things personally and he chats about the "life changing" Roger Waters gig that challenged us all to RESIST wherever and whenever we see bullshit happening in the world.

He shares his personal and professional stories including the early days working on the family farm, working with the ISPCC and his current role at the Mercy Foundation.

Michéal is excited about the great work being done at the hospital and even more excited about the new Cancer Care Centre, which hopefully will get the necessary planning permission and become a reality for those experiencing the trauma of cancer in their lives.

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In this episode Greg chats with General Manager of the Kinsale Bay Food Company, Tommy Doyle, Kerry Legend, the winner of seven All-Ireland Senior medals.

Tommy is asked if the "invincible" Dublin team can be stopped from winning five All-Irelands in 2019 and if Kerry are the team to do that.

We talk about the art of defending, having a ferocious appetite for winning and Kerry needing a manager who will be brave enough to take the challenge and to Go For It

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In this episode of the Fuzion Win Happy podcast, Greg chats with Ireland's Best Young Entrepreneur 2018, Conor O'Loughlin, CEO and Founder of Glofox, who shares his story of huge disappointment with an injury, which finished his rugby career with Connacht at the age of 28 to a new career in computer software.

Realising that his rugby career and dream was over, he started a web development company and quickly evolved this into a niche software business for the gym and fitness industry.

This business has expanded globally from Ireland thanks to the hard work and focus of Conor and his team and the careful navigation of the complex world of funding with Enterprise Ireland, Angel Investors and VCs.

We hope you enjoy Conor's fascinating story.