Fuzion Win Happy Podcast

In this episode Greg chats with Dave O'Donoghue, who brought the healthy food franchise, Freshii to Ireland from Canada. Dave who grew up on a small farm in Kerry has had a huge career working in food, from selling butter and cheese to supermarkets to managing the European operation for huge brands such as Cuisine de France. A desire to do his own thing and to help Ireland to eat healthy led to him bringing the innovative, successful food business, Freshii to Ireland with his business partner, Cormac Manning. We chat about food trends, business, learning, a crippling recession and what it means to be happy! Enjoy the show 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 take on the huge topic of our young vulnerable children, over 6,000 in Ireland who are in foster or residential care. Greg chats with a who works tirelessly with her team to find suitable foster care parents, and to prepare them so that they can successfully provide safe, caring and loving homes to our most precious, vulnerable children. Enjoy the show    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 rapper, songwriter and tech fan, Garry McCarthy (aka GMCBeats) has turned into a teacher, a mentor, a friend, a provider of safe places and an inspirer of young people who are bursting to have their voices heard. In this episode of the Win Happy podcast I chat with Garry about his career, his love of music and tech, his early rapping success and how he has found a special love for inspiring others, who in so many cases have gone on to success.  The Kabin, located in a disadvantaged area of Cork City is that special safe place for talented young voices thanks to Garry and the support of Music Generation. Enjoy the show!     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 fascinating behavioural scientist, Milo-Arne Wilkinson, who is in Ireland to launch the ELEVEN Executive Leadership Programme at Dublin Business School. Milo, one of 16 children, originally from Hawaii and now living in Australia has had a fascinating career, which has led her to developing this very unique programme that focuses on the attributes of leaders and not their competencies.  Milo talks about her life, her family, her work with sports teams and the ELEVEN attributes of great leaders. Enjoy the show!     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 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! Enjoy the show!     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. Enjoy the show!   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. Enjoy the show!    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.    Enjoy the show! 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. I hope you enjoy the show 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. Enjoy the Show!    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. Enjoy the show! 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. Enjoy the show!   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" Enjoy the show! 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. Enjoy the show!      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  

A seventeen year old, football loving young man from a small town in Kerry joins a seminary in Thurles. Six years later at the tender age of 23, he reports for duty as a new parish priest to Salford in Manchester. What does he know about life? In this episode Greg chats with Fr. John Ahern, an unlikely friend (He is a huge Manchester United fan!) about the challenges of priesthood, life in Salford, missionary work in Peru and what his father Dan said to him when he left Farranfore for this life - oh, we also talk about Matt Busby! Enjoy the show..   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 Greg chats with Alan Foley, Founder and Artistic Director of Cork City Ballet. The young dancer, inspired by Fame and Flashdance found his way to the Cork Ballet School, run by the renowned Joan Denise Moriarty and he thrived under her strict regime. He gives us a fantastic insight into this special woman, who he clearly adored.  His career brought him to London, New York and Russia and back to Ireland where he founded his own ballet company, which is still thriving. Major heart surgery at the age of just 39 ended his dancing career but he still teaches, inspires and produces spectacular shows each year. Enjoy the show!   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 I chat with author Clodagh Finn and Deirdre Waldron about the incredible life of Cork woman, Mary Elmes who passed away in 2002 at 92 years of age. Clodagh is the author of "A time to risk all" and she tells us about Mary's unthinkable bravery as she rescued 432 children from prison camps during the Spanish Civil War and World War 2. Mary, who has recently been honoured in Cork with a new bridge in her name was educated in Trinity College and then the London School of Economics. She volunteered to work in hospitals in Spain and France, which led her on a path that had her caring for children in camps and rescuing many. She was held in a Nazi prison for 6 months in 1943 and returned to work after she was released.  "Miss Mary never let us down"  Enjoy the Show   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 today's podcast I chat with Shane McCarthy, the Chief Marketing Officer of Sandboxx in the United States. Shane, a UCC graduate from Killarney chats about how this young company is providing a lifeline to young military entrants through their messaging services. The very passionate Shane connected with me as a young student and I was thrilled when he reached out again with me recently. While I'm blown away by his really career success, I'm not really surprised -  he's always been super focused and super nice. Enjoy the show! 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

Today I chat with my good friend, Development Director with EFM, and former TD, Aine Collins. We discuss her fascinating life and career from a farm in North Cork, to London, to her own accountancy practice and then five years in Leinster House during some of the most turbulent times in Irish history. Her passion for getting things done, for helping people and for entrepreneurship has led her to her new role with EFM, which is new to Ireland and a unique model than can help indigenous businesses maximise their potential with the help of a team of experienced strategic financial experts. Aine believes in seizing opportunities when they present themselves and her motto is "have no regrets". Enjoy the show 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 the work that you do each day helps to make a huge difference to some of societies biggest problems, that must be at the heart of a Win Happy life. In today's show I chat with the CEO of Social Entrepreneurs Ireland, Darren Ryan who has been with the organisation for 10 years. Darren talks about about his mum the social worker and his sister who helped to guide him to a towards a "making a difference" career, which was sealed by a four year old child in India called Sabina. Darren explains the work that the organisation does, bringing big social impact ideas to life such as Food Cloud, Men's Sheds and Grow It Yourself. Enjoy the show!     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