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On Episode 278 of That Great Business Show, Conall Ó Móráin is joined by Aidan Donnelly, Head of Equities at Davy Private Clients, for a plain-English global market update — and a hard look at the biggest investment story of our time: artificial intelligence.
Markets have rallied.
Investors have relaxed.
But a simple question sits underneath it all:
What happens when companies start lending money to their own customers just to keep the story going?
In this episode, Aidan explains:
No jargon. No hype.
Just a calm explanation of where risk may be building — and what investors should really be watching.
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On Episode 277 of That Great Business Show, Conall Ó Móráin speaks with James Flynn, co-founder and CEO of Coso.ai the Irish startup automating one of the biggest headaches in small business: social media.
Most SMEs know they should post.
Most don’t have time.
Most can’t justify agency fees.
Coso.ai solves that problem by automatically writing, scheduling and publishing social media content — without needing a full-time marketer or a €2,000-a-month retainer.
In this episode, James explains:
This is AI doing something useful — reducing cost, saving time, and fixing a real business problem.
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On Episode 276 of That Great Business Show, Conall Ó Móráin sits down with Scott Baigent (Kiwi) and Cameron "Cam" Wallace (Aussie), founders of Eight Degrees Brewing in Mitchelstown, Cork.
Their story is business at its rawest.
They arrived in Ireland for love.
They stayed for negative equity.
They helped kick-start the Irish craft beer movement.
They created 88 unique beers, won global awards, sold the business to Irish Distillers… and then, when most people would have gone to the beach, they bought the brewery back again.
On this episode, they talk honestly about:
This is a masterclass in graft, resilience, and staying in the game when the odds are stacked.
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Think you can’t take on a €73 billion global industry from a kitchen table in West Cork? Think again.
On Episode 275 of That Great Business Show, Conall Ó Móráin meets Fiona Parfrey, co-founder of Riley — the Irish B Corp that’s ripping the plastic out of period care and building a business that’s already in 35 countries and 350 corporate bathrooms.
From a glass-of-wine idea to €1.5 million in funding, Fiona explains how smart branding, ruthless focus and a taboo-busting mission are turning Riley into one of Ireland’s fastest-scaling exports.
Fiona would love to 'hire in a heartbeat' Dr Hazel Wallace.
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Roger Courtney of Sunstone Technologies spent four years rebuilding how Ireland’s economy is mapped. His BAM (Bespoke Addressable Market) system shows companies who their real customers are — and the 60 percent they’ve been missing.
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The Hidden Cost of College Dropouts — and the Irish Nurse Who’s Fixing It
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Every year, 60–65 thousand Irish students sit the Leaving Cert — but 1 in 8 never make it past first year in college. That’s 5 thousand young people – at a cost of a very conservative €45 million in lost fees and accommodation every year.
Former nurse and educator Joan Broderick saw this firsthand and founded Pathways.ie, a social enterprise helping parents and students bridge the gap between school and real college life.
She joins Conall Ó Móráin to talk about:
• Ireland’s hidden dropout crisis and the €100 million blind spot and why it's really bad news for businesses
• Why parents, not points, hold the key to student success
• How Springboard and UCD Innovation Academy inspired her to start again
• The business of social purpose — and why doing good can still pay the bills
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Etienne Louvet, Founder & CEO of IONA Drones
We’re taking Irish innovation sky-high. In this week’s That Great Business Show, Conall Ó Móráin grills – politely – French founder Etienne Louvet of IONA Drones, the Galway-based start-up building autonomous aircraft to deliver parcels, medicine, even blood supplies.
Forget food-drop gimmicks – these drones will fly 200 km with 20 kg payloads and could make the Irish logistics industry airborne again.
Is Ireland about to lead the EU in drone logistics? Can startups like IONA compete with Amazon Prime Air and Google Wing? How will the HSE, An Post and Irish Aviation Authority plug into this new economy?
🎧 Listen to find out how Galway might become Europe’s Drone Capital.
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Episode 271 — “You've got to squeeze the boll*x out of it"
The hilarious story how a Dubliner became a US Bar King: The Wild, True Story of Shane Carty and the Trinity Bar, Connecticut”
What does it really take to succeed in the cut-throat US hospitality business?
Forget the glossy Instagram stories and the “living the dream” nonsense — this is the true, outrageous, impossible-to-make-up journey of Dublin man Shane Carty, now co-founder of one of New Haven’s most successful Irish bars: The Trinity Bar & Restaurant.
Fires. Covid shutdowns. Insurance battles. 70-hour weeks. Local politics. Massive US taxes.
And somehow… a thriving business, a packed bar, a community of veterans, and a Guinness volume that is...impressive!
On this VERY different episode Shane reveals:
– How a Morrison Visa changed everything
– Why his first days as a US bar owner involved a bomb-site renovation and a 400-person event with no warning
– The real cost of doing business in America (spoiler: EVERYTHING is taxed)
– How feeding US veterans built a following no marketing budget could buy
– Why Yale students, Liverpool fans, and random Irish blow-ins all treat the bar like home
– Covid horror stories you will not hear anywhere else
– What it actually takes to run a bar in the US: graft, grit, Guinness, and gallons of coffee
– The secret to creating a true Irish bar atmosphere — and why most Irish bars don’t do it
– Why he still loves America… and will never move home
– And why his daughter’s US college fees may kill him before the hospitality industry does
This is not a standard business episode.
It’s a raw, hilarious, unvarnished masterclass in survival, luck, stamina — and pure Irish stubbornness.
That Great Business Show — Episode 271.
You’ve never heard a story like this.
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Episode 270 That Great Business Show
UCD Smurfit Business School, 'Podcast of the Year'.
When couriers crumble and tolls soar, two very different innovators are keeping Ireland moving.
John Tuohy, the man behind Parcel Motel and now OOHpod, tells host Conall Ó Móráin how a national locker network could rescue Irish e-commerce after Fastway’s meltdown.
And Phil Barnes of Geotab reveals the data driving the trucks — 5 million vehicles, 100 billion data points a day, and the truth about Ireland’s €25 k toll shock.
Business, logistics, and hard numbers — all in one fast-moving episode.
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Episode 269 of That Great Business Show
🎧 “From Graveyards to Getaways – How Click & Go Built Ireland’s Smartest Holiday Business”
If you’ve ever booked a holiday online, cursed the “hidden fees”, or wondered who still uses a travel agent… this episode will make you think again.
Guest Paul Hackett, is the straight-talking CEO of Click & Go Holidays — the Irish travel company that’s taken on the global giants and won. He’s built a business that survived recessions, Brexit, and a pandemic, and is now setting sail (literally) into Europe with booming cruise and city-break markets.
In true That Great Business Show style, we cover it all — the highs, the near-crashes, the clever pivots, and even the day Paul’s other half sold four cruise cabins… in a graveyard.
Expect:
🧳 Smart travel hacks for your next holiday.
🛳 Why Irish people are missing out on the biggest travel trend in the world — cruises.
🌍 How Click & Go is quietly expanding across Europe (and why Central Europe is the next big thing).
📈 What the Irish travel industry gets right — and what still drives Paul up the wall.
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In Memory of David Horgan — Energy, Insight and Integrity
This is a special re-release of That Great Business Show, Episode 79 (March 2022), in tribute to the late David Horgan, Chairman of Petrel Resources — a man of rare clarity, courage and intellect.
Recorded in the early days of the war in Ukraine, this conversation captures David at his most incisive: explaining Europe’s dependency on Russian energy, Ireland’s stalled exploration policy, and the hard economics that shape geopolitics. Some facts have since moved on. David’s insight has not.
He warned of blackouts and energy shocks. He spoke about Ireland’s potential — and frustration — with a mix of authority and candour few could match.
The final minutes of this interview reveal the man behind the analysis: principled, humorous, and forever hopeful about young Irish talent. His last line, about hiring “a youngster with fire in their belly,” says everything about how he saw life and leadership.
🎧 Listen back and remember a thoughtful Irish business voice, a generous contributor, and a true gentleman.
Originally recorded: March 2022
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“Goodbye barcodes. Hello QR codes.”
Once upon a time, the packaging just sat there. Now it talks back.
On Episode 268 of That Great Business Show — officially UCD Smurfit Business School Podcast of the Year —
I meet:
• Donald Douglas of Scanfinity / Return2Sender, turning butter wrappers and Guinness cans into interactive billboards,
• Graham Byrne & David Crimmins of Global Health Capital, the fintech that pays doctors before the paperwork clears.
Donald’s wow line still rings:
“The barcode is dead.”
Turns out your fridge door may soon be your media plan.
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Falling Oil Prices, Rising Power Bills — and the AI Boom You Didn’t See Coming
Oil prices are heading down. Electricity prices are heading up.
Wait… what?
In this episode of That Great Business Show with Conall O Móráin, Phil Byrne, Chief Investment Officer at Cantor Fitzgerald Asset Management, explains why — even if gas prices fall to zero — our power bills will still rise. From grid build-out costs to data-centre demand, Phil unpacks the new economics of energy and what it means for businesses, households, and investors.
Then, Carmyn Del Rosso joins Conall to talk about her AI-powered career app, Beyond Borders, and why Irish professionals need to get better at selling themselves — especially when the competition is global.
Hosted by Conall O’Morain, That Great Business Show — officially Ireland’s Business Podcast of the Year (UCD Smurfit Business School).
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E266 That Great Business Show
UCD Smurfit Business School, 'Podcast of the Year'
Can a thumbs-up cost you thousands? It can.
Partner Wendy Hederman (Mason Hayes & Curran) lays out, in plain English, how a quick WhatsApp, email or text can lock in a binding contract, why “subject to contract” won’t always save your skin, and how your employee’s casual message can bind the whole business.
Fast fixes for SMEs: approvals, authority, and the one line to add before you hit send.
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EP265 — Cheaper grinds at scale + how a Wexford mixer takes on Coke & Fever-Tree
Part 1:Brendan Kavanagh (Grinds360) explains how a hybrid learning model can undercut traditional grinds: where €2,000 per subject becomes ~€1,000 for all 20 subjects, with live nightly classes, a huge on-demand library and student tracking. He shares year-one results (€1.8m) and how revenues hit €2.4m in just late summer, plus expansion to NI/UK and how SAT could bring them a million more students annually from Asia.
Part 2:Brendan Colbert (Poachers Drinks) on fighting global incumbents: shelf tactics, re-engineering the supply chain to reach 55–60% margins, landing premium accounts and pushing into Dunnes (≈45 stores)—with a Poachers Cola coming. And why they'll keep Gaeilge on their bottles when heading into the UK market.
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Episode 264 That Great Business Show with Conall Ó Moráin
Now on video — watch this episode on YouTube.
Invest like the pros: Yourshuttle.com founders Rob Halligan & Scott Ashmore say they only list deals where a top fund is also investing — and they run their own multi-stage checks before anything goes live. A €250-a-year subscription opens the door. They’ve already backed six deals alongside around 20 funds, with more in the pipeline. They explain why founders welcome their community for more than just the cheque (though that helps!).
Why Pittsburgh, why now: Matt Smith of the Allegheny Conference makes a great case for Irish SMEs to test the US via The Steel City, Pittsburgh. Check out State corporate tax phasing from 9.9% toward 4.9%, some new incentives, and a playbook that connects you straight to CMU/Pitt talent (aka Big Brains particularly in AI and Robotics). Plus: it’s a logistics sweet spot — half a day’s drive to circa 40% of the US market — as well as a lower cost base than the US coasts.
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Episode 263 That Great Business Show with Conall O Móráin
Why Everyone Wants In to TCD - '...because there's no future for libraries in Florida'.
TCD Provost, Linda Doyle, on 'huge' U.S. Student Surge, Global Competition & The Future of Higher Ed
That Great Business Show — winner of the UCD Smurfit Business School ‘Podcast of the Year’ — takes a masterclass with Linda Doyle, Provost of Trinity College Dublin, for a wide-ranging and insightful conversation about the present and future of one of Europe’s most storied universities
With 4,500 staff and a student body that’s becoming more international every year, Doyle shares her vision for Trinity’s next chapter. She talks candidly about the challenges of running a world-class university, the need to compete globally for talent and resources, and the opportunities created by the big jump in American students applying to study at Trinity and the threat to academic freedom in the US. It's all a sign of how Dublin and Ireland are becoming more attractive in the global education marketplace.
This conversation is essential listening across faculties, research groups, professional services and others in 3rd Level education.
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E262 That Great Business Show
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Pubs are closing at record rates (150 a year since Covid), but Feargal Chambers of the Four Provinces Pub & Brewery is doing the opposite — expanding.
From zoology teacher to publican and brewer, his story is a masterclass in resilience, local loyalty, and turning community into a business superpower. Backed by GAA stars and iconic Dublin pub families, Feargal proves that with grit, vision, and hyper-local focus, you can not only survive in hospitality but thrive. Expect talk of salmonids, Irish language, the pub as community hub, and why resilience may be the most valuable pint you can pour.
The big takeaway? The pub is not finished! Keyword? Hyper-local.
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This week on That Great Business Show Episode 261 (with thanks to our brilliant sponsor De Facto Shaving Oil):
Every weekend in Ireland, players are getting knocked about—whether it’s the crunch of a rugby scrum, the thump of a GAA tackle, or a soccer header that rattles the skull. Concussions happen. Too many go unseen, unreported, untreated—and the damage can last a lifetime.
Enter Sports Impact Technologies, a young Irish start-up straight out of UCD Nova, with a world-first solution: a sensor, no bigger than a €1 coin, that tucks in behind the ear and flags head impacts as they happen. Instant alerts, right there on the pitch. That’s player welfare, redefined.
They’ve just raised €650,000 to take it global. We’ve got founder Eóin Tuohy in studio—the man on a mission to make undetected concussions history.
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Economists talk about cycles—booms, busts, peaks, troughs. But my 2nd guest is Jennie Haire,. She's talking about a cycle that’s a whole lot more personal. Jennie’s the founder of Gigi Supplements, the brand turning monthly cycles into big business with a smart, science-backed blend that women swear by.
She’s on her own growth curve too—fresh off the Going for Growth programme, with new funding in the bank, a brand on the rise, and a mission to prove that women’s health is good business.
Want to hear how she’s changing the game, cycle by cycle? Push the play button, baby.
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E260 That Great Business Show
UCD Smurfit 'Podcast of the Year'
Brian Kenny, CEO, Momntum
Laila is her name. She is 'owned' by very early stage startup Momntum. She's an AI chatbot. She remembers you, your foibles and your troubles. She brings chatbots to an absolutely different level. Clever lady she is, she even remembers that you may have mentioned your dog was sick the last time you called her number. When you ring back she's likely to ask after the dog. Bow WOW! Who'll use it? You will, because she makes it sound like your business cares. She'll save you money too and Momntum co-founder Brian Kenny goes through a real-life case study involving Sisu Clinic, where the savings are quite considerable. Laila can also do her business in 700 languages (including Gaeilge - we checked). The business is backed by ACT and Suir Valley Ventures.
His 'hire in a heartbeat', John Collison of Stripe. AND Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia.
Damien O’Brien, Managing Partner, SME Matters
Do you want to grow your business by 42% at a cost of just €275 a month? Of you course you do…you’d be mad not to.
Damien O’Brien, boss at SME Matters got on to us to tell us about a recent success where one of his NAMED clients said the peer to peer learning programme they run had yielded one company 42% growth in just months…so we had to know more.
His 'hire in a heartbeat', Paudi Roche and Geraldine Lavin (it's a bit of a cheat, 'cos they already work with him...)
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