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Self-determination: Why LK Shields remains proudly independent
The Georgian offices of LK Shields greet me with an old-world hush as I climb the stairs to meet with managing partner Richard Curran. It is the Friday afternoon before the bank holiday and it feels like everyone has already left the building or is working from home. This impression turns out not to...
Through the Aura Holohan Group, Gar Holohan runs the largest health and fitness group in the country. After four decades in the business, he has seen the same mistakes be repeated over and over again. He talks to Rosanna Cooney about flipping the negative attitude to investing in social infrastructure in Ireland.
Sponsored by Investec
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Ronan Doherty was a co-founder of ElectroRoute in 2011 and remains the chief executive of the Letterkenny-headquartered energy trading company following its full acquisition by Mitsubishi last year. The business boasts over 10 per cent of Ireland’s electricity supply capacity under management, trading its mostly renewable production across Europe, and is now expanding into Japan. Doherty tells Thomas Hubert why he believes ElectroRoute is an essential cog in the system that will wean us off fossil fuels.
Sponsored by Investec
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GridBeyond is an Irish company helping businesses around the world manage their energy input using a combination of consumption management, on-site equipment such as batteries and solar panels, and supplier contracts. Its chief executive Michael Phelan gives Thomas Hubert some tips on how to navigate the volatile electricity market and discusses the impact of the ongoing energy crisis on the much-needed transition to low-carbon power.
Sponsored by Investec
https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
Meredith Greif is a Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, USA. Her work focused on the symbiotic relationship between tenants and landlords. “The point of my work,” she told Seán Keyes in this podcast, “is to show that caring about landlords is important because it means caring about tenants. Landlords’ behaviour is so consequential that if you want to help the renter, you have to think about what’s happening to the landlord. And it’s not condoning or looking away from bad landlord behaviour."
Sponsored by Investec
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Seven years ago, Sinead Doherty read the tea leaves and predicted that the future of work would be impermanent, flexible, and based on a contractor model. Her company Fenero, which offers tax and payroll solutions for contractors and freelancers, has since reaped the benefits. She talks to Rosanna Cooney about expanding into India and accountancy’s digital transformation.
Sponsored by Investec
https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
French businessman Richard Dujardin lived in Ireland for eight years and won the first operating contract for the Luas. He now chairs NetworkIrlande, the cross-border business group that recently held an awards ceremony in Paris to highlight companies taking part in the current boom in trade and investment between the two countries.
Thomas Hubert was there and he spoke with Dujardin as well as two of the winners, Danone Ireland’s managing director Killian Barry and Martin O’Donnell, commercial director with the ag-tech start-up Terra NutriTech.
They discussed silver linings from Brexit, shifting export patterns and perceptions between the France and Ireland – as well as the value of the Irish pub to business diplomacy.
Sponsored by Investec
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From a weekend hobby stall in Temple Bar, Margaret O’Rourke has built MoMuse into an undercover success story. She talks to Rosanna Cooney about building her jewellery business organically without advertising, and the decision to bring her husband Paul O’Rourke into the business.
Sponsored by Investec
https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
In 2007, Tom Lyons went to the Slieve Russell Hotel and heard Sean Quinn deliver a speech in which he reflected on his life but which also foreshadowed much of what was to come.
This weekend Lyons and Ian Kehoe reflect on Quinn's life and all that led to his rise and fall: https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
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Is the recent wave of job cuts by technology companies a structural shift or a necessary realignment? The Currency’s Chief Economics Writer Stephen Kinsella and Senior Correspondent Thomas Hubert join Editor Ian Kehoe to discuss Ireland’s response to the tech slump - including the opportunities arising from it.
Sponsored by Investec
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There will be around 100,000 satellites orbiting the earth by the end of the decade and Ubotica Technologies , an Irish space tech start-up, has developed a machine learning chip that can process images from inside these cereal-boxed sized satellites. Aubrey Dunne, co-founder and chief technology officer, talks to Rosanna Cooney about the potential applications of this observational technology, from spotting crop failure before it's visible on the ground, to identifying forest fires and oil slicks in real-time.
Sponsored by Investec
https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
Leaving the world of mass manufactured alcohol behind, Karen O’Neill founded a new drinks brand with a modern take on mead. BEEKON BATCHES was going gangbusters, O’Neill tells Rosanna Cooney, but then the unimaginable happened and she had a decision to make: to fight on or fail.
Sponsored by Investec
https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
Siobhán McHugh is the Chief Executive of the Demand Response Association of Ireland, whose members scour businesses for power usage that can be postponed when a surge occurs on the national grid. She tells Thomas Hubert how this emerging industry works and who can take part.
Sponsored by Investec
https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
Food is an essential and integral part of our existence and our culture, but what if you could see inside your own body in real-time, to know what impact that food is having on you. In this podcast, Rurik Bradbury, chief executive of the heavily backed start-up Limbo, speaks to Rosanna Cooney about glucose monitoring and how it changed his perspective on food entirely.
Sponsored by Investec
https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
Evelyn Kelly, the founder of Orphan Drug Consulting, works in an industry fraught with difficult decisions. In this podcast, she talks to Rosanna Cooney about her company’s role in bringing medicines to market as quickly as possible, the growth in the orphan drug market, and the challenges of equitable access to medication.
Sponsored by Investec
https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
The restaurant and hospitality sectors are in the eye of a storm, with a slew of insolvencies and closures expected in the next twelve months. Damien Grey, the two-star Michelin chef, and owner of Liath, talks to Rosanna Cooney about the misguided perception of a restaurant as anything other than a profit-seeking business, his obsession with daily accounts and when to let go and walk away with integrity.
Sponsored by Investec
https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
By his own admission, Aidan Connolly is an unusual leader. Over the past 30 years, he has worked across major corporations, greenfield start-ups, high growth environments, and turnaround missions all over the world. He has invested in, or worked with, more than a dozen start-ups, and has evaluated the pitch decks of hundreds more. In this podcast with Ian Kehoe, he talks about the nine key lessons he has learned from start-up success over his lengthy and varied career - – and what it means for all of us.
Sponsored
https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
The business of recruitment is inextricably tied to the economy. In this podcast, Ed Rossiter, the founder of recruitment company Phoenix Recruitment , talks to Rosanna Cooney about the slow tanking of the tech sector, the globalisation of talent, and finding recruitment professionals who are worth their salt.
Sponsored by Investec
https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
Starting a vodka company straight out of college didn’t give Mark Kavanagh much time for credibility, so he has had to carve it out for himself and his company, Wexbury Spirits . In this podcast, he talks to Rosanna Cooney about getting stocked nationwide and building a company where the marketing comes first - and the product comes second.
Sponsored by Investec
https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
Journalist Joe Galvin reveals in his coverage for The Currency this week that the supplier of surveillance software under investigation by the European Parliament for abuses including the hacking of a Greek journalist has established a corporate base in Ireland. He tells Thomas Hubert how he came across this story and its implications for the regulation of the cyber arms trade.
Sponsored by Investec
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Ireland gets a poor return for its investment in public infrastructure. As the population climbs, that's a big problem. Marco Chitti, a transit researcher who specialises in sharing best practice in infrastructure investment, has some ideas on how to build better. In this podcast, Chitti talks to Seán Keyes.
Sponsored by Investec
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The growth fund BGF made its first investment in the Irish market in 2019. It has followed it up with a dozen more deals, deploying a total of €97.5 million in the Irish market. Backed by Isif, AIB, Bank of Ireland and Ulster Bank, it has €250 million in capital to invest.
In this podcast with Ian Kehoe, the head of BGF in Ireland Leo Casey talks about the type of companies the firm is willing to back, the sectors it prefers, and the size of the check it can write. In addition, the former IBI corporate financier talks about the slowdown in dealmaking this year, frothy valuations and the headwinds facing the economy.
Sponsored by Investec
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Co Limerick-based Nick Cotter is the winner of this year’s Global Student Entrepreneur Awards for the solution developed to reduce chemical use in livestock by Cotter Agritech, the latest strand in a farm-based business sustaining two generations of his family and several employees. From running a marketing survey in his primary school for his first firewood business to selling organic lamb to Adare Manor and keeping a cool head when approached by venture capitalists, he tells Thomas Hubert what drives him to juggle business, college and life – and why it could only have happened on a farm.
Sponsored by Investec
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Two years ago, Mike McGrath and Martin Fitzgerald put their money in their own pockets, developed a minimum viable product, before launching it to the market last year. Today, their Cork-based company, Kwayga, has 50,000 suppliers listed on its platform, and is operating in 50 countries.
The business, an online platform that matches buyers and sellers in the food and beverage sector, has initially targeted the European market, but is now gaining momentum in the US and Canada. In this podcast with Ian Kehoe, McGrath talks about the genesis of the business, the growing problem of supply chain disruption, and raising funds to scale internationally.
Sponsored by Investec
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Deciphex, the virtual diagnostics company led by academic turned entrepreneur Donal O’Shea, has created an international marketplace for pathologists. Having raised €10.9m last year, it is expanding internationally – despite the fact it has no clients in Ireland.
Sponsored by Investec
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Wehavechefs is constructing a fast-track corridor between the kitchens of south-east Asia and the restaurants of Ireland to plug the gaping hole that Covid-19 left in the hospitality industry. In this podcast, Paddy Lynn, the business’s co-founder, talks to Rosanna Cooney about streamlining the process and what the government can do to help the industry survive.
Sponsored by Investec
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Adriaan Palm, the ambassador of the Netherlands to Ireland, says that almost every meeting he has Irish officials and citizens throws up questions on his country’s ability to adopt cycling and other sustainable transport options. In this far-reaching interview on Dutch-Irish economic relations, he reveals that environmental issues have taken over from corporation tax and Brexit at the top of the diplomatic agenda and discusses investment from the Netherlands in Ireland, including the new €200 million cheese joint venture between Glanbia Connect and Royal A-ware in Co Kilkenny.
Sponsored by Investec tec
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Cork company valid8Me has developed a reusable identity software that it claims allows financial institutions and professional services firms onboard new customers cheaper and quicker than anyone else in the market. Thornton Ireland believes in the product, and the accountancy firm has just taken a majority stake in the company for €12.5 million deal.
In this podcast with Ian Kehoe, co-founder and CEO Patrick Horgan explains how the deal came about and outlines his plan to expand in the UK and the US. He also talks about the business of compliance, Know Your Customer regulations and the company’s “atypical” journey.
Sponsored by Investec
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Through the Aura Holohan Group, Gar Holohan runs the largest health and fitness group in the country. After four decades in the business, he has seen the same mistakes be repeated over and over again. He talks to Rosanna Cooney about flipping the negative attitude to investing in social infrastructure in Ireland. Sponsored by Investec https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
Ronan Doherty was a co-founder of ElectroRoute in 2011 and remains the chief executive of the Letterkenny-headquartered energy trading company following its full acquisition by Mitsubishi last year. The business boasts over 10 per cent of Ireland’s electricity supply capacity under management, trading its mostly renewable production across Europe, and is now expanding into Japan. Doherty tells Thomas Hubert why he believes ElectroRoute is an essential cog in the system that will wean us off fossil fuels. Sponsored by Investec https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
GridBeyond is an Irish company helping businesses around the world manage their energy input using a combination of consumption management, on-site equipment such as batteries and solar panels, and supplier contracts. Its chief executive Michael Phelan gives Thomas Hubert some tips on how to navigate the volatile electricity market and discusses the impact of the ongoing energy crisis on the much-needed transition to low-carbon power. Sponsored by Investec https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
Meredith Greif is a Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, USA. Her work focused on the symbiotic relationship between tenants and landlords. “The point of my work,” she told Seán Keyes in this podcast, “is to show that caring about landlords is important because it means caring about tenants. Landlords’ behaviour is so consequential that if you want to help the renter, you have to think about what’s happening to the landlord. And it’s not condoning or looking away from bad landlord behaviour." Sponsored by Investec https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
Seven years ago, Sinead Doherty read the tea leaves and predicted that the future of work would be impermanent, flexible, and based on a contractor model. Her company Fenero, which offers tax and payroll solutions for contractors and freelancers, has since reaped the benefits. She talks to Rosanna Cooney about expanding into India and accountancy’s digital transformation. Sponsored by Investec https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
French businessman Richard Dujardin lived in Ireland for eight years and won the first operating contract for the Luas. He now chairs NetworkIrlande, the cross-border business group that recently held an awards ceremony in Paris to highlight companies taking part in the current boom in trade and investment between the two countries. Thomas Hubert was there and he spoke with Dujardin as well as two of the winners, Danone Ireland’s managing director Killian Barry and Martin O’Donnell, commercial director with the ag-tech start-up Terra NutriTech. They discussed silver linings from Brexit, shifting export patterns and perceptions between the France and Ireland – as well as the value of the Irish pub to business diplomacy. Sponsored by Investec https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
From a weekend hobby stall in Temple Bar, Margaret O’Rourke has built MoMuse into an undercover success story. She talks to Rosanna Cooney about building her jewellery business organically without advertising, and the decision to bring her husband Paul O’Rourke into the business. Sponsored by Investec https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
In 2007, Tom Lyons went to the Slieve Russell Hotel and heard Sean Quinn deliver a speech in which he reflected on his life but which also foreshadowed much of what was to come. This weekend Lyons and Ian Kehoe reflect on Quinn's life and all that led to his rise and fall: https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
Give a gift of The Currency this Christmas 🎄 Email [email protected] to enquire about buying a gift membership. https://thecurrency.news/articles/103478/insightful-thoughtful-sustainable-give-the-gift-of-the-currency-this-christmas/
Is the recent wave of job cuts by technology companies a structural shift or a necessary realignment? The Currency’s Chief Economics Writer Stephen Kinsella and Senior Correspondent Thomas Hubert join Editor Ian Kehoe to discuss Ireland’s response to the tech slump - including the opportunities arising from it. Sponsored by Investec https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
Black Friday Special Offer from The Currency. Get €50 off an annual membership for exclusive access to in-depth stories, commentary and podcasts on the issues, people and companies that matter. https://thecurrency.news/pricing/
There will be around 100,000 satellites orbiting the earth by the end of the decade and Ubotica Technologies , an Irish space tech start-up, has developed a machine learning chip that can process images from inside these cereal-boxed sized satellites. Aubrey Dunne, co-founder and chief technology officer, talks to Rosanna Cooney about the potential applications of this observational technology, from spotting crop failure before it's visible on the ground, to identifying forest fires and oil slicks in real-time. Sponsored by Investec https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
Leaving the world of mass manufactured alcohol behind, Karen O’Neill founded a new drinks brand with a modern take on mead. BEEKON BATCHES was going gangbusters, O’Neill tells Rosanna Cooney, but then the unimaginable happened and she had a decision to make: to fight on or fail. Sponsored by Investec https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
Siobhán McHugh is the Chief Executive of the Demand Response Association of Ireland, whose members scour businesses for power usage that can be postponed when a surge occurs on the national grid. She tells Thomas Hubert how this emerging industry works and who can take part. Sponsored by Investec https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
Food is an essential and integral part of our existence and our culture, but what if you could see inside your own body in real-time, to know what impact that food is having on you. In this podcast, Rurik Bradbury, chief executive of the heavily backed start-up Limbo, speaks to Rosanna Cooney about glucose monitoring and how it changed his perspective on food entirely. Sponsored by Investec https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
Evelyn Kelly, the founder of Orphan Drug Consulting, works in an industry fraught with difficult decisions. In this podcast, she talks to Rosanna Cooney about her company’s role in bringing medicines to market as quickly as possible, the growth in the orphan drug market, and the challenges of equitable access to medication. Sponsored by Investec https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
The restaurant and hospitality sectors are in the eye of a storm, with a slew of insolvencies and closures expected in the next twelve months. Damien Grey, the two-star Michelin chef, and owner of Liath, talks to Rosanna Cooney about the misguided perception of a restaurant as anything other than a profit-seeking business, his obsession with daily accounts and when to let go and walk away with integrity. Sponsored by Investec https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
By his own admission, Aidan Connolly is an unusual leader. Over the past 30 years, he has worked across major corporations, greenfield start-ups, high growth environments, and turnaround missions all over the world. He has invested in, or worked with, more than a dozen start-ups, and has evaluated the pitch decks of hundreds more. In this podcast with Ian Kehoe, he talks about the nine key lessons he has learned from start-up success over his lengthy and varied career - – and what it means for all of us. Sponsored https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
The business of recruitment is inextricably tied to the economy. In this podcast, Ed Rossiter, the founder of recruitment company Phoenix Recruitment , talks to Rosanna Cooney about the slow tanking of the tech sector, the globalisation of talent, and finding recruitment professionals who are worth their salt. Sponsored by Investec https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
Starting a vodka company straight out of college didn’t give Mark Kavanagh much time for credibility, so he has had to carve it out for himself and his company, Wexbury Spirits . In this podcast, he talks to Rosanna Cooney about getting stocked nationwide and building a company where the marketing comes first - and the product comes second. Sponsored by Investec https://thecurrency.news/podcasts/
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