Roy Keane continues to have a hold over Ireland. Dave Hannigan’s new book ‘We Need to Talk About Roy’ looks at how Ireland shaped Keane and how Keane changed Ireland. He talks to Dion Fanning about the Keane he observed growing up in Cork at the same time and the man he became.
In this week's episode of Experience, Eoin Ó Broin talks to Dion Fanning about trying to start a band together, how Blackrock College gave him confidence and conflict resolution in a new Ireland.
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.
In this week's episode of Experience, Mary Coughlan talks to Dion Fanning about how her life began when she stopped drinking, how she has adapted to success over the years and why she still sometimes bears a grudge.
Energy Matters is a new podcast series which examines in detail the true state of the Irish energy sector, tackling everything from the war in Ukraine to the future of transport. In this first episode, Ian Kehoe talks to Enda Gunnell, CEO of Pinergy, and Stephen Kinsella, about how we've reached the position we're in, the structural deficiencies that have got us here and where we go next. The series is sponsored by Pinergy.
The business of recruitment is inextricably tied to the economy. In this podcast, Ed Rossiter, the founder of recruitment company Phoenix, 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.
Emma Donoghue talks to Dion Fanning in the latest episode of Experience about her new novel Haven and why the death of her father Denis Donoghue has spurred the author of Room and The Wonder on to want to achieve more.
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. 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.
In episode two of Experience with Dion Fanning, former Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald talks about her resignation in 2017 and why she believes she was suffering from post-traumatic stress in the aftermath.
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.
In the first episode of Experience with Dion Fanning, a new podcast series with people in Irish life reflecting on the experiences that shaped them, John Banville talks about grief, journalism and why he doesn't care what people say about him on Twitter.
