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Women In Business Series Featuring Stephanie Leone

By Ryan Harmon 19 April 2023

Council Journal would like to present the ninth episode of our Women in Business series, featuring Stephanie Leone. Stephanie is a graphic designer and UI/UX designer who has changed the game when it comes to augmented reality. The South African native created an outstanding AR app using patented technology that allows users to fully interact with the […]

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Making Housing in Ireland Energy Efficient Podcast with Retrokit

By Ryan Harmon 2 November 2022

On this week’s podcast, we had the pleasure of speaking with Xavier Dubuisson, CEO of RetroKit. Xavier created the concept for the company in 2017 and with 25 years experience in the field of sustainable energy in Ireland and internationally, he has the perfect expertise to build a start-up dedicated to upscaling home energy upgrades with […]

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Let’s Start Saving Food Podcast With Too Good To Go

By Ryan Harmon 26 October 2022

On this week’s podcast, we had the pleasure of speaking with Jamie Crummie, Co-Founder and Director at Too Good To Go. Jamie launched Too Good To Go in 2016 and had the pleasure to watch it grow from a bunch of passionate entrepreneurs wanting to make a difference to a team of 750+ talented waste warriors […]

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Solar PV Podcast With Pinergy SolarElectric

By Ryan Harmon 19 October 2022

On this week’s podcast, we had the pleasure of speaking with Michael Norton, Head of Commercial Sales at Pinergy SolarElectric. Michael has extensive international experience in the renewable energy field and has a track record of achieving results and carrying out his duties to a high standard across the energy sector. He has worked for Pinergy […]

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dlr Launch New Podcast – Meet the People Behind the Services

By Ryan Harmon 26 September 2022

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council (dlr) launched a new podcast that will showcase their staff and highlight some of the many different services they provide to communities across the County. The podcast, called ‘Insight’, will hear from their staff as they shed light on some of the many services provided by dlr to more than 200,000 residents.   […]

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The Future of Home Design Podcast with Virtual Teic and International Framers

By Ryan Harmon 23 March 2022

On this week’s podcast, we had the pleasure of speaking with Paul McMahon of Virtual Teic and Eamonn Gallagher of International Framers. Virtual Teic provide a service that lets you step inside your home before a brick is ever laid using the latest virtual reality technology. Virtual Teic can be used to: Interact with 3D digital […]

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Council Journal Podcast Now on Spotify!

By Ryan Harmon 20 January 2022

The Council Journal podcast can now be streamed and listened to on Spotify! Be sure to check out all of our podcasts on topics ranging from workplace success to medical developments. Click the link to listen now! Here are some of our favourite listens: Conor Stone Q&A Conor is the founder of both WorkMindful and […]

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BUMBLEance Podcast Featuring Heather Rainey

By Ryan Harmon 9 September 2021

On this week’s podcast, we had the pleasure of speaking with Heather Rainey, Head of Communications and Fundraising for BUMBLEance. BUMBLEance is the official Children’s National Ambulance Service of Ireland.  They provide safe and comfortable transportation for Ireland’s youngest patients as they travel between their homes and hospitals, hospices, treatment

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Irish General Practice Nurses Educational Association Podcast Featuring Dr Theresa Lowry-Lehnen

By Jack Mullen 5 August 2021

Photo by Mufid Majnun on Unsplash In this weeks podcast we had the pleasure of being joined by none other than Theresa Lowry-Lehnen. Theresa is a Specialist Practitioner in General Practice Nursing, Registered Nurse Prescriber (RNP) and is a Teacher of Science and Nursing Studies.  Theresa has also published a number of books and medical journal articles, is […]

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Q&A With Farm Safety Advocate Peter Gohery

By Jack Mullen 23 July 2021

In this week’s exclusive podcast we had the pleasure of speaking to none other than Peter Gohery. In October 2009, Peter had a life-changing workplace accident that resulted in the loss of a leg, severe damage to the other and numerous other injuries.  His road to recovery inspired him to devote his career to advising […]

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Q&A with Conor Stone

By Jack Mullen 28 June 2021

Pictured above: Conor Stone In this week’s unique podcast we had the pleasure of speaking to the Founder of WorkMindful and A Mental Health Journey, Conor Stone. In addition, Conor is also currently working as The Partnerships & Community Lead at Lupa, the Digital Running Studio. As mentioned, Conor is the founder of both WorkMindful […]

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Mirr Tech Start-Up Podcast Featuring Jack O’Regan Kenny

By Ryan Harmon 21 June 2021

In this week’s podcast, we had the pleasure of speaking to the co-founder of Mirr, Jack O’Regan Kenny. As mentioned, Jack is the co-founder of the Irish tech startup Mirr, which has patented and developed a new touchscreen smart mirror. It looks like a reflective mirror, but has the full functionality of a tablet. Jack […]

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Oak Hall Consulting Q&A Featuring Jessica Gregory

By Jack Mullen 3 June 2021

In this weeks podcast we had the pleasure of speaking to the CEO of Oak Hall Consulting, Jessica Gregory. As mentioned, Jessica is the founder and CEO of Oak Hall Consulting (OHC), an organisation providing Irish Energy Market expertise to new electricity and gas market entrants, existing Energy Suppliers and other Energy Industry participants and […]

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The impacts of Covid-19 on small business owners: A Q&A with Phillip Donnelly.

By Jack Mullen 14 April 2021

In today’s podcast we spoke to Philip Donnelly who is he owner of Phil Donnelly Personal Training (PDPT). Phil Donnelly Personal Training is a registered personal training service that offers professional and individualised coaching. PD Personal Training works in a private studio at 8 Terenure road north, Terenure, Dublin 6. Phil’s background in sport science

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Q&A With The 2020 Irish Practice Nurse of The Year, Theresa Lowry-Lehnen

By Jack Mullen 6 April 2021

In this last week’s podcast we spoke to Theresa Lowry-Lehnen who is a graduate of Mater Misericordiae University Hospital (MMUH), The Open University, NUI Maynooth (NUIM), The University of Surrey, St. Mary’s Teacher Training University College London and RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences. Theresa has published a number of books and medical

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Pandemic Impacts on The Food Industry

By Jack Mullen 22 March 2021

Pictured above: Gavin Cassidy and Eoin Lennon, founder of Porter and Nash. In last week’s Podcast we spoke to Gavin Cassidy, the Co-founder and CEO of Porter and Nash. Porter and Nash is a new Irish Food Co. based in Wicklow. They produce a variety of unique sauces using Irish Sea Vegetables. The sauces themselves […]

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Robert Burns Q&A

By Jack Mullen 16 February 2021

In last weeks discussion we spoke to Robert Burns who is the Director of Infrastructure, Sustainable Mobility and Climate Change at Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. In this podcast, Robert along with Jack Mullen, spoke about a variety of different, yet interrelated topics. Developments in walking, cycling, public transport, e-mobility were discussed by Robert.

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Podcast: Digital Transformations Made Simple

By Jack Mullen 4 February 2021

Pictured Above: Matt Graves, Director at Kalypso, a Rockwell Automation Company Matt Graves, Director at Kalypso, a Rockwell Automation Company simplifies this topic for us. Rockwell Automation, is an American provider of industrial automation and information technology. Brands include Allen-Bradley and FactoryTalk software. In this discussion, Matt, along with one of our

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Clúid Housing Podcast

By Jack Mullen 20 October 2020

Fiona Cormican has over 20 years’ experience in the delivery of social housing projects in a senior management capacity. She currently holds the position of Director of New Business with Clúid Housing, Ireland’s largest housing association with a portfolio of assets in excess of €600 million and a three year new business pipeline of projects […]

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Chris Deans, Crane Worldwide Logistics Podcast

By Jack Mullen 25 June 2020

Crane Worldwide Logistics has been at the coalface of the supply chain throughout the Covid-19 crisis aiding both the national emergency services and frontline workers in sourcing and delivering both PPE and ventilators. Chris Deans, Managing Director of Crane Worldwide speaks to Máirtín Breathnach on the challenges before and during the crisis, the lessons learned, […]