Best Fergal O Podcasts (2024)

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Fergal Ó Ceallaigh, Ryarc 38:09

8d ago38:09

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The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT I have been aware, forever, of an Australian digital signage software company called Ryarc, but through the years - and maybe a little because of the distances - I've never met or chatted with its founder and CEO Fergal Ó Ceallaigh. It's one of those submarine companies that kind…

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WTS 316: Dr Colm Kearns - Tackling Online Hate in Football 1:22:08

11h ago1:22:08

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Subscribe to hear all of our new episodes free and first and head over to Instagram and X (Twitter) where you'll find us - @WTSpod This week we're joined by Dr Colm Kearns from DCU to discuss his work with Tackling Online Hate in Football (TOHIF) which explores social media abuse, particularly in football. Colm tells us about his research alongside…

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31: Episode 31. Barry and Fergal Doyle co-owners of Arboretum Home & Garden Heaven 55:30

1h ago55:30

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Well summer is definitely upon us, so the timing of this chat couldn’t be better. On this episode we have brothers Barry and Fergal Doyle who are co-owners of Arboretum. Barry is CEO and Fergal is chief commercial officer. Arboretum Home & Garden Heaven is a second generation, family-owned garden and lifestyle retailer. The multi award-winning busi…

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Neb Savicic, Plainly 35:04

1h ago35:04

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The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT Motion graphics designers tend to enjoy the creative side of their jobs, but there can be aspects of their work, like editing and rendering slight variations of the same spot, that are best described as soul-sucking. Neb Savicic has lived that as a motion graphics designer, and w…

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WTS 315: The Catch Up 47:29

8h ago47:29

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Subscribe to hear all of our new episodes free and first and head over to Instagram and X (Twitter) where you'll find us - @WTSpod A week for the lads to catch up and right wrongs but mostly wrong rights. 👃Mero has the sniffles 😷 Danny's done with Covid 🎸 20 years since Oxegen 🛫 WTF is rawdogging and why are lads bragging? 🦷 Ireland Men's National …

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WTS 314: Finn Bálor (Fergal Devitt) 1:38:55

11d ago1:38:55

1:38:55

Subscribe to hear all of our new episodes free and first and head over to Instagram and X (Twitter) where you'll find us - @WTSpod This week our ol' pal Fergal Devitt - otherwise known as WWE Superstar Finn Bálor - is back on the podcast to catch us up on all that's been happening since we last spoke. Celebrating his 10th year with WWE, Finn talks …

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30: Episode 30. Next Step Event – Sell it, Scale it, IPO it! 58:04

9d ago58:04

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The 30th episode of ‘Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly’ is a little different to the norm! We recently staged the first in our ‘Next Step’ series of events in the magnificent surroundings of the old trading floor of The Irish Stock Exchange (Euronext) Building in Dublin, to an audience of business owners and entrepreneurs. Every entrepreneur re…

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Thomas Philippart de Foy, Appspace 36:37

10d ago36:37

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The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT One of the things I noticed bombing around the two exhibit halls at InfoComm in June was how most of the digital signage software companies were located in one hall, and some of them not looking all that busy, while there were at least a couple of others in the other hall, and th…

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Gideon D’Arcangelo, Arup 36:14

19d ago36:14

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The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT When an announcement came out about the experiential work being planned for the new Terminal One at New York's JFK Airport, I was familiar with some of the parties involved but not the one guiding it all - a design consultancy called Arup. I clicked over to LinkedIn and was surpr…

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Republished: Chapter 14: Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh 1:31:42

17d ago1:31:42

1:31:42

In 2015 Danny & Mero spent an afternoon chatting to the great Mícheál O'Muircheartaigh. Following the sad news of Mícheál's passing, we are republishing this episode from way back when. Mícheál is, was, and always be a true great of broadcasting. He'll be remembered fondly and missed deeply. Shine On, Mícheál O'Muircheartaigh The two lads sat down …

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29: Episode 29. Jody Fanagan, Director at Fanagans Funeral Directors 46:42

24d ago46:42

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Jody Fanagan joined the family business in 1987 as one of three in the 5th generation to run the company – the 6th generation is now also working there. He was made a director in 1994 and then became the Managing Director in 2013. Fanagan’s is truly a family business established in 1819 and so has been providing excellence in funeral care to famili…

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Industry Wake-up Call: Audio From Digital Signage Summit Europe 2024, With Florian and Stefan From Invidis 32:10

1M ago32:10

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The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT I managed to talk the AV team running the main conference room at the recent Digital Signage Summit in Munich to give me the audio off the board for three of the sessions I either moderated or spoke on. The third of three that I did was an unscripted chat with conference hosts Fl…

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Varying Vertical Markets In Digital Signage: DSSE 2024 Panel 29:38

1M ago29:38

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The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT I managed to talk the AV team running the main conference room at the recent Digital Signage Summit in Munich to give me the audio off the board for three of the sessions I either moderated or spoke on. The second of three that I did was focused on how to adapt to varying vertica…

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WTS 313: Jane Casey 1:12:32

1M ago1:12:32

1:12:32

Subscribe to hear all of our new episodes free and first and head over to Instagram and X (Twitter) where you'll find us - @WTSpod Our guest for this episode is the brilliant Jane Casey who is sharing some of the weird and wonderful tidbits that make Ireland such an interesting place. From secret tombs to origin stories and much more, Jane has been…

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28: Episode 28. Paul McCann, CEO at Ergo 41:01

1M ago41:01

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Paul McCann first joined Grant Thornton in 2001, and over the next 11 years amassed extensive financial advisory experience. From 2012 -2017 he served two terms as Managing Partner navigating the firm through an accelerated growth period, expanding from 417 to 1,144 people, and growing revenues from €41m to €115.7m. Paul took over as CEO of Ergo in…

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IT Security, with Craig Francis (Google) And Peter Critchley (Trison UK) 30:19

1M ago30:19

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The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT I managed to talk the AV team running the main conference room at the recent Digital Signage Summit in Munich to give me the audio off the board for three of the sessions I either moderated or spoke on. The first was focused on IT security, which I will admit is NOT an area I’m o…

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WTS 312: I could have turned pro... 50:07

2M ago50:07

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Subscribe to hear all of our new episodes free and first and head over to Instagram and X (Twitter) where you'll find us - @WTSpod On this week's episode... 🖥️ What did you want to be when you grew up? 🍑💨 Roland the Farter and the world of professional flatulists 🏆 United win the FA Cup 🤦‍♂️ Leinster comes up shy, again.…

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Robert Johnson, PAM 37:32

2M ago37:32

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The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT There's been a steady stream of announcements in the past couple of years about new sports and entertainment venues going up in the US and elsewhere, and one of the notable attributes about these developments is that they are not just stadiums and arenas - they're big commercial …

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WTS 311: Al Foran 1:27:33

2M ago1:27:33

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Subscribe to hear all of our new episodes free and first and head over to Instagram and X (Twitter) where you'll find us - @WTSpod The man of a million voices, comedian, and podcaster Al Foran is back on WTSpod. Al joined us to talk about what he's been up to lately and, as it is FA Cup Final weekend, we talk about Manchester United Football Club a…

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27: Episode 27. Brid O’Connell, CEO at Guaranteed Irish 47:45

2M ago47:45

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There cant be too many people listening to this that have never heard of the Guaranteed Irish mark. This year Guaranteed Irish celebrates 50 years supporting businesses in Ireland. Since it was first established in 1974 as a national symbol of trust and provenance for business in Ireland, Guaranteed Irish has welcomed over 2000 members. With that m…

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Jay Leedy, Videri 35:03

2M ago35:03

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The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT Jay Leedy probably had a bunch of options open to him when he decided he'd done his job with Sony's pro display team, and it might have surprised some of his industry friends when he signed on with a much smaller company, New York-based Videri, as its Senior VP for Strategic Alli…

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WTS 310: Mero & Danny 1:08:42

2M ago1:08:42

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Subscribe to hear all of our new episodes free and first and head over to Instagram and X (Twitter) where you'll find us - @WTSpod This week the lads catch up on life and what's going on with Bruce Springsteen, The Dublin Portal and why we can't have nice things, the urge to procrastinate, and lots more besides.…

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Ross Noonan & Larry Zoll, LED Studio 37:20

2M ago37:20

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The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT I have invested a lot of time in the last six or seven years trying to educate myself on LED display technology and terminology, but sometimes it feels like I have mountain to climb and I am still at base camp looking for my oxygen bottle stash. Manufacturers and their marketers …

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WTS 309: Susan Dennehy 1:04:21

2M ago1:04:21

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This week we're joined by Susan Dennehy – an award-winning documentary maker and radio producer. Her latest radio documentary Last One on the Train is a 6-part series (airing on RTÉ Radio One and available online) that brings a personal perspective to life for physically disabled people in Ireland. Episode five of the series features our very own G…

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26: Episode 26. Niall Norton, Advisor and Mentor 54:51

2M ago54:51

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Niall Norton began his career training as an accountant and once qualified, followed this up with a stint in Deloitte Corporate Finance before taking up the reigns as CFO with Irish operations of O2, where he was responsible for financial control functions, business process re-design, strategy planning and wholesale. In Feb 2004 he joined Openet as…

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Frank Hoen, Netpresenter 36:38

2M ago36:38

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The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT When the pandemic hit and a lot of people started working from home, many digital signage CMS software companies started developing and releasing solutions that pushed the digital signage messaging more normally posted on screens around workplaces to the laptop and computer monit…

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WTS 308: Richy Craven 51:48

3M ago51:48

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This week we're joined by author Richy Craven who recently released his first book – Spirit Level. Spirit Level tells the story of a directionless 20-something-year-old named Danny Hook who, after his best friend dies in a drunk driving accident, discovers he can see ghosts... but only when pissed. We chat with Richy about the book, how it came tog…

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Tom Mottlau, LG Healthcare 36:38

3M ago36:38

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The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT The health care sector has long struck me as having environments and dynamics that would benefit a lot from using digital signage technology. Accurate information is critically important, and things change quickly and often - in ways that make paper and dry erase marker board sol…

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25: Episode 25. Tom Murphy, Founder / Chairman Pamex Limited 46:29

3M ago46:29

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For nearly 30 years Pamex has blazed a trail in the Irish Pharmaceutical industry. Its founder Tom Murphy was a leading figure in the pharma industry in the 1980’s and early 1990’s before being made redundant in 1994. Still in his early 40’s and with a young family he found himself on the dole at a time when unemployment in Ireland was at a record …

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Jonathan Labbee, SACO Technologies 37:45

3M ago37:45

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The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT When I first spoke with Jonathan Labbee about the grand-scale media facades and displays being produced by SACO Technologies, the Sphere in Las Vegas was just yet another over-the-top thing rising up from the desert sands. Two years on, and a few months after the giant LED ball w…

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IV Dickson, SageNet 39:15

3M ago39:15

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The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT When I first spoke with industry lifer IV Dickson about his move from software to the managed services firm SageNet, the company was still in the relatively early days of getting itself organized to chase and then service digital signage opportunities. Five years on, digital in e…

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WTS 307: Brian Lloyd 56:06

3M ago56:06

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This week we're all about movies and TV as Movies Editor with Entertainment.ie Brian Lloyd joins us for a chat. We chat about big-screen and small-screen favourites, cast a critical eye toward the Oscars, and ask why do they reboot movies that were never any good in the first place?By WTSpod with Danny & Mero

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24: Episode 24. Derek Murray, Owner & Master Club Fitter at ForeGolf 54:47

3M ago54:47

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Derek Murray is one of the World’s leading independent experts on golf club technology and the true art of custom fitting and club making – a passion ignited over 25 years ago, following a visit to the custom fitting tour trucks at the Czech Open. Throughout his career Derek has worked with a ‘who’s who’ list of professional golfers like the late, …

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Nick Johnson, NowSignage 37:21

3M ago37:21

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The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT When I asked an industry friend, whose opinions I respect and trust quite a bit, what CMS software he'd looked at and been impressed by, he rattled off a few companies I was expecting to hear about, but also mentioned the platform developed and marketed by a smallish UK company c…

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WTS 306: Kerrie Leonard 58:43

4M ago58:43

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This week we're joined by Irish Paralympian Kerrie Leonard. Kerrie represented Ireland at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics which, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, were held in 2021. Kerrie tells us about her experience in those historic, pandemic games and what it was like for athletes at the events. Kerrie tells us what brought her to Archery and how it he…

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Todd Stahl, Clear Motion Glass 38:36

4M ago38:36

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The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT There is a lot of glass in public and commercial spaces, and the pro AV and digital signage industries have been applying all kinds of technologies to turn things like windows and dividers into part-time or full-time displays. In most cases, those jobs have come with compromises.…

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23: Episode 23. Harry Maharaj, Director at Kilkenny Architectural Salvage & Antiques 48:21

4M ago48:21

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When Harry Maharaj completed his Mechanical Engineering degree he got a ‘lucky’ call – his words, not mine – from a recruiter who found my CV online and asked would he consider moving away from engineering and going for an institutional equity sales role in Davy. Eight years later, having built strong client relations in Europe and US, he quit the …

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Neil Chatwood, Omnivex 44:17

4M ago44:17

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The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT Using data is pretty much integral to just about any ambitious and involved digital signage network being spun up these days, but for a lot of vendors and their customers, it's still a relatively new concept and approach. That's definitely not the case for the Toronto-area CMS so…

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