Sport for Business

Hello and welcome to the Sport for Business Podcast.I’m your host Rob Hartnett and In today's 74th episode of the show, we are chatting with the man who is in charge of guiding PTSB’s partnership with Team Ireland, the Olympic Federation of Ireland and Paralympics Ireland, Ger Mitchell.A softly-spoken man of Tuam in County Galway he lets us inside the ropes of one of the bi

In today's 73rd episode, we are chatting with bestselling author, business leader, one-time sponsor of the Ryder Cup and now Director of the British and Irish Lions, Nuala Walsh.She has written Tune In - How to make smarter decisions in a noisy world and it is a book that will make you smarter by reading it.There are loads of examples to guide you, ten of the traps that can tri

In today's 72nd episode of the show, we are returning to a special occasion that takes place every year and gets us out of bed even earlier than usual.Darkness into Light is a coming together of people from all walks of life and for thousands of very personal reasons to walk into the dawn and raise money for Pieta House.Electric Ireland are the long term sponsors of the event a

In today's 71st episode of the Sport for Business Podcast we are kicking off our 2024 Series on Leadership.In this we will speak to those who have risen to the top of their sporting organisations and for whom the buck stops at their desk.It is our privilege to chat with Brian Molloy, elected in recent weeks as the first ever male President of the Camogie Association.The Galway

In today's 70th episode of the show, we are joined from New York City by Laura Weber, the designer of Team Ireland’s Opening and Closing Ceremony outfits.We chat about fashion and the way it should make you feel, where the connection came to become the designer of such an iconic piece of the Olympic story and so much more.Our Road to Paris Series is in Partnership with Perman

In today's 69th episode of the show we are joined by the Race Director of the Irish Life Dublin Marathon, Jim Aughney.We chat about the reasons why he is still excited about the race in his fourth decade of managing it, the things that wake him up in the middle of the night and the importance of the agreement with Dublin City Council to keep the race at the heart of the CityIri

In today's 68th episode of the show, we are joined by Hall of Fame former captain of the Irish Women’s rugby team Fiona Coghlan.There was a record crowd for an Irish Women’s Six Nations Game at the RDS this season for the game against Italy but still no win and now the focus switches to Cork this weekend and the visit of WalesFiona joined us at an Energia event looking to e

In today's 67th episode of the show, we are back in the Business of Gaelic Games.The GAA is basking in the glow of a great Allianz Football Finals weekend but sport is so often all about the next thing and with the Championship season starting almost straight away the Association has launched its first new advertising campaign in five years. We have a preview of the radio adThe

In today's 66th episode of the show we are back in the Business of Golf, looking at the launch of the 2024 Legends Tour event at Seapoint Golf Club.We have a rich cast of characters to explore why the Legends is an important part of the golf landscape. We’ll hear from Roddy Carr on the impact of Tourism, and from Keith Mitchell about the importance of reaching out to an audie

In today's 65th episode of the show, we are back to the Business of Football and a big week for the FAI and their new sponsor Sky Ireland.We are joined by Orlaith Ryan the Chief Commercial Officer of Sky here in Ireland Sky are also our Primary Partner for football coverage on Sport for Business so we were delighted to head up to the offices, through all the Outbelieve messagin