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Hardware Matters - New insights and trends in a changing marketplace.
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31 minutes
Guest interviews
English
14 episodes
since April 22, 2025
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Steve Collinge is Managing Director of Insight Retail Group Ltd, an agency which looks at trends in the hardware and home improvement sector. Steve tells us why “white van man” may become a thing of the past and we hear what’s in store for fads like panelling and decking.
Derry Casey is Managing D…
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Paul Candon, the CEO of United Hardware and the President of HAI talks to Roisin. We hear about the thinking behind the company’s partnership with DID Electrical and the importance of the instore experience for the customer.
Dosco (D. O’Sullivan & Co.) is one of the country’s leading manufactu…
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless, tells us what the Government is doing to encourage more young people to take up trades. And Patrick Atkinson, the CEO of Chadwick’s Group talks about apprenticeships. Patrick is also a board member of Solas,…
Kilsaran is a leading Irish Manufacturer of concrete products. CEO Barry Rafferty tells Roisin about the company’s origins, it’s projects and his own career.
Declan Flood is Chief Executive of Irish Credit Management Training. Declan stresses the importance of having a dedicated professional to ch…
In every episode of Hardware Matters we are forced to edit interviews because of time constraints. In this bonus episode we’ll hear bits of interviews which didn’t make it into the original podcast. Included here are Denis Jastrzebski talking about how to get the best from AI and Ciaran Byrne from …
In this bonus episode of Hardware Matters the focus is on family businesses. We hear about Cork owned company Dosco, which is around since 1884 and Paraic Horkan tells us how his family business evolved.
PRODUCER: Fergus Sweeney
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Paul Allen
In this summer special we take a look back at some of the highlights from the first ever series of Hardware Matters. H is for homes; A is for Amazon; R is for Retrofit… Enjoy!
PRESENTER/RESEARCHER: Roisin Murphy
PRODUCER: Fergus Sweeney
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Paul Allen
This is the first of our summer specials in which we take a look back over the highlights of the series so far. In this bonus podcast we’re reflecting on this year’s Hardware Conference. It’s held every 2 years and this year’s event took place in Killenard in Co Laois in April. We had a short repor…
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) is the main driving force behind retrofit in Ireland. Roisin talks to Dr Ciaran Byrne who’s Director of National Retrofit with SEAI. Ciaran talks about the penalties Ireland may face for not reaching national targets, the difficulty in finding cont…
Former RTE reporter Fergal Keane has renovated an old stone farmhouse near Baltimore in West Cork. The building was vacant for two decades, the roof was falling in, the wood needed to be replaced and all the floors had to be dug out. Fergal tells Roisin about the particular issues he faced in under…
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