Our guest on this episode of the Guaranteed Irish Stories podcast is Patrick Cotter, CEO and founder of Rural Wifi.

Rural Wifi is an alternative wifi provider based in Ireland that has already been part of the team that brought wifi to the Aran Islands. Not only that, the company supports the largest transport wifi network in the UK and Ireland. Before Rural Wifi, its founder Patrick Cotter had founded Fleet Connect, a trailblazing company which at one point in 2013 had the largest wifi network in the world. He shares his advice to young entrepreneurs and business people, describing how his humble beginnings in the Dublin fruit markets, gave him a rock solid foundation that has served him very well in the world of business.

On the Guaranteed Irish Stories podcast we speak to trailblazers from the Guaranteed Irish business community about how their businesses stay competitive in a global marketplace, what it stands for, its contribution to the local community and its support for Irish jobs.

Our guest on this episode of the Guaranteed Irish Stories podcast is Lisa Kennedy from Tourist SOS.

Having recently rebranded from the Irish Tourist Assistance Service (ITAS), Tourist SOS is expanding, with ambitions to move into Europe. It is a free, nationwide service that is unique to Ireland and dedicated to helping international tourists who experience a crime or other distressing incident whilst here.

On the Guaranteed Irish Stories podcast we speak to trailblazers from the Guaranteed Irish business community about how their businesses stay competitive in a global marketplace, what it stands for, its contribution to the local community and its support for Irish jobs.

Our guest on this episode of the Guaranteed Irish Stories podcast is MarieAnn McLoughlin Dwyer, a Co-Founder of Runway 28 Gin.

She tells us the story behind her small-batch, premium, artisan gin blended by Listoke Distillery in County Louth. The gin is inspired by the world of aviation and indeed MarieAnn is a former air-hostess, she is married to a pilot, so it’s a world that she knows very well. Her ambitions for the brand lie in expansion into the United States, and also their new chocolate range!

On the Guaranteed Irish Stories podcast we speak to trailblazers from the Guaranteed Irish business community about how their businesses stay competitive in a global marketplace, what it stands for, its contribution to the local community and its support for Irish jobs.

Our guest on this episode of the Guaranteed Irish Stories podcast is Glenisk’ commercial powerhouse, Emma Walls.

Based in Tullamore, County Offaly, Glenisk is an iconic Irish brand that makes an award-winning range of dairy products from the home of the family farm where they employ eighty people. The company hit the news headlines in 2021 when a fire that burned for days, ravaged their production facility. It was, naturally, a desperately difficult event for the company to deal with but, as Emma explains, inspired by ‘overwhelming’ public support, the company has surged back with exciting developments on the way on the international and domestic stage.

On the Guaranteed Irish Stories podcast we speak to trailblazers from the Guaranteed Irish business community about how their businesses stay competitive in a global marketplace, what it stands for, its contribution to the local community and its support for Irish jobs.

Norma Reilly is Head of Lending at Community Credit Union, a not-for-profit cooperative owned by and run for the benefit of its 40,000+ members in the areas of Dublin 7 and Dublin 15.

We speak to her at a very exciting moment in the history of the Credit Union movement in Ireland, as a collection of 77 credit unions are joining forces to offer mortgages with standardised rates and policies across the board for the very first time, in the form of a national brand - Credit Union Service Organisations (CUSO). Are they going to be a threat to the pillar banks? How much money can the Credit Union lend its members? What will it mean for Irish homebuyers?

On the Guaranteed Irish Stories podcast we speak to trailblazers from the Guaranteed Irish business community about how their businesses stay competitive in a global marketplace, what it stands for, its contribution to the local community and its support for Irish jobs.

Lauren O’Reilly is listed on Ireland’s 30-under-30, she’s a recent Trinity College pharmacy graduate and she’s the co-founder of one of Ireland’s fastest growing new apps.

In 2021, along with former classmate, Bidemi Afolabi, they founded ProMotion Rewards a shopping rewards app which now has 50,000 users and a million hits a month.

In this episode, we hear about her incredible journey and how micro-influencers have helped to power her growth.

On Guaranteed Irish Stories we hear from trailblazers from the Guaranteed Irish business community about how their businesses stay competitive in a global marketplace, and about how they contribute to the local community and support Irish jobs.

Our guest on this episode of the Guaranteed Irish Stories podcast is Ger Teahon, the CEO of one of Ireland’s most vibrant young companies, Uniquely.

Ger tells us the story behind the growth of Uniquely, a sales and services outsourcing business with Customer Engagement Centers in both Dundalk and Galway, employing over 300 people nationwide. Ger describes the growing connection the business has with the town and people of Dundalk and why that is so important for business growth. And he also explores the mistakes business and people make when they outsource work.

On the Guaranteed Irish Stories podcast we speak to trailblazers from the Guaranteed Irish business community about how their businesses stay competitive in a global marketplace, what it stands for, its contribution to the local community and its support for Irish jobs.

Our guest on this episode of the Guaranteed Irish Stories podcast is Viatel Technology Group’s dynamic CFO, Gina Laverty. Gina tells us the story behind the growth of Viatel Technology Group, a cloud connectivity and IT services business, with over 300 employees that has hubs in Blanchardstown/Dundalk and Limerick. She also describes her own personal journey including how growing up in a family-run car dealership taught her the basics of business; how she has juggled her CFO role with being a mother; and she also describes how the arrival of the Samsonite wheelie suitcase gave her one of her most enduring lessons in business!

On the Guaranteed Irish Stories podcast we speak to trailblazers from the Guaranteed Irish business community about how their businesses stay competitive in a global marketplace, what it stands for, its contribution to the local community and its support for Irish jobs.