Ok, so when I think of Dale Farm I think of milk, cheese, eating Joker ice lollies in the car. Tasty delicious, love it. But I always assumed it was just another Northern Irish food company like the rest of them. But, as you will hear today, I only knew a small slice of the incredible Dale Farm story and in this episode, you’ll have the chance to hear it for yourself, from a man who is equally as interesting. Nick Whelan is Group Chief Executive of Dale Farm, the UK’s largest owned dairy cooperative. Unlike traditional companies, Dale Farm is owned by the 1300 farmers that that make its products and that all profits get pumped back into the local farming industry.
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Andrew Cuthbert is a tech entrepreneur, polymath, innovation maven and cofounder of The Change VC: a venture capital fund that invests in people with ideas that have the potential to change the world. Over the course of his life so far, Andrew’s been involved in research trips to Madagascar, campaigning for human rights, setting up social enterprises, publishing books, writing patents and developing strategies for businesses in sectors like proton therapy, microbiology and satellite technology. He’s also a husband and father to four kids.
After 30 years of singing together, brothers, Fr Eugene and Fr Martin O’Hagan, along with their friend and colleague Fr David Delargy, came together and recorded their debut album — ‘The Priests’ — with Sony Music. The album sold 3 million copies worldwide securing them a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records as the fastest-selling classical of all time. Ten years later, their career has led to three further albums and tours and across the world including performances for the Irish President, the Royal Family. They even shared a stage with Pope Benedict XIV in London’s Hyde Park to a live audience of 80,000 and to a global audience of millions on TV.
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Lady Mary Peters, LG CH DBE RNR OLY — or Mary P as her friends call her — is an Olympic Gold Medalist, member of the Order Of The Garter and most recently the author of her new book Passing The Torch. After moving to Northern Ireland when she was 11-years-old, Mary trained as a Domestic Science Teacher before competing professionally in sport. This ultimately led to Mary winning the women’s pentathlon gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics and setting a world record that still stands today.
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After 30 years of singing together, brothers, Fr Eugene and Fr Martin O’Hagan, along with their friend and colleague Fr David Delargy, came together and recorded their debut album — ‘The Priests’ — with Sony Music. The album sold 3 million copies worldwide securing them a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records as the fastest-selling classical of all time. Ten years later, their career has led to three further albums and tours and across the world including performances for the Irish President, the Royal Family. They even shared a stage with Pope Benedict XIV in London’s Hyde Park to a live audience of 80,000 and to a global audience of millions on TV.
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n this week’s show we have the absolute privilege of sitting down with one of Northern Ireland’s most experienced and successful entrepreneurs: Pete Boyle. Pete Boyle started Argento in 1997 after selling jewellery on the streets of Belfast. Blessed with an excellent eye, and natural entrepreneurial flare, the Strabane family man travelled the world sourcing the best jewellery, in South America, Asia and beyond.
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