“WHY IRELAND CAN’T BUILD HOUSES… EVEN WHEN WE HAVE THE MONEY”

Episode 291 — David Ward, Founder, Ward Personnel

Ireland has the money.

Ireland has the demand.

Ireland has the plans.

So why can’t we build houses?

On this episode of That Great Business Show, Conall Ó Móráin goes straight to the front line of Ireland’s construction crisis — with David Ward, founder of Ward Personnel, a €40M+ business supplying workers across Ireland and Europe.

Here’s the uncomfortable truth:

• We don’t have enough brickies, sparks, or chippies
• We’re competing with Europe for workers — and losing
• Irish builders are now exporting their expertise… just to survive
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And here’s the kicker:

Is this actually a growth story… or proof the system is broken?

David explains:

• Why Ireland cannot hit housing targets (no matter what politicians promise)
• Why Polish workers are no longer coming
• The real reason apprenticeships collapsed
• Why Irish construction firms are now following Big Tech across Europe

Plus:

• The chaos of running a 600+ workforce across multiple countries
• The truth about “messers” on site
• And why “compliance” is the only thing keeping the whole thing from falling apart

This is not theory.

This is the reality of building — or not building — Ireland.

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Welcome to Episode 290 of That Great Business Show.

This is not a comfortable listen.

Ireland — the poster child of global success — is quietly sitting on a knife edge. A handful of multinationals are driving the tax take. One peptide. One state in America. One shock away from a very rude awakening.

My guest is Neil McDonnell, CEO of ISME — and he’s not here to play nice.

We get into:

• The dangerous illusion of “paradox of plenty”
• €340 BILLION sitting idle while SMEs starve
• Why government knows the risks — and still does nothing
• The tax system that punishes Irish entrepreneurs but rolls out the red carpet for outsiders
• And the simple, practical fixes that could change everything — if anyone had the courage

This is real business.

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Ireland talks a big game on energy.

Wind.

Net zero.

Security of supply.

But scratch the surface… and the picture looks a lot less comfortable.

On Episode 289 of That Great Business Show, Conall Ó Móráin sits down with Duncan Osborne, CEO of Calor Gas Ireland, to ask a very simple question:

Are we actually prepared — or just pretending to be?

This is a hard conversation about:

• Ireland’s reliance on imported energy
• The reality behind renewable targets
• Storage — or lack of it
• Infrastructure delays
• And what happens if supply is disrupted

Because here’s the uncomfortable truth:

Ireland is one of the most energy-dependent countries in Europe.

And very few people are saying it out loud.

This is not theory.

This is not policy waffle.

This is real-world energy — from someone operating inside the system.

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