Cílán Doyle

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142 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 9 May

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The Pat Kenny Show · How a conversation 35 years ago saved a Ghanaian rainforest · 9 May 2026 podcast

Now, at the same time, there was a worldwide HIV epidemic going on, and you decided that in order to prevent its spread in that particular area, you'd do them a favour.

What did you do?

So we decided, based on advice, that we would bring them condoms, right, because we were told that obviously this would be a very sensible thing to do because of the HIV issue.

So we arrived, and there was a big welcoming party the night before,

And as I said, like they had never, imagine you've never seen a foreigner before.

And this redheaded Irish lad walks into town and literally there'd be 50 or 60 people just around you, touching you, men, women, children, just feeling your hair, touching your skin.

It was incredible.

So there was a big party that night.

We gave them all the condoms and

I woke up the next morning with a little hangover after drinking the local gin.

And I looked out and what did I see?

Only a clothesline.

And on the line, all the condoms that we'd given them were hanging out to try to be reused.

And I'm like, and of course they just couldn't.

That's what I call sustainability.

And this is sustainability.

They just couldn't fathom that you wouldn't use them again the next night.

So anyway, I hope they're still working well for them.

Is the indigenous industry still thriving there and producing the collagen?

Massively.

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