Daniel McConnell

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3,044 appearances 23 recordings 4 series first heard Dec 2025 last heard 4d ago

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The Business Post Podcast · Ep 24: Caroline Bocquel, Fáilte Ireland chief executive officer · 6 Aug 2026 podcast

I'm intrigued for this interview, and Carolyn Bockwell is not long in the role, and I think also as well, they have a new strategy, I think, which you get into in the interview. matched

But I was interested to hear this one. matched

I wasn't here when you recorded it, but I was interested to hear it ahead of today to get the sense of it, because I'm a bit of a doubting Thomas when it comes to matched

all of this, you know, their job is to promote Ireland or get Ireland ready, you know, in a very competitive tourism environment. matched

And there's a big part of me that thinks we're not really at the races, you know. matched

Why is that? matched

Well, we stay catered enough in this country, not only during COVID, but look, we tend to do a lot of holidaying around Ireland. matched

And I often get this residual sense that, geez, we're paying a lot of money to stay in our own country and probably accommodation that's far less comfortable than our own home, if you know what I mean. matched

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There's amazing things in Ireland, and let me be clear, I'm not a total negative deputy downer on it completely, but I was intrigued to hear her strategy as to how we position ourselves as a country to maximise our tourism offer. matched

And I thought you did a really good job of parsing those key points, the competitiveness angle out of her. matched

I thought you did a really good job of pressing her. matched

I think as listeners will hear, it is a very complex area. matched

You might think it's pretty straightforward, but it is a complex area. matched

And I think to me, like I said, I was coming in listening with a bit of a doubting Thomas kind of ear. matched

And I don't necessarily know if I'm fully satisfied. matched

And again, you know, but let's let the interviewer, let the listeners and the viewers make their own mind up. matched

You did the interview. matched

What was your sense of it? matched

And one of her, as she says, one of her first jobs was to sell the gatey. matched

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