David McWilliams

Well, Noreen Fitzpatrick, the Acting Director of Strategy and Communications at Solace, thank you so much for joining us.

Thank you very much, David.

That was a conversation in paid partnership with Skills2Advance, an initiative of SOLUS, the ETBs and the Government of Ireland.

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