Joe Lynam
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Would that have changed your history?
And what is the biggest part of your business?
The repair and maintenance part?
And Donald Trump says that your wind turbines, or windmills as he calls them, is killing all the birds.
How do you sleep at night, Darren?
I think you'd make a great dragon, actually, if there was another round of Dragon's Den.
Thank you very much for coming on, Patrick, and best of luck in your next venture, which I'm sure there'll be two or three more into the future.
That's Patrick Cotter from Fleet Connect and Rural Wi-Fi, now part of the Imagine Broadband Group.
Yes, indeed, because the Danish company Ørsted, which is one of the biggest renewable and wind turbine companies in the world, was told to stop completing a project which was halfway done in New Jersey and drop everything.
And that cost them a lot of money on their share price as well, didn't it?
And those 65 jobs that you're hiring, are they going to be in County Cavan?
Darren, best of luck with it.
That's Darren Sherry, the chief executive of Gale Tech Wind Turbine.
Breakfast Business with Enterprise Ireland on Newstalk.
Selling your products and services abroad is never easy.
Differing customs, languages, currencies and product standards make it tricky.
Add in the fact that the euro is 11% more expensive against the dollar since January and a global trade and tariff war as well as the threat of cut price dumping on your home markets.
And you'll see what Irish exporters have on their plate.
All of these topics will doubtless be on the table at Enterprise Ireland's International Markets Week.
And Jenny Melia is the new chief executive of Enterprise Ireland and joins us now.