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Hosted by Hardware Association Ireland · news · EN · 14 episodes
Hardware Matters - New insights and trends in a changing marketplace.
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Signup to Generate a PitchHardware Matters is hosted by Hardware Association Ireland. The show has published 14 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Hardware Matters - Episode 10" (20 October 2025, 41 minutes), "Hardware Matters - Episode 9" (6 October 2025, 28 minutes), and "Hardware Matters - Episode 8" (22 September 2025, 37 minutes).
Hardware Matters publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 31 minutes across 14 episodes.
Booking probability for Hardware Matters is 17%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Hardware Matters requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Hardware Matters's contact route on record: public web form.
The strongest fits for Hardware Matters are Home Improvement & Hardware Stores and Other Durable Goods Wholesale. Hardware Matters has a news audience.
Hardware Association Ireland hosts Hardware Matters, a news show with 14 episodes published.
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Episode #14
<p >Steve Collinge is Managing Director of Insight Retail Group Ltd, an agency which looks at trends in the hardware and home improvement sector. Steve tells us why “white van man” may become a thing of the past and we...
Episode #13
<p >Paul Candon, the CEO of United Hardware and the President of HAI talks to Roisin. We hear about the thinking behind the company’s partnership with DID Electrical and the importance of the instore experience for the...
Episode #12
<p >Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless, tells us what the Government is doing to encourage more young people to take up trades. And Patrick Atkinson, the CEO of...
Episode #11
<p >Kilsaran is a leading Irish Manufacturer of concrete products. CEO Barry Rafferty tells Roisin about the company’s origins, it’s projects and his own career.</p> <p >Declan Flood is Chief Executive of Irish Credit...
Episode #10
<p >In every episode of Hardware Matters we are forced to edit interviews because of time constraints. In this bonus episode we’ll hear bits of interviews which didn’t make it into the original podcast. Included here...
Episode #9
<p >In this bonus episode of Hardware Matters the focus is on family businesses. We hear about Cork owned company Dosco, which is around since 1884 and Paraic Horkan tells us how his family business evolved.</p> <p...
Episode #8
<p >In this summer special we take a look back at some of the highlights from the first ever series of Hardware Matters. H is for homes; A is for Amazon; R is for Retrofit… Enjoy!</p> <p >PRESENTER/RESEARCHER: Roisin...
Episode #7
<p >This is the first of our summer specials in which we take a look back over the highlights of the series so far. In this bonus podcast we’re reflecting on this year’s Hardware Conference. It’s held every 2 years and...
Episode #6
<p >The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) is the main driving force behind retrofit in Ireland. Roisin talks to Dr Ciaran Byrne who’s Director of National Retrofit with SEAI. Ciaran talks about the...
Episode #5
<p >Former RTE reporter Fergal Keane has renovated an old stone farmhouse near Baltimore in West Cork. The building was vacant for two decades, the roof was falling in, the wood needed to be replaced and all the floors...
Episode #4
<p >Horticulturalist and gardening guru, Paraic Horkan tells us how he and his family built a thriving business that started in Castlebar and is now countrywide. First opened in the 1930s the business has now grown to...
Episode #3
<p >Barry McCarron, the Managing Director of Kore Retrofit, tells us how to make our homes more energy efficient. Barry has five key principles when it comes to a quality retrofit. Floor, walls and roof need to be...
Episode #2
<p >Ana Dolan and Anne Connolly are planning to set up the first Cohousing community in Ireland. It’s an idea which became popular in the 1970s in Denmark and then spread to other countries, including the USA. It...
Episode #1
<p>Welcome to the Hardware Matters Podcast, brought to you by Hardware Association Ireland, the representative body for Irish hardware and DIY retailers, builders’ merchants, distributers, and manufacturers. </p> <p>In...
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Chief Economist, Aviva Ireland
Santa Clarita stake president, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
South Coast Sales
Insight Retail Group Ltd
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