Shut The Front Door
80 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago -HI, I'm Arlene McIntyre, Creative Director at Ventura Design, and you are listening to ‘Shut The Front Door ’, a light-hearted podcast that will bring you through the front door and into the homes of influential and interesting people. Home for me is one of the most important things in my life. My career has fortunately given me the opportunity to work closely with people and to help them create a home they will cherish forever. So sit back and let's find out what home means to our guests. We hope you enjoy...
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Shut the Front Door with Ivan Gaine
June 30, 2020 19:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBToday on Shut the Front Door, we have the pleasure of being joined by the Managing Director of Sherry FitzGerald New Homes, Ivan Gaine. Since starting off his career with Sherry Fitzgerald in 1999, and has worked across a number of areas within commercial and residential. Ivan is one of the leading experts in Ireland on housing, residential investment and developments. Only last year his national team managed over 2,000 transactions across New Homes and Residential Investments. The team o...
Shut the Front Door with Ivan Gaine
June 30, 2020 19:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBToday on Shut the Front Door, we have the pleasure of being joined by the Managing Director of Sherry FitzGerald New Homes, Ivan Gaine. Since starting off his career with Sherry Fitzgerald in 1999, and has worked across a number of areas within commercial and residential. Ivan is one of the leading experts in Ireland on housing, residential investment and developments. Only last year his national team managed over 2,000 transactions across New Homes and Residential Investments. The team o...
Shut the Front Door with Hugh Wallace
June 27, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 49.6 MBToday I am delighted to be joined by the wonderful Hugh Wallace. Hugh is an award-winning architect and the founding partner of Douglas Wallace Consultants, Ireland’s leading brand environment creators through design and architecture. For over 40 years, Hugh’s passion for creative design has engaged with audiences across Ireland and beyond to create conversations. Hugh is a regular welcomed face on our TV screens as a presenter of two of Ireland’s most beloved home renovation shows, The Grea...
Shut the Front Door with Dr Louise Clarke
June 23, 2020 19:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MBToday we are joined by Dr Louise Clarke, a Consultant Chartered Psychologist. Louise trained in the UK where she worked as a Lead Psychologist in The Priory Hospital before owning her own practise on Harley Street, the world-renowned centre of excellence. After 12 years in the UK, Louise moved back to Ireland in 2014 to open her own practice, The Consulting Clinic, on Leeson Street. Mother to Hugo aged 3 and Alexander who is only 15 weeks old, Louise is currently embracing life in lockdown a...
Shut the Front Door with Lorraine Keane
June 20, 2020 19:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBLorraine Keane is one of Ireland's best-known broadcasters and journalists. An IFTA nominated broadcaster she has hosted television programmes for RTE, TV3 and Sky television including Live AT Three, Start Me Up Business Programme, Drive Car Show, The Afternoon Show, The Today Show, The Oscars Show and Ireland AM. She spent 11 years as an entertainment correspondent for TV3. Lorraine was also the anchor of Ireland's most popular fashion, celebrity and lifestyle show, Xpose. Lorraine is devot...
Shut The Front Door with Liz Dwyer
June 16, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 48.9 MBAward-winning journalist and business owner, Liz Dwyer joins us today on Shut the Front Door. Liz has worked and contributed to Ireland's main print press including VIP Magazine, The Irish Times, The Irish Examiner and Image Magazine for over 20 years. The latter as Beauty Editor which earned her an award in journalism. While still writing, Liz is currently the Co-Founder of "Future Beauty Show", the world's first show where visitors can learn all about aesthetics, who to go to, what to have...
Shut the Front Door with John Fitzpatrick
June 13, 2020 19:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBWe are absolutely delighted to have John Fitzpatrick speaking to us today, from his home in New York. John is a well-known hotelier and philanthropist and owner of the Fitzpatrick Hotel Group New York. A native of Dublin, he started off his career working in the family business of hotels in the '70s and '80s. John opened the door of the famous "Fitzpatrick Manhattan", a go-to destination for any Irish visiting the city, in December 1991 and has called New York home ever since. Giving back i...
Shut the Front Door with Dermot Bannon
June 09, 2020 19:00 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MBDermot Bannon is the leading voice in modern Irish Architecture Design. He has hosted the RTE Room to Improve TV Series for the last 12 seasons and has helped transform the homes and lives of hundreds of clients. Dermot recently shared the journey of the creation of his new family home in Drumcondra. It was a delight to watch as Dermot was both the client and the architect this time. The end result, as we all know, was astounding. Married to Louise and father to Sarah, James and Tom, we'd li...
Shut the Front Door with Jane McDonnell
June 06, 2020 19:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBJane McDonnell is Co-Founder of Gloss Publications Limited, Ireland's leading outlet for fashion, beauty and interiors. After graduating from Trinity College, Jane went to London where she landed her first job with Vogue, under the editorship of Beatrix Miller and later Anna Wintour. Aged only 25, she returned to Dublin to edit Image Magazine and later became the Managing Director of Image Publications. In 2006 Jane and her sister Sarah launched The Gloss as a luxury newsstand title and only...
Shut the Front Door with Sophie Stanbury
June 02, 2020 19:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBSophie Stanbury lives at home in Barnes in south-west London with her two young sons. Professionally, she is an interior designer, influencer, podcaster, fitness fanatic and one of the leading cast members of the successful reality show Ladies of London. This episode was recorded pre- COVID lockdown, in Ventura's showroom in the Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour in London! Shut The Front Door is produced by @venturamarketing.ie | www.venturaMarketing.ie. Email the podcast: shutthefrontdoor@ven...
Shut the Front Door with Aisling Hurley
May 30, 2020 19:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBToday on Shut the Front Door, I am joined by Breast Cancer Ireland CEO, Aisling Hurley. With over 30 years of experience in the non-profit sector, Aisling has dedicated her career to making a difference where it's needed. From the creation of the University of Limerick Foundation to raising €20 million at the Royal College of Surgeon's Development Campaign, Aisling is no doubt an expert in her field. During these challenging times, we wanted to put some focus onto charities, like Breast Canc...
Shut The Front Door with Louise Stokes
May 26, 2020 19:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBToday we are joined by entrepreneur and mother of two, Louise Stokes. Louise is the owner of the fabulous boutique jewellery store Loulerie, which opened up in the heart of Dublin almost 13 years ago. Since then Louise has built a successful business that has grown immensely, the name Loulerie is now synonymous with jewellery across Ireland and beyond. Louise has now added to her offering with the addition of her own timeless range of fine jewellery which she has designed herself, all while...
Shut The Front Door with John McColgan
May 23, 2020 19:00 - 46 minutes - 32.3 MBJohn McColgan is a multi-award-winning producer and director who started his career in the mid-70s at RTE, going on to become its head of entertainment. He went on to become head of weekend entertainment on TVAM in London. John is also the director of Riverdance, Heartbeat of Home and numerous other stage and tv productions. With his wife and business partner Moya Doherty, together with Bill Whelan, they created Riverdance, initially as an interval act at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest, an...
Shut the Front Door with Dylan Bradshaw
May 19, 2020 19:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MBDylan Bradshaw started out on his career in hairdressing at just 17 years of age. His unquestionable talent and raw approach to hairdressing has earned him a reputation as Ireland's most influential industry figure. Since opening his salon in 2000, him and his team's creative styling has seen them work on many magazine editorials such as Vogue US, UK and Rolling Stone Magazine to name but a few. He has also worked on his magic on international shows such as MTV Music Awards, Tonight with ...
Shut the Front Door with Rosanna Davison
May 16, 2020 19:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MBRosanna Davison became a household name when at age just 19, she was crowned Miss World in China. Thrust into the limelight from that day forward, and following a lengthy modelling career, Rosanna has since found her true calling in health and nutrition having qualified as a Nutritional Therapist in 2013. Having witnessed first hand the pressure models are under to look a certain way, Rosanna's experiences during this time helped to form her approach and philosophy to food. This has resulted...
Shut The Front Door with Darren Kennedy
May 12, 2020 19:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBTV Presenter, Stylist and Fashion Designer, Darren Kennedy, is one of Ireland's most stylish men. Darren's presenting skills have seen him host programmes on the most popular TV channels across the UK and Ireland, as well as writing for publications as far afield as the US. In 2018 he became an entrepreneur with the launch of his successful range of grooming products for men, called Kennedy & Co. A dog lover like myself, it's my great pleasure to welcome Darren to "Shut the Front Door" Shut...
Shut The Front Door with Keith Barry
May 09, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 46.3 MBKeith Barry is the world's leading TV Hypnotist, mentalist and "brain hacker". Having worked globally for many years, his mind-blowing skills have been showcased in over 40 international TV shows. His ITV smash hit series "You're Back in the Room" was such an overwhelming success that it went on to feature in Australian and US versions. Keith also works as a mind coach and has clients ranging from world-class athletes, business people, influencers and actors. The second series of "The Keith ...
Shut the Front Door with Dr. Doireann O'Leary
May 05, 2020 19:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBToday we are joined by a front-liner and someone who has taken the bar and raised it in terms of pushing trusted medical advice out to the general public. Dr Doireann O'Leary is a GP working in Cork's largest general practice - My Cork GP. As well as working as a GP during this crisis, Dr Doireann uses her Instagram account with over 155,000 followers as a method to push out sound advice surrounding Covid 19. She is truly an inspiration and if you are not already following her, I would now. ...
Shut the Front Door with Diarmuid Gavin
May 02, 2020 19:00 - 56 minutes - 39 MBDiarmuid Gavin is Ireland's best known and loved garden designer. Born in London during the 60's, Diarmuid was brought to Ireland aged only one month old, when his family settled in Rathfarnham Co. Dublin. He attended the College of Amenity Horticulture at the famous Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin in the 1980's. Fast forward to 2019 and Diarmuid's gardens have been showcased at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show an astounding 9 times, and in 2011 he was awarded the Gold medal for his entry "T...
Shut the Front Door with Lucy Wolfe
April 28, 2020 20:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBLucy is a Pediatric Sleep Consultant who is enabling parents all across Ireland and beyond maintain healthy sleep habits for their little ones. Author of the bestselling book “The Baby Sleep Solution and All about Baby Sleep – your Questions Answered, Lucy is also a busy mother to four children. A regular an all outlets of Irish media, Lucy is Ireland’s go-to expert when it comes to this topic. Having followed her advice myself, I am delighted to welcome Lucy as latest guest on Shut the Fro...
Shut the Front Door with Vicky Phelan
April 25, 2020 19:00 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBToday on Shut the Front Door, we have the honour of being joined by the formidable Vicky Phelan. Women's health advocate and mother to Amelia and Darragh, Vicky found herself thrust into the public spotlight as a result of the CervicalCheck crisis in 2018. Her voice, since this date, has helped save and educate many across Ireland, given strength to those who felt that they had no fight left in them and broken the boundaries of patient advocacy in Ireland. Author of the powerful autobiog...
Shut The Front Door with Yvonne Mellin
April 21, 2020 19:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBYvonne Mellin is one of Ireland’s top fashion influencers, her social media posts are a breath of fresh air and she is the reason we see many items of clothing flying off the shelves, thanks to her trusted recommendations. Mum to Amy, Luke and Matthew, married to the “lovely” Paul, and partial to sequins, it’s my pleasure to introduce her to “Shut the Front Door”. Shut The Front Door is produced by @venturamarketing.ie | www.venturaMarketing.ie. Email the podcast: [email protected]
Shut The Front Door with Paul Costelloe
April 18, 2020 21:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBToday we are joined by a good friend of ours, the legendary fashion designer and artist, Paul Costelloe. Aged just 23, Paul left Ireland to study in Paris. Fast forward 11 years and he returned to Ireland and established labels Paul Costelloe Collection and Paul Costelloe Dressage. For 15 years Paul was also personal designer for the late Diana, Princess of Wales. In 1991 Paul launched London Fashion week was made opening designer in 2004, his shows continue to inspire audiences today. Marri...
Shut The Front Door with Millie Mackintosh
April 14, 2020 21:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBFrom starting her public career in 2011, on reality TV show Made in Chelsea, to currently preparing for the birth of her daughter with husband Hugo Taylor, Millie Mackintosh feels like she is really only coming home now and living in the happiest time in her life. Shut The Front Door is produced by @venturamarketing.ie | www.venturamarketing.ie. Email the podcast: [email protected]
Shut The Front Door with Lorna Byrne
April 11, 2020 19:00 - 48 minutes - 33.6 MBWe've changed our direction a little bit with this episode of Shut the Front Door. With the current times and challenges we are now facing, we wanted to stop and look towards something we all need right now hope. We are overjoyed to be joined today by world-renowned spiritual teacher Lorna Byrne. I have followed Lorna for over 20 years and she gives hope and compassion to so many all over the world, myself included. I am sure that many homes across Ireland and beyond have at least one of Lor...
Shut The Front Door with Anna Daly
April 07, 2020 21:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MBAnna Daly is an award-winning anchor on Virgin Media’s national flagship breakfast show, Ireland AM. Anna has a huge interest in interiors, home design and style, all of which were showcased in the show Dream Homes which she fronted recently. Life is busy with 3 gorgeous boys at home, so we are delighted Anna has taken the time to join us and speak about all things home. Shut The Front Door is produced by @venturamarketing.ie | www.venturamarketing.ie. Email the podcast: shutthefrontdoor@ve...
Shut the Front Door with Vogue Williams
April 04, 2020 22:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBVogue is a very proud Dubliner, who lives in London, but still calls Dublin home. She is a Mum to a gorgeous toddler, successful business owner, TV presenter, DJ and social media influencer. Vogue is all about the home and creating the perfect fun space for her family and I am very excited to chat to her about my favourite topic. So here we go, Shut the Front Door with the ever lovely, Vogue Williams. Shut The Front Door is produced by @venturamarketing.ie | www.venturamarketing.ie. Email ...
Shut The Front Door with Doireann Garrihy
April 01, 2020 05:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBFrom starting off doing hilarious impressions to becoming ‘the” voice to wake up to on Irish radio, Doireann Garrihy has become a household name. Her laugh is infections and her comic genius is second to none. Coming from a family filled with love, it’s easy to see why this lady brings joy and laughter into so many lives. Breakfast radio presenter on RTE 2FM, creator and star of the Doireann Project and successful podcaster with the fantastic “The Laughs of Your Life”, it’s my great pleasure...
Shut The Front Door with Glenda Gilson
March 27, 2020 08:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBGlenda Gilson is one of Ireland's best-known personalities. After starting off her career as one of Ireland's top models, she has become the face of showbiz reporting in Ireland having worked on high profile shows such as Xpose, Ireland's Got Mór Talent and currently, Ireland AM. Not only that, but Glenda is also a savvy businesswoman having launched her own successful jewellery brand G by Glenda Gilson. Mum to the gorgeous Bobby and recent contestant on Celebrity Dancing with the Stars Irel...
Shut The Front Door Trailer
March 18, 2020 09:00 - 34 seconds - 488 KBHi, I'm Arlene McIntyre, Creative Director at Ventura Design, and you are listening to ‘Shut the front door ’, a light-hearted podcast that will bring you through the front door and into the homes of influential and interesting people. Home for me is one of the most important things in my life. My career has fortunately given me the opportunity to work closely with people and to help them create a home they will cherish forever. Tune into the first episode, coming soon Shut The Front Doo...