{"podcast":{"title":"Big News Coming Soon Podcast","slug":"big-news-coming-soon-podcast-4794431","podcast_index_feed_id":4794431,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/61e4c2bae514060014220b5b","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/big-news-coming-soon-podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61e4c2bae514060014220b5b/1780085751140-8ed98a8b-dfad-4bec-abf6-c2bcb1ceb392.jpeg","author":"Alan Clarke","episode_count":96,"summary":"Big News Coming Soon Podcast with Alan Clarke. Winner of Best Podcast In Ireland 2024 & 2026 at the Goss Awards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-08T04:19:42.836973+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-news-coming-soon-podcast-4794431"},"episode":{"title":"Joe Doyle VS Donal Byrne (Self Employment In Construction)","slug":"joe-doyle-vs-donal-byrne-self-employment-in-construction","published_at":"2026-02-01T23:20:39+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-news-coming-soon-podcast-4794431/joe-doyle-vs-donal-byrne-self-employment-in-construction","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-news-coming-soon-podcast-4794431","url":"https://shows.acast.com/big-news-coming-soon-podcast/episodes/joe-doyle-vs-donal-byrne-self-employment-in-construction","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/61e4c2bae514060014220b5b/e/697fdfc73dc163046e5bfbdf/media.mp3","summary":"A recent online exchange between Donal Byrne (CEO of BRB Homes) and Joe Doyle (Construction Sector Business Mentor) sparked a lively debate about self-employment in Ireland. Donal argued that it’s becoming increasingly difficult to run a business and hire staff, while Joe pushed back, saying there has never been more opportunity to be self-employed in Ireland. Rather than let the discussion stay online, I invited both Donal and Joe onto the podcast at the same time to talk it through properly. In this episode, they share their opposing perspectives, challenge each other’s views, and debate what it’s really like to be self-employed in Ireland today. Please sign up to my Patreon for weekly bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/BigNewsComingSoon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"A recent online exchange between Donal Byrne (CEO of BRB Homes) and Joe Doyle (Construction Sector Business Mentor) sparked a lively debate about self-emp…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5526,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/big-news-coming-soon-podcast-4794431/episodes/joe-doyle-vs-donal-byrne-self-employment-in-construction/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-news-coming-soon-podcast-4794431/joe-doyle-vs-donal-byrne-self-employment-in-construction.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}