VP Startup Relations & Special Projects @WebSummit, Comms guy, Consigliere to founders | Work hard, play harder!

Joined March 2011
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As the dust has settled on what was an incredible ⁦@WebSummit⁩ 2023. I just want to thank and raise awareness to the 340 people who work tirelessly to put on an amazing show for our 70k attendees. You all are absolute pros. Well done #websummit
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📣 Jobs announcement 📣 The Whistleblower is hiring a General Manager, as well as several bookshop and barista assistants to help create a space where literature, caffeine, and ideas collide across five floors of reading rooms, meeting rooms, event spaces and a bookshop.
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The Whistleblower bookshop is coming together. We’re ~4 weeks out from a little opening night on South Anne Street.
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This article is such a waste of time. Podcasts need guests, PR agencies are the best to get you those guests. Just happens that the person involved here works at one of the best agencies in Ireland. 🤔 independent.ie/irish-news/ma…
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First sign for The Whistleblower installed. Fit out running ahead of schedule. Logo is 🔥
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1 Nov 2025
Ten years ago, @RevolutApp arrived as a tiny startup at the @WebSummit. Now, it is serving over 65million customers worldwide and is Europe's largest fintech by market value. Where will it be in the next ten years? Images @paddycosgrave, Graham Ross
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Konferencja Web Summit w Polsce? To możliwe! Wiceminister @M_Baranowski wraz z wiceministrem cyfryzacji @RafalRosinski79 spotkali się w siedzibie #MRiT z przedstawicielami @WebSummit, @PAIH_pl, @estoniainpoland, Ambasady Republiki Łotewskiej w Polsce oraz @warszawa. Dyskusja dotyczyła potencjalnej organizacji wydarzenia z udziałem krajów Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej w Polsce w 2029 roku. Web Summit to najważniejsze światowe wydarzenie technologiczne, przyciągające założycieli globalnych firm, inwestorów i przedstawicieli mediów, którzy kształtują przyszłość technologii i innowacji. Cykliczna organizacja Web Summit w Dosze, Rio de Janeiro, Vancouver i Lizbonie gromadzi ponad 150 000 uczestników ze wszystkich branż technologicznych, pomagając w transformacji krajobrazu technologicznego poprzez łączenie czołowych postaci sektora.
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After two weeks in China, visiting Unitree robotics & top AI startups, I think it’s unlikely the West will ever catch China in AI or robotics. The West squandered its huge lead in tech in pursuit of short term profit. Dare I say the West’s century of humiliation may be upon us.
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Just visited Unitree’s HQ in China, possibly the most important robotics startup in the world. My mind is blown 🤖🤯
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🗣️ "Where was Jim Gavin during the same-sex marriage referendum?....I didn't see Jim Gavin showing this great 'leadership' that we keep hearing about him." @fionnansheahan and @PaulMcauliffe on the contrasting knowledge of Billy Kelleher and Jim Gavin's positions. #TonightVMTV
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"Look at that!!" Tipperary manager Liam Cahill's interview with Thomas Niblock is gatecrashed 😂 #bbcgaa #gaa
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"During a company event at a Colplay concert I offered my head of HR a Murray Mint which she accepted. Whilst singing along to Yellow she accidentally swallowed the mint, and I was forced to perform the Heimlich maneuver just as the Jumbotron camera focused on us."
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12 Jul 2025
The Lilywhites are Tailteann Cup Winners 2025🏆 @KildareGAA 1-24 @LimerickCLG 2-19 Watch the highlights here 🎥 #KILVLIM
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23 Jun 2025
After our two semi-finals, Limerick and Kildare are through to the Tailteann Cup Final on July 12th 🏆 Here’s the Team of the Week from the penultimate round - who impressed you most?
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Kickoff for the @F1 Miami Grand Prix, thanks for the invite. @MercedesAMGF1
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🚨 Announcement 🚨 Just 150 people came to the first Web Summit in Dublin. I never imagined it would grow to hundreds of thousands of founders, startups, investors and business people, attending every year across multiple Web Summit’s on almost every continent. Today we’re announcing a major new partnership with Brazil and our host city, Rio de Janeiro. We’ve signed a new five year partnership agreement keeping Web Summit in Rio until 2030. I was honoured to be joined by Brazil’s Minister for Innovation and Rio’s Mayor on stage to make the announcement last night in Rio. A big thank you to Sao Paulo who were a close second, but in the end nothing compares to Rio. Most importantly nothing compares to Brazil in South America. This giant of a country is no longer sleeping. Brazil is very much awake, and it’s innovating like never before. We’re looking forward to bringing tens of thousands of entrepreneurs, investors, business people and more from around the world to Brazil over the coming half decade. Finally, a big thank you to the incredible team at Web Summit. This is a hugely significant milestone for us. We’ve an awful lot to celebrate these last few weeks. 🧑‍🍳 😘 ♟️ I hope to see you in Rio or somewhere in the world soon. Much love. ❤️ 👍
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27 Apr 2025
Web Summit founder and CEO @paddycosgrave kicks off "the largest tech gathering in South America." Welcome to Opening Night at #WebSummitRio
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“It’s China’s century. Of that there is no doubt.” - did a little interview on stage in Rio before everything kicks off tonight.
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Been busy working on a big announcement. It’s coming next week. 👀
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Live scenes of Michael Lowry

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