{"id":64031,"date":"2026-11-06T09:14:19","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T09:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=64031"},"modified":"2026-11-06T09:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T09:22:14","slug":"orla-dargan-is-a-former-investment-banker-from-north-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=64031","title":{"rendered":"Orla Dargan is a former investment banker from North Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5106\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-05-11-004.mp3\" title=\"Play\" data-pp-embed=\"html5a\" data-pp-player-id=\"5106\" data-pp-media-url=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-05-11-004.mp3\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-05-11-004.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=64031-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-05-11-004.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NST-2026-05-11-004.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 19:49 &#8212; 27.2MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-64041\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/coastal-dreams-algarve-portugal-1556999790rTz-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/coastal-dreams-algarve-portugal-1556999790rTz-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/coastal-dreams-algarve-portugal-1556999790rTz-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/coastal-dreams-algarve-portugal-1556999790rTz-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/coastal-dreams-algarve-portugal-1556999790rTz-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/coastal-dreams-algarve-portugal-1556999790rTz-170x96.jpg 170w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/coastal-dreams-algarve-portugal-1556999790rTz-90x51.jpg 90w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/coastal-dreams-algarve-portugal-1556999790rTz-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/coastal-dreams-algarve-portugal-1556999790rTz-780x439.jpg 780w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/coastal-dreams-algarve-portugal-1556999790rTz.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-50413\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NorthsideToday-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NorthsideToday-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NorthsideToday-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-1-155x110.jpg 155w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NorthsideToday-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-1-90x64.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Orla Dargan is a former investment banker from North Dublin and a Chartered Accountant with many years of experience in international deal-making. In this interview with Ger Leddin, Orla warns of the pitfalls that Irish citizens may face when they consider selling up and moving to the sunnier climes of Portugal or Spain.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>1st Broadcast 5th Nov 2026<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orla Dargan is a former investment banker from North Dublin and a Chartered Accountant with many years of experience in international deal-making. In this interview with Ger Leddin, Orla warns of the pitfalls that Irish citizens may face when they consider selling up and moving to the sunnier climes of Portugal or Spain. 1st Broadcast [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5107\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-05-11-004.mp3\" title=\"Play\" data-pp-embed=\"html5a\" data-pp-player-id=\"5107\" data-pp-media-url=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-05-11-004.mp3\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-05-11-004.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=64031-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-05-11-004.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NST-2026-05-11-004.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 19:49 &#8212; 27.2MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":64041,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[31541,1374,31538,31540,8986,31537,31539],"class_list":["post-64031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-northside-today","tag-chartered-accountant","tag-ger-leddin","tag-investment-banker","tag-irish-citizens","tag-north-dublin","tag-orla-dargan","tag-portugal-or-spain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64076,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64031\/revisions\/64076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/64041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}