Matt Weitzel: 0:00

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Laura McGrath: 1:22

Nope. Perfect.

Matt Weitzel: 1:22

Oh, I thought you were about to say, oh, you said that wrong. Okay. In Niall Mallaghan. And uh this is Niles' first time on the podcast. Laura, is this your first time on the podcast?

Laura McGrath: 1:35

First official podcast with yourself, Matt. I really got the honor to do the intro one year at GHI America's. Oh, yeah.

Matt Weitzel: 1:41

And I've been and then you were in the room for the first women of GSE podcast, but you did not participate.

Laura McGrath: 1:50

No, I shadowed it, and Karla and Abbie were fantastic. So I was just waiting for the day I got the call-up.

Matt Weitzel: 1:56

So has it been a huge regret in your life that you didn't get to join that day?

Laura McGrath: 2:00

Yes. Yeah. Been thinking about it ever since. Every day, since every day since. So this is an honor and a privilege.

Matt Weitzel: 2:07

Well, you know, we're just we're just glad you're here, you're here. And Niles, this is your first time on the podcast. Thank you so much for for joining us. We're we're huge fans of Malahan, and we have been a sponsor of the event that we're going to talk about for a number of years today. So, but Niall, what I'd like to start with you on is kind of the history of Malahan. So I've I've interviewed, I interviewed John Cameron and Joe Griffith, but we didn't really get into the history. And if we did, it was like episode five or something. So maybe people haven't listened back that far. So why don't you give us the history of Malahan? Hi Matt. Thanks.

Niall Mallaghan: 2:45

Uh thanks a million for that introduction and for visiting us here in Noonan, our USA facility. No, Mallaghan Engineering started manufacturing ground support equipment in 1990. Prior to that, the company was founded by my father, a civil engineering company. But he diversified into mechanical engineering because that was always his dream to produce something that he would be proud of. And so we started in 1990, started servicing local airports such as Belfast. Then slowly but surely in the early 90s, we went across to the UK, Newcastle, Birmingham, Edinburgh, you know, just a few airports in the UK. Our product range at the start was baggage loading machine, and that quickly developed into then PRM medical lifts. And to this day, we still manufacture then PRM medical lifts and dispatch them worldwide from our Dungyan Ireland facility. So in the early 90s, the company was still small because it was a brand new company. But my father was a great engineer, a great thinker. These days was a little bit different till today's Mallaghan, in that a lot of the drawings were not done on 3D solid works. There wasn't an abundance of engineers or a purchasing team, that type of roles. But it was mechanical drawings done on A0 pages and cutting and welding steel, putting it together and painting it and dispatching it all at the same time. Not in the numbers that we do today, but it was a great foundation. Really, really good and exciting days. Myself, my brother Ronan, we took the company over from my dad in 2003. He never really retired. But unfortunately, we lost him in 2008. And it was at 70 years old, it was just he was too young. But anyways, I think he'd be very proud of where the company has grown to nowadays, of the product range. I'd be very proud of the countries that we sell equipment to. And the memory and the and the livelihood of my father lives on in the factory every day, anyway, because he's always talked about, you know, a lot of the staff at Mallaghan have been there 25, 27, 30 years since the very start. They all knew him, knew him very, very well. So his memory and and and and his his legacy lives on to this day.

Matt Weitzel: 4:55

Do you think that he envisioned you all going worldwide with this company? Oh, of course he did.

Niall Mallaghan: 5:02

But it's a case of his family. He was born in a rural part of Ireland in County Tyrone. And it was it, you know, it was a farming tradition. You had to be entrepreneurial around the farm. You know, the houses in the name days might not have electric or didn't have a car or didn't have a tractor. You know, so you had to be you had to be entrepreneurial. If you're going to build a house, you had to make your own blocks, that type of thing. So that's what got him started and kept him looking forward. But he always he always loved the excitement of working with steel. I guess through the years, by his with his guidance and with his intuition, he was able to, a great thinker. At nighttime, if he woke up with an idea, he would scribble it down on a page so that he wouldn't forget for the next morning. So at night time he would do his designs as well. And even on a Saturday or Sunday, if he came up with a new door method for locking a door or for opening a bonnet on a on a on a on a piece of GSE, he would have maybe went to the workshop and started working on it there in the end. He wouldn't wait for Monday because of the excitement that he had inside himself. So through the years, our product range has uh it has grown. We've got five main product lines, I guess, now de-icers, belt conveyors, high lifts, high lifts covers, catering trucks, PRM lifts, and cabin cleaning trucks. We also have uh toilet and motor trucks, pack stairs, and uh in any typical year we'll export to more than 40 different countries. Now, if you take North America here, we count that as one country, but there could be 40 different airports within North America alone. So our how the company grow grew over the years is we extended our product range to them, that five portfolio that I mentioned. We expanded our marketplace where where we were selling the equipment, so both went hand in hand. As I say, in any typical year we'll export to more than 40 different countries, and in our short history, because we're only formed in 1990, so in our short history, we've exp we dispatched and um uh sold equipment to more than 100 different countries. That's incredible.

Matt Weitzel: 6:59

Are you still in the original you know, manufacturing facility that you all had? Have you all just expanded that out, or did you have to move in to a new facility because it it you all got so big?

Niall Mallaghan: 7:09

Yeah, it's a very good question, actually. The original factory is where our head office is, but in the next uh part of the industrial estate, the next factory across was a factory that manufactured crystal. When I say crystal, chandeliers, ashtrays, wine glasses, it was called Tyrone Crystal, and it was very famous. But in 2008, crystal became a thing that wasn't really popular for, I guess, wedding gifts and that type of thing anymore. But my father used to stand at air factory and look across and go, Imagine our factory was as big as that one next door. And I wish he had the opportunity to see us now because we actually own that factory as well. And in in Dunganon, both are inside the same perimeter fence now. So we've we've got two big factories on the one side. So one's called fabrication, that's where we cut, weld, paint, the other one's assembly, that's where we screw everything together, PDI it and dispatch it. And how many employees do you all have in those facilities? Oh Matt, good question. Also, uh in Dunganon it's around 500 or just a few more than 500 for sure. Wow. And here in Noonan it's more than 100 staff.

Matt Weitzel: 8:12

So you all employ a lot of people, I imagine, in your in your town over there.

Niall Mallaghan: 8:16

Yeah, and and uh in Malahan, call it Team Malahan because everybody is treated with the same respect. And you know, we've quite core values, and one of them is people. So we treat people the way we like get treated ourselves. So we talk about Team Malahan, and yes, it's fantastic to walk into the local shops and see somebody with a Malahan fleece or a Malah t-shirt on, and they always say hello to you, and you have a joyful conversation, and maybe you vice versa. We introduce each other to our kids or to our wife or to our partners, and uh it's a great feeling because it's a small community. Dungan's a town of probably around 35,000, 40,000 people, and a lot of people know a lot of people, so yeah, there's a great sense of pride, but not only that, there's a great sense of pride within our staff because they'll often come in. Well, you're watching such a program on television last night. No, I missed it by what happened. There was a set of passenger stairs on it, so there was and there was somebody famous walking on them, like a soccer team or uh royalty from a country visiting or whatever. And it could even be from uh Australian TV or TV from Dubai or TV from North America where they said, Did you see that on the news last night? There was a there was a Malah catering truck and a Malah and thecer on the television. It was brilliant, you know. So yeah, it's team Malah, and there's a great spirit with the people, yeah.

Laura McGrath: 9:33

Strong passion for sure. You know, when you're talking there, it is. It's a it's a passion when when you work. And it's probably you know yourself, Matt, but the GSE industry, there's passion throughout, whether what whatever role you play, you you feel important in the company, and and definitely in our local area, there is definitely that team Malahon. And you're you're proud of where you where you work and you know you will, you'll wear your your Malahan badge or or or whatever it may be outside of work hours.

Niall Mallaghan: 9:59

So it it's a nice Yeah, it I find in the aviation, Lord, I agree with you 101%. There is you get this feeling when you've got little small airplanes running around in your blood veins that uh you never want to leave the industry once you get into it, do you?

Laura McGrath: 10:11

Yeah. And the family-owned aspect is a big thing too. There's not many in the GSC industry that are probably as still family ran as Malahan. So it's uh it definitely does create even with our commercial team, or whether it's sales and service or or marketing with myself, we're all like one big family, which can be good and bad, but it uh it definitely has that real family feel, which which is what drew me in.

Niall Mallaghan: 10:38

Another thing that Laura has created in Malahan a couple of years ago was an internal app. So if you're an employee, both here in Noonan or in the Dungalin facility, if you're part of Team Malahan, you have full access to the app. The app promotes you know different jobs is available at the time, but it also goes into putting on pictures of machines delivered to customers. So it lets the people know where the equipment's going, it lets them know uh what the function of it is on the airport. So they're not just they're not just a designer or or a welder or a PDI expert or an engineer. It comes in today and goes tomorrow. They can see and they can share photographs and it gives them a great sense of pride. There's lots of lots of other things, you know. When when we have visitors, we put on photographs so people know who they are. And you know, we we share a lot of information internally on it, and it's a great, it's a great method of communication. We also have prize draws on it and the inclusivity, you know, like Halloween's not far away from us now as we as as we sit here today. And like uh Laura and the team and the social committee, they've organized for a fireworks display, and that's for all the families to bring their kids and the grandkids and whatever, all down to the factory. And then there'll be face painting competitions and who's dressed up the best, fancy dress, gets a prize, etc. etc. So there's lots of lots of good stuff like that in Team Malahan throughout the year, different events through the year. But that's the next one that Laura and our team have organized. God, Team Mallahan sounds awesome.

Laura McGrath: 12:03

Can we persuade you, Matt?

Matt Weitzel: 12:05

I know, right? Uh so Laura, how did you get your start at Mallahan?

Laura McGrath: 12:09

Yeah, well, to be totally honest, I had drove past the factory kind of on my travels every day. I live about 10 minutes from the factory and never knew exactly what they did. I remember seeing stairs or was the bus. So when I graduated, I thought I'll look locally first for a company that maybe had a marketing or a sales position at graduate level. And that's exactly what I done. I saw Malahan was hiring. And part of me thought I'll go for an interview, but I won't be able to work in engineering and manufacturing. I don't have a clue what goes on behind the production line. But I went for my interview. I actually met with Owen McKenna, who's very well known in the industry as well. And it just sparked an interest. I wanted to know more. I wanted to know what was going on 10 minutes down the road from where I grew up. So I got a second interview and decided that was the role for me. So joined about three and a half, in three and a half years ago. It's been nothing but crazy fun, excitement, learning and growth ever since, to be totally honest. I'm glad he took the risk and kind of didn't listen to the voices in your head that tell you, you know, maybe engineering's not for you, or you don't know what GS GSE is, so don't don't do it. But I'm I've I've never looked back yet, touch wood. So that that's kind of a long story cut short for for my start at Malahan.

Matt Weitzel: 13:33

Well, as a fellow marketer, I will say that you do a fantastic job in marketing the Malahan brand.

Laura McGrath: 13:39

Back at you, Matt. Back at you.

Matt Weitzel: 13:41

So so very much appreciated. And then we were kind of talking a little bit before we started, and I think Niles, you were saying that you, you know, Malahan's always been involved in in charities and so forth. So what kind of brought this this golf, the Shamrock series to life?

Niall Mallaghan: 14:00

We as a company let the staff guide us and choose what charities that the money's contributed to or raised for. We r run several fundraising you know events through the year. And this golf charity, it's just very similar to what we do, one of our charities chosen back in Northern Ireland as well. And it's for mental awareness, and it's such a big problem around the world now where it's great for people to have a facility or a place or a contact to go to to be able to speak about these issues if and when needed. And the modern day world needs that facility, and that's why we support that here in North America and is one of our chosen charities back home in in North Ireland as well.

Matt Weitzel: 14:40

So, Laura, can you kind of give our listeners an overview of of what the Shamrock series is, who participates, who it's open to, and and then where all that money goes. So it kind of gives us a good overview of this thing.

Laura McGrath: 14:56

Yeah. Well, like I said, we were just talking about when I started. So the year I started was actually the first year of the Shamrock Classic. And I'm so thrilled that I've been able to be through the journey since. We're on our fourth year and it's just grown to something we never thought it would. We started in 2022, a small enough group of golfers, but some great faces in the industry, some good local companies. And really it stemmed from, like Nail said, that that support that's needed for mental health and suicide prevention, both whether you're in Northern Ireland or North America, we we want to support it as a company. It's something very close to our hearts. And whether it's colleagues or partners, you know, we want we want to ensure that the funding that we that we create in Malahan is going to those causes. So to give a bit of an overview, we work with four charities. We have a national charity, which is the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. And then we focused after our first year, we said, let's get stuck into the community in Noonan. And who in Noonan needs our funding? And who will our employees go to if they needed mental health support or assistance? So we found four. Well, we found three incredible charities, Fred Edges, Hunter Scarborough, and the Bird House. And we connected with these charities. We wanted to get to know them before we just ticked a box and agreed to sign them on for our charity for the golf. And as soon as we met them, we actually got them all in a room in Noonan and we discussed what they provide for the community. And what we found it was incredible because the charities were all bouncing off each other and you know, discussing how if if someone came to them, they could then divert them to this charity, or we can all work together for an end goal. So we just knew it was it was right. Myself and Joe met with them and then led into the second annual, which seems like a lifetime ago now. But look, every year the funds go up, the attendees go up. We have golfers that are part of Team Malahan, we have industry ground handlers, we have leasing companies, manufacturers, battery companies, uh, everything from A to Z or Z in America. They want to be part of it, you know, competitors, customers, everything. It's open, it's it's we don't close it off to anyone. You know, it's not corporate, it's not the GSE Expo, it's something close to Malahan's heart that we want to grow. So if you are free to attend, you are you are welcome to. And any penny or cent that we make is so, so appreciated. So where we've where we are sitting now in the fourth year, and we're gonna wake up tomorrow and play some golf and raise some money. And it's a very wholesome, wholesome weekend. And I'm just honored that I get to be a part of the planning and the attendance at it.

Matt Weitzel: 17:45

Yeah. So what so first of all, let me say I that my first year was last year, and I know. Can you believe it? You were there. Yeah, so a lot of the team were were able to make it. I think it was what, you know, two years ago or whatever. Yeah. But I was I was unable. I had something else come up. I think my son was in some kind of performance or something like that. If you can believe that my son's a performer, but so anyway, so I missed that one. But I went last year and it was just so much fun. Everybody's just having, you know, the time of their life. Of course, Malahan people are fun. I mean, we can say that, right, and I think everybody would agree. So we had a great time. And last year we we have a kickoff event, right? On the on the Thursday before the the Friday morning. So tell our listeners a little bit about what we will be doing tonight.

Laura McGrath: 18:27

Yeah. So we like to welcome everyone into Noonan. You know, throughout today, there's been a lot of factory visits. Maybe new or old customers want to connect with with our team members. So they'll come to the factory during the day, and then tonight kicks off a welcome event. And that's kind of gonna have a bit of food and drinks, a lot of kind of networking, mixing and mingling. And then outside, so we do it at a local bar, Art and Jake's, and it's it's right by the hotels, which is great for our out-of-towners. And we'll do a little bit of axe throwing. We have a golf stimulator to get everyone's swing kind of warmed up for the shotgun tomorrow. So it's always nice to get everyone into Noonan. And it there is that sense of community on the Thursday night because we're all together. We maybe haven't seen each other in a while. Some of us are reconnecting from Vegas a couple of weeks ago. So it's nice to always network in the industry, meet new people, but also, you know, say hi to the to the day one, day one sponsors that have been there since 2022.

Matt Weitzel: 19:26

So is it still growing as far as sponsors and things like that and customers and vendors and everything else?

Laura McGrath: 19:31

Totally, Matt. To be honest, this is our biggest year. And I think myself and Joe and all of us at Mullihan are overwhelmed by the support and now by people reaching out wanting to do something to help. Whereas the first couple of years, it was a lot of campaigning. It was a lot of me probably torturing people via email to get on board. But I think once once you hear about it and the way it's spoke about after is so wholesome as well because you do feel like you're doing good for the community. But also people, like you said, they have fun. You know, we joke that it mightn't be the golf tournament for all golfers because not everyone is, you know, Roy McElroy or anything like that. But it is definitely an event that was fun. There's I've never really seen anyone on the course not smiling and laughing. And the the videos pro proved that last year where we invested some of the the money into a video and photographer, and it paid off because the the content was so well, because you got a video of me in my golf swing.

Matt Weitzel: 20:33

I think that's the reason it paid off.

Laura McGrath: 20:34

I knew that was coming.

Matt Weitzel: 20:35

Yeah. Yeah. So uh yeah, I was I was proudly featured in the promo. So I mean, I don't like to brag.

Laura McGrath: 20:42

Just watch out for the drone this year, Matt.

Niall Mallaghan: 20:44

Are are we gonna have a drone?

Laura McGrath: 20:45

We're gonna have a drone.

Niall Mallaghan: 20:46

No, Laura's been very, very modest. They're uh the truth of it is there's more than 200 golfers turning up tomorrow. That's fantastic. That's that's a lot of lot of people. Oh, I thought you said it's a lot of Jameson. It's a lot of people taking a lot of flights. You know, we've got a few people coming in from Canada, a few people in from Europe, and majority are North American people. So it's not like the Raider Cup, it's not Europe taking on the USA. You were gonna bring that up. It it is. Do you say Rory Michael Roy there once? He's a real good golfer, isn't he? He is. Oh my god. I'll I'll bring my inner Rory McElroy out on the course tomorrow. Sorry, US listeners. No, it's a there's more than 200 people turning up tomorrow, and all of it is is is a need of charity. It's not fantastic, isn't it? That's giving back. That's everybody giving back, not just Melinda, that's everybody giving back. That's 100% right.

Laura McGrath: 21:33

Probably one thing just when we do mention the charities, they're the people that show up tomorrow morning and and they want to get involved with selling quarter zips or handing out gift bags, giving people their drink tickets and their water or their breakfast. The charities show up every year because they see you know the excitement in the tournament and and that that positive that positive atmosphere. So, you know, they almost be begging to help, which is also great that we've now got these partnerships within the Noonan community, the the greater North America. But that that's one thing I always, you know, take away from it is the charities want to be there. You know, they take a day off work and they'll they'll show up for us.

Matt Weitzel: 22:12

So it's uh I think my favorite partnership is the Chick-fil-A sponsorship.

Laura McGrath: 22:17

Yeah.

Matt Weitzel: 22:18

Because they provide chicken biscuits in the morning. And then after this, it's gonna go from like 200 to like 250 next year after they people hear this. I mean free chicken biscuits, you can't turn that off.

Laura McGrath: 22:28

I remember my first year. It's my first time in Georgia. First time having a Chick-fil-A was at the Gulf, and the chicken biscuit was the talk of the town. To us, it's like a it's like a scone or scone scone. So it's it it was a culture shock for us, but it's safe to say that I've had plenty since.

Matt Weitzel: 22:46

Yeah. So are you are you guys a fan of the chicken biscuit? Is that something that that transcends? I like it. Okay.

Laura McGrath: 22:52

I like things you can't get at home. So when I'm here, I do try to hit as many places and and and try the Chick-fil-A or the chicken burger from Chick-fil-A.

Niall Mallaghan: 23:02

So it's and she always brings the other stuff home, big bags of sweets.

Laura McGrath: 23:07

Jolly ranchers. Jolly Ranchers.

Matt Weitzel: 23:09

The old stuff just look like you all don't have the good candy over there.

Laura McGrath: 23:13

So I make a trip.

Matt Weitzel: 23:14

We have the ultra-processed candy. Yep that's unbelievable.

Laura McGrath: 23:17

I think I have a couple of kg of Jolly Ranchers to take home now on Monday.

Matt Weitzel: 23:22

So you can't get Jolly Ranchers?

Laura McGrath: 23:24

Not as accessible. Maybe Amazon you can get some, but it's kind of a tradition now. If anyone goes to the Noonan facility, they bring home. Jolly Rancher.

Matt Weitzel: 23:32

That's the one thing that has to go. I love it.

Laura McGrath: 23:35

So it's uh it's a culture that we've created and it's it kind of sparks a joke here and there, and you're rushing to to Target in case they don't have them at the airport. So it's a it's a it's a funny one.

Matt Weitzel: 23:47

Well, thanks a lot for for telling me more about the the Shamrock series and or classic shamrock.

Laura McGrath: 23:53

The Shamrock Classic, fourth annual this year.

Matt Weitzel: 23:55

Come on, Matt. Yeah, I'm thinking Notre Dame. That's a Shamrock series. Sorry, Shamrock Classic.

Laura McGrath: 24:00

Shamrock Classic.

Matt Weitzel: 24:02

Yes. So if people want to get involved next year, because we're golfing tomorrow, so they're a little bit late to the game for this year, but if they want to get involved next year, what's the best way to do that?

Laura McGrath: 24:12

So yeah, we have a Shamrock Classic email, and that's Shamrock Classic at Malahan Group.com. That'll get you kind of any information. You can reach out as early as the day after the tournament this year. Early January is when we really start promoting it again. So typically myself and Joe will speak with the course tomorrow when we're finished up and we'll actually book our date.

Matt Weitzel: 24:33

Okay.

Laura McGrath: 24:33

We'll we'll send a follow-up probably next week with a save the date for our current registration. And then January, when the holidays are over and everyone is getting their calendars arranged for 2026, we'll we'll get the promotion started. So, you know, LinkedIn, we have a website. Yeah, just kind of keep up to date with with the Malahan socials.

Niall Mallaghan: 24:53

Yeah, just could connect with us through the website if you don't have a an already contact in Malahan. I'm sure a lot of people listening will have a a contact with some of the sales team or the customer care team or whatever. But just reach out to anyone and we'll all point it in the right direction of Laura here and Laura's team. And we look forward to seeing every every new face next year. It's a few new faces tomorrow as well, Laura. A lot of things. More than 200 people. Like that's that's that's that's a lot of golfers out on the golf course.

Laura McGrath: 25:19

So I should say too, we we host it at White Oak in Noonan, which again we're supporting a local beautiful golf course. And they we this year and last year we have booked out two full courses. So it's really, it's really something special. So that we know the team at White Oak. We were over there this morning setting up, and everybody's like, Yes, the Irish are back. And are you gonna do the the whiskey? And the are you gonna do this? So it's it's created a culture even with a with a very prestigious golf course that kind of lets us all in to have fun and and and celebrate for a good cause. So it's uh it's exciting. I'm really looking forward to tomorrow.

Matt Weitzel: 25:55

Yeah, and there'll be other OEMs there tomorrow as well. So this is open to everybody. And we you have airlines, you've got ground handlers, you got other OEMs. So people, if they want to get involved, should reach out.

Laura McGrath: 26:07

Yeah. Yep. There's no barriers, like I said, it's just for charity. And, you know, if if you end up networking and meeting a connection, that's also fantastic. You know, we've met, I've met so many people through the Gulf that maybe I wouldn't have met at a trade show. And I find that interesting, that it does bring a totally different sense to the to the industry that kind of takes takes away the conferences and the and the the kind of monthly things that we we get up to as a commercial team. So yep, no barriers at all, Matt. We we might even let you back next year.

Matt Weitzel: 26:36

No, I I would appreciate that. So so after this, are you just gonna go take like the longest nap ever because you've just gone right from the expo to this? Yeah, are you are you you've got to be exhausted.

Laura McGrath: 26:47

Thinking about it. I fly home Monday back to Ireland, I'll arrive Tuesday. So that'll be me just over five weeks out of out of Ireland. So it uh like I said, I wouldn't do it if I if I didn't love it. So it's all so worth it, the team we have in Malahan. You know, today we were running around, whether you're a service engineer or salesman, you know, purchasing everyone in Noonan here is is running about to help make this possible. So I do the the behind the scenes, and then the next few days will be all down to the team. So it's amazing.

Matt Weitzel: 27:18

Yeah. Well, thank you all so much for coming on. Is there anything else that we haven't covered?

Niall Mallaghan: 27:23

Or no, thanks, Million, for for taking your time to number one, come to the golf, but to to come into our facility here and see what we do here in Noonan to support the North America market. And um, as Laura says, tomorrow's all about charity and golf is a great game, it's a great leveler. There's a lot of laughs out on the course whenever the drive didn't maybe just go where you wanted it, and it could have gone a lot left or a lot right. But there's a lot of jovial laughs, and then there's a good old bit of grub after it, and we all get we all get a bit of dinner together. And then I get most people make their own way home, I suppose, for the weekend. The money's raised, and it'll not be too long before we uh announce the what the when the day is over, obviously, what the with the what the final figure is that's going to be divided out between the the very worthy charities.

Matt Weitzel: 28:04

Amazing. Yeah. All right. Laura, thank you so much for for coming on the podcast for the first time. Niel, thank you so much for for joining me. It's been fun. Yeah, no, it's it's this was this has been a great podcast. I've learned learned a little bit more about Malahan, and uh, we learned a lot more about the Shamrock Classic, and and I, you know, encourage everybody to go on and find out more about the Shamrock Classic and those charities and how to support them, and then show up next year if you're not here this year.

Laura McGrath: 28:33

Well, look, thank you, Matt and Fort Brand, a GSC podcast. I listen to it regularly. So now when I don't know how I'll feel hearing my own voice back, but this is this has been really awesome to to highlight something so special to Malahan and to the industry, the charities. So thank you for your time, Matt.

Matt Weitzel: 28:49

Yeah, no problem. Thank you for letting me use your facility today. I was also able to order record another podcast here as well. So it all worked out for everybody. So thank you all so much, and we'll see you on the golf course.

Niall Mallaghan: 28:59

No, we'll see you on the golf simulator later on. Oh, well, yeah, yeah.

Matt Weitzel: 29:03

Yeah, I'm gonna try to avoid that. All right, thank you.

Niall Mallaghan: 29:05

I'm certainly gonna avoid the axe throw one because that's that sounds like yeah, I don't know.

Matt Weitzel: 29:09

I think uh yeah, I don't think anybody wants to see me throw an axe. So I'll be staying on the sidelines for that one. But all right, well, thank you all so much. Thank you. From Team Malahan, Matt, thanks a million. All the best. All right, thanks. Bye-bye. Thank you for tuning in to this episode of the GSE Podcast. We hope you found it informative and engaging. If this episode resonated with you, please share it with your colleagues and peers in the ground support equipment community. Your support is invaluable to us. We'd appreciate it if you could take a moment to rate and review our podcast. Your feedback not only encourages us, but also helps expand our reach within the GSE community. Keep an eye out for more episodes as we continue to explore the dynamic world of ground operations, bringing you the latest trends, insights, and stories from the industry. Thank you for listening to the GST Podcast. Podcast. Until we meet again, stay grounded and keep pushing forward.