Taking Stock

This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston talks to Veteran Journalist Dermot Murnaghan ahead of his appearance at the Kennedy Summer School next week and talks to him about his long life in journalism covering some of the defining moments of our time.   Rudy Giuliani has turned himself in to authorities at a jail in Atlanta, Georgia this week. But who is Rudi Guiliani? Mandy looks at one of th...

Coming up on this week's Taking Stock Podcast: Your home may have become your office thanks to the pandemic, but could empty office space become new homes? Shane Duffy, Director of Office Agency with Savills joins Mandy to discuss the possibilities. Who is Keir Starmer? Oliver Eagleton, author of 'The Starmer Project' joins us to shed some more light on the man tipped to be the next UK PM. And, En...

On this week's Taking Stock Podcast: Cliff Taylor of the Irish Times explains why mega projects like the MetroLink and the Children's Hospital take so long and cost so much in Ireland. Nigel Doolin, co-founder and managing director at Core Bullion joins Mandy to explain the value of holding your money in gold and why is it one of the most stable assets to have. And the banking sector in Ireland ha...

Hannah Daly, Professor in Sustainable Energy and Energy Systems Modelling at UCC joins Mandy to discuss the government's National Hydrogen Strategy. In the political arena, the debates surrounding rail and road options have caused much debate leaving both policymakers and the public in a state of confusion. Mandy gets the insights of Edgar Morgenroth, Professor of Economics at Dublin City Universi...

As a raft of big companies leave the Irish Stock Exchange, this week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston asks why they are leaving and explores the importance of having a stock exchange here in Ireland with Donal MacNameee from the Business Post. While Vladimir Putin was clearly prepared for the initial economic impact of the war in Ukraine, the conflict has dragged on far longer than he expected. As P...

This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston talks to the Financial Times’ Legal Correspondent Joe Miller about Donald Trump’s latest possible Indictment. Linda Daly of the Sunday Times chats to Mandy about why Approved Housing Bodies might be the future of home building in Ireland. And finally Mandy talks to James Mayger, China Economy Editor at Bloomberg about China’s economic wobble.

This week on Taking Stock as Irish Universities make major gains on the QS World Rankings Mandy Johnston examines their relevance as Irish students are making their choices this Summer. As the world of work continues to change and evolve post- Covid many tech titans like Apple, Google, Meta have demanded staff show up to the office at least three days a week as new research shows that contrary to...

Numbers loomed large this week, in the economy and the Government published their summer economic statement, so this week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston looks at inflation, spending and what lies ahead for hard pressed families with Economist Jim Power. In France protests continued on the streets and protests have repeatedly dogged the President’s term in office. Mandy ponders what all this says a...

This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston discusses the relationship between RTE and politicians when she chats to former Communications Minister Denis Naughten and asks how that works in real life! In the US there are now multiple whistle-blowers with high clearances coming forward to disclose information about their direct UFO knowledge. Mandy chats to Science Journalist Jeff Wise about what’s re...

This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston Mandy discusses just how hard or easy it is to set up a new political party. We hear from Political Consultant Stephen O’Byrnes and from Frank Fitzgerald from UL. Newsgroups are in the grip of a long-term battle to retain their audiences, that’s according to the latest Reuters Institute Digital News Report. Liam Collins a former news editor for the Sunday I...

This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston exploreS a special investigation by the Financial Times that uncovered shocking allegations of sexual assault and harassment within a prominent London hedge fund company. The FT’s Antonia Cundy tells us more about the investigation and the fallout. Mandy also dives into the captivating world of leadership discussing why figures like Trump and Boris Johnson...

This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston talks to Pilita Clark of the Financial Times and Sinead English the founder of Hilt Careers about how the modern worker is drowning in emails and what you can do about it. In the US things are hotting up in the race to decide who the Presidential candidates will be. Ted Smyth of the Clinton Foundation joins Mandy from America to take stock of the current ru...

This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston talks to Mark Paul the London Correspondent with the Irish Times about how Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s honeymoon period is well and truly over as Boris is still looming large as are the myriad of complications from Brexit. And staying in the UK Mandy talks to Lucy Fisher of the Financial Times about the proposed price cap in British Supermarkets. Plus what...

As the dust settles on last week's local elections in Northern Ireland Mandy Johnston looks at the real figures and what they mean for the re=establishment of the Assembly and is joined by Tommie Gorman the former RTE Northern Ireland Editor who now writes on politics north and south for the Currency In San Francisco's a crisis of homelessness, drug abuse and crime threaten the city’s future. Tabb...

With the Covid Emergency now being officially deemed ‘over ‘many countries are now assessing how they managed their response to the Pandemic. This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston talks to Jack Horgan-Jones and Hugh O’Connell about their book ‘Pandemonium: Power, Politics and Ireland’s Pandemic’. Often seen as a ‘dirty word’, Sales has a bad reputation in the business world – but selling is a f...

Some of the big four companies are having to train new recruits with basic communications skills necessary for the workforce. Is it because students were shut off during Covid or is there something more? This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston talks to Caroline Reidy of the HR Suite about what young people may have lost. With the EU’s highest court set to hold a hearing at later this month on the...

On this week's Taking Stock: Harry Dempsey, commodities correspondent for the Financial Times joins Mandy to discuss Chile's move to take state control of important lithium projects and together they explore what that might mean for it and other South American economies in the years to come. Mandy speaks with Will Hutton, Political economist and writer for the Observer and the Guardian about how t...

What’s going on with Global Sport? This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston is joined by Nathan Murphy from ‘Off the Ball’ to discuss if the incredible levels of investment in sports nowadays actually make us consumers rather than fans. Mandy talks to the author of “Beyond the wall” - a new book which chronicles the short life of East Germany. It's a book that's getting rave reviews and reveals a...

It’s shaping up to be the great question of our time; AI is moving at a pace that its creators never really expected. This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston asks can we control it before it controls us when she talks to Sarah Mayer West of the AI Now Institute. And back home, as organised crime featured large in the news this week, Mandy looks at the figures involved and where and how criminal g...

This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston takes a closer look at fraud in the art world, where counterfeit work now accounts for one fifth of all art in circulation. Mandy chats to Barbara Dawson the Director of the Hugh Lane Gallery. This week the International Monetary Fund issued a warning of a possible “hard landing” for the global economy if higher inflation keeps interest rates keep going. Ma...

It seems the skies over America are in a strange state and this week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston is talking about UFOs and Chinese Balloons and Aerial Mysteries - with Jeff Wise a scientific journalist about the strange goings on in American skies. And back on the ground Donald Trump was in the dock and Mandy talks to Joe Miller of the Financial Times in NYC who had a front row seat. And author...

It’s not personal, just business! This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston chats about the hit series everyone is glued to; ‘Succession’ and explores the history of family business in the media and beyond. Cliff Taylor of the Irish Times discusses the ESRI's & Irish Fiscal Advisory Council's recent musings on the Irish economy and why the Government are considering a ‘top-up tax’ for big business....

Boris was back in the dock this week. The Ex-PM was hauled in front of the parliamentary privileges committee as part of the investigation into whether he had deliberately misled the Commons. This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston talks to Stephen Castle who is the London Correspondent for the New York Times to get the low down on the testimony Boris gave. Mandy also discusses the issue of losin...

This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston talks to Howard Schneider the Federal Reserve correspondent with Reuters about the chaos being caused by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. Former Ambassador to the US Michael Collins chats to Mandy about what President Biden's visit to Ireland means metaphorically and logistically. Plus Mandy talks to Ciara Sugrue who is the head of Festivals and Events...

This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston talks to Lorcan Allen of the Sunday Business Post about the ‘actual’ state of Ireland’s Windy Energy Sector. Conor Pope of the Irish Times details some very frightening ways people can get scammed. Plus Mandy talks to Steve Dempsey, Product Director at Mediahuis Ireland about how Facebook is now using AI to perfect advertising that's uniquely designed for y...