Down To Business

Bobby sits down with three food producers that are putting a little Christmas twist on their products for the season James Burke, Network Manager of the Dublin Food Chain, Andrew Brady from Garnacha, Kyle Petrie from Open Hive and Laura McCarthy from Drink Botanicals all sit down to discuss their seasonal products. Hit 'Listen' to find out more about these brilliant creators.

Bobby goes out and about to meet the three winners of the EY Entrepreneur of The Year winner. Bobby speak with winner from the International Category, Ivor Queally, chief executive of QK Group South Africa; winners of the Established Category, John, Ruth and David Mackey; and the overall winners, Orlaith Ryan and Sharon Cunningham from Shorla Oncology. Hit 'Listen' to hear about these great entrep...

Earlier in the week, Bobby went out and about at the Arnott's Christmas Market. Five new Irish companies have been given their opportunity to showcase their wares at the market. All part of the Pitch '24 Startup competition. Hit 'Listen' to meet the creators.

Lord Mark Price joins Bobby to discuss the findings in this year's global workplace Report. Lord Mark is the founder of employee happiness platform, WorkL, the former UK Trade Minister and former CEO of Waitrose. Hit 'Listen' to find out why employee's have been happier in 2024than they were in work during the previous year.

Bobby is joined by Ronan Reid, from Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland, and Louisa Meehan, from Woodview HRM to discuss the big business stories in the papers. Fallout from the election, as government formation talks continue and how will Trump presidency hit Ireland? Hit 'Listen' to get all the big business stories

With the ever-changing online landscape and the globalisation of the business world, it has never been more important to reach out and communicate with your customers and clients.  But with the explosion of social media in recent years just how hard is it in the world of PR in 2024? Joining Bobby to discuss is: Joanne Byrne, Director of Presence PR Deirdre Waldron, Founder of Fuzion  Ann...

Joining Bobby in the executive chair was Larissa Feeney, CEO & Founder of Kinore.

Joining Bobby to look at the potential Twitter killer 'Bluesky' was Stephen O’Leary of Olytico.

Coaching for Performance is often seen as the bible of coaching manuals. When it was first published, it made its author, Sir John Whitmore, the undisputed leader in the field. Sadly Sir John passed in 2017 but his book has been totally revised  for its 6th edition. The book’s new Co-Author, Tiffany Gaskell, joined Bobby this morning.

Bobby continues his conversations with some of the finalists of this year's EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards this week focusing on the topic of resilience.

Joining Bobby to roundup the stories making the business pages was Caroline Reidy and Conor Faughnan.

Bobby continues his conversations with some of the finalists of this year's EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. To discuss the importance of networking and mentoring when it comes to making business work, Bobby is joined by Damian Young of Zeus Mobility; Duncan O'Toole, Managing Director of Captured Carbon; and Caroline Dunlea of Core Optimisation.

Joining Bobby in the Executive Chair this week is Eimear Byrne, Country Lead of SD Worx Ireland.

Long forecast to be going the way of the home movie rental business, cinemas have stayed the course and traversed some rocky waters in recent years. Indeed, the sector has remained a cornerstone in our social lives despite all the doomsayers and continues to work its way back to pre-Covid levels. Joining Bobby to give him some of their insights into just how our big screens are faring is: Karl Ger...

Web Summit has been taking pace this week. Tech guru Andy O’Donoghue, who has been there, joins Bobby to chat about what’s been going on.

Since retiring in June, Munster and Ireland rugby legend Simon Zebo has been busy finding his feet in the business world. He Joins Bobby to talk about his backing of Ireland's latest addition to the whiskey world - Black Emerald.

Family run businesses are the backbone of almost any economy in the world. Emanuela Rondi, co-author of 'The Family Business Book: A Roadmap for Entrepreneurial Families to Prosper Across Generations' joins Bobby to talk about how families can ensure their businesses are both profitable and harmonious.

Joining Bobby to run through the top business stories form the Saturday papers is Louisa Meehan of Woodview HRM & Robert Whelan of Rockwell Finance who has just won an award for 'Best CEO of a Small Business'

This week in the Executive Chair Mandy was joined by brothers Fergal and Barry Doyle from Arboretum.

We are living in a world where holding an opinion which differs from others may see you coming into conflict with family, friends and work colleagues. If you are a manager. How do you make sure conflict of opinion does not interrupt your business.   Karthik Ramanna, professor of business and public policy at University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government, and author of The Age of Outra...

In this week’s edition of the industry review we explored the world of sports journalism   Joining Mandy to do so was   ●      Kieran Cunningham, Chief Sportswriter at the Irish Daily Star ●      Cliona Foley, Sportswriter, broadcaster, and podcaster ●      John Fallon, Managing Editor of Media West Ireland

On Monday January 20th 2025 Donald Trump will be inaugurated for the second time as the president of the united states after wining a comprehensive victory in elections last Tuesday. With Trumps economic policies aiming to incentivise American business to return home the economic implications for Ireland and the United Kingdom could be potential devasting. Joining us to discuss this further is eco...

MSCI/SCSI Ireland Property Index for the third quarter of 2024 was released last week. One interesting trend that emerged from the index is that retail property prices in the provincial retail sector seem to be increasing in value. Joining Mandy to unpack the variables explaining this is Neil Bannon Executive Chairman of BANNON Property consultancy and Retail Consultant Eddie Shanahan.

Joining Mandy to recap the biggest business stories of the week is Jackie King, Executive Director with IBEC Global and Jon Ihle, Deputy Business Editor with the Sunday Times Ireland.

Joining Bobby in the Executive Chair this week is Conrad Digan of Shaws Department Store.