Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam

Joe Lynam takes a look a some of the main business stories featured in today's papers and websites.

The services sector accounts for almost three quarters of the Irish economy and consumption i.e. shopping accounts for half of that. Retailers were walloped by COVID-19 lockdowns.  Now it’s being walloped again by energy prices which are 5 times what they were a year ago. Another important sector in Ireland is the food manufacturing and agribusiness sector which is also facing soaring input costs...

Business Editor Joe Lynam takes a look at some of the business stories in today's newspapers.

A new report shows Irish construction activity shrunk again in August – albeit at a lower pace than in July Gavin McLoughlin was joined on the show by John McCartney, director of research, BNP Paribas Real Estate Ireland.

New figures show that while the amount of venture capital raised by Irish firms grew in the first half, there was a significant slowdown in growth in the second quarter Sarah-Jane Larkin, director general, Irish Venture Capital Association joined Gavin McLoughlin on the show this morning.

Gavin McLoughlin, Newstalk's Deputy Business Editor takes a quick look at some of the business stories in today's newspapers and websites.

A new book outlines why it’s still important to travel for business in the world of Zoom and Teams. Oliver Dowson, Author of 'There Is No Business Like International Business' joined Gavin this morning on the show.

With a chorus of voices warning Germany is set for recession, we get an update from Europe’s largest economy Arthur Sullivan, Journalist with DW Business spoke to Gavin this morning on the show.

On Monday the biggest ever fine was imposed by an Irish regulator on any company. Instagram which is owned by Meta and is a sister company of Facebook must pay €405m for failing to protect teenage users and for allowing them to access Business accounts on Insta despite being as young as 13. Meta says the fines were disproportionate and the technical errors which permitted these minors to access bu...

Europe’s energy ministers meeting in Brussels tomorrow. Normally these meetings are only followed by experts in the field and politicos. But not this time. Most of the continent will be watching this one and waiting for solutions to an impending explosion of fuel bills as the thermometer drops and days get shorter. But what can ministers do at an EU level that individual member states couldn't do...

We take a quick look at some of the business stories in today's newspapers and websites.

The European Central Bank meets tomorrow morning in Frankfurt and at quarter past one Irish time will tell us not whether they will raise the cost of borrowing but by how much? Joining Joe this morning to discuss this key decision that will affect all of us was John Fahey - Senior Economist with AIB.

Business Editor Joe Lynam takes a look at the main business stories featured in today's business pages and websites.

We take a quick look at some of the business stories in today's newspapers and websites.

Liz Truss will be Britain’s new Prime Minister. She will inherit one of the weakest economies in Europe and certainly one heading in the wrong direction. What will Trusseneomics look like? To discuss with Joe this morning was Andrew Sentence is a renowned economist who used to set interest rates for the Uk within the Bank of England's Monetary policy committee and also Seamus Nevin from Make-UK.

Brighton-based Cloud9 Insight has a “dog-friendly” office policy. Would you be comfortable with dogs in your office? Carlene Jackson, CEO, Cloud9 Insight joined Gavin on the show this morning.

Renewables developer Strategic Power Projects has lashed out at Ireland’s planning system, saying it is hindering the country’s efforts to meet our climate targets Paul Carson, CEO, Strategic Power Projects spoke to Gavin this morning on the show.

Deputy Business Editor Gavin McLoughlin takes a look at some of today's business stories featured in this morning's newspapers and web pages,

Britain gets a new prime minister on Monday after 80,000 people out of a population of 65 million choose the next leader of the Conservative party. The new inhabitant of Number 10 downing street will inherit a poisoned chalice with soaring inflation and debt as well as threats of breaking up the United Kingdom. It might even be the election to lose for whoever is vanquished. To discuss the economi...

A major new piece of legislation with respect to pensions comes into force at the end of this year. It has the sexy title of IORP II EU directive. The long and short of it is that employers and pension trustees need to get their act together to make sure they meet the new rules. One of the world‘s largest professional advisors AON is urging employers to decide whether to keep their so-called “own...

Business Editor Joe Lynam takes a look at some of the business stories in today's papers and websites with Aidan Donnelly of Davys.

Darren O'Reilly played professional rugby for Leinster, Harlequins, and even the junior squads with Ireland. In that time he’s seen how athletes should eat correctly and now has started his own business promoting nutritional needs whilst balancing a busy lifestyle. His company is called WholSupp and Darren O’Reilly spoke to Joe on the show this morning.

In mid-March 2020, like so many other airlines, Emirates effectively shutdown its operations in Ireland. Travel restrictions dictated it. Last year it restarted a single flight from Dublin to Dubai and today it restarts its second daily service from Ireland to the global Emirates network adding up to 700 passengers a day. Joining Joe this morning on the show was Enda Corneille the head of Emirates...

Business Editor Joe Lynam takes a look at some of the business stories in today's papers and websites.

Three is Ireland's largest mobile network with around 3.3 million customers. The company arrived in Ireland 18 years ago and Robert Finnegan was employee number 1. He has been the CEO ever since and recently sat down with Newstalk's Jess Kelly and Gavin McLoughlin for an in-depth discussion about the growth of the company, challenges during Covid and the benefits of 5G.