Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam

A new report outlines the geographical profile of Ireland’s tech sector, and the types of jobs our techies are doing. To discuss the findings of the report Gavin spoke to Paul Mac Flynn, Co-Director, NERI

Webio provides artificial intelligence chatbots to the collections and payments industry. It has just raised $4m and outlined its plans for growth. Cormac O’Neill, Chief Executive at Webio spoke to Gavina about their future plans.

Deputy Business Editor Gavin McLoughlin takes a look at today's business stories and markets along with Aidan Donnelly, Davy.

Inflation is higher than most countries in Europe and growth the slowest in the G7 group of large economies. Added to that there could be a trade war with its biggest trading partner. Things don't look great for the UK at the moment. But some of the causes are very much self-inflicted. For more on this Joe spoke to Seamus Nevin who is the chief economist with Make UK which represents British manuf...

Inflation is accelerating and there's a war going on in Europe for the first time in a generation.  All issues were tackled by the Central bank of Ireland in its Financial Stability Review yesterday. Director of Financial Stability Vasileios Madouros from the central Bank joined Joe on the show this morning with more details from its review.

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

The cost of borrowing for the EU’s 3rd largest economy is soaring. Italian bond yields or the interest rates payable for the Government in Rome are at around 4%. They were just above zero 3 years ago. That’s starting to worry the powers that be in the EU and the ECB. Joining Joe to discuss Italy and the Eurozone is Federico Santi from the Eurasia Think tank 

According to the latest index of global brands, Apple has reclaimed its spot as the most valuable brand in the world. Google came second with Amazon third. There was only one European brand in the top Ten - Louis Vuitton. But with soaring inflation and spending power eroded, will the shine come off some of these brands? Martin Gurreira, Global Head of Kantar BrandZ spoke to Joe this morning with m...

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

With a possible trade war looming after Britain plans laws to override the NI protocol, the World Trade Organisation could be center stage. That’s because if the EU were to suspend or scrap the trade deal agreed with Britain only 2 years ago, it could lead to Britain trading on so-called WTO rules with Ireland. That could be very disruptive and expensive. Coincidentally, the WTO Ministerial Confer...

Alcohol demand is falling demonstrably in Ireland and around the West. It’s especially falling out of favour among young people. And yet selling booze - notably whiskey in this country - is an important part of the Irish economy and a source of substantial tax revenue. So Far the government has increased the taxes on alcohol and set a minimum price per unit below which it can't be sold. There’s a...

Joe Lynam takes a look through Tuesday's business newspapers and websites.

A closely watched gauge of Ireland’s construction sector shows growth in the industry has slowed for three months in a row. John McCartney, head of research, BNP Paribas Ireland joined Gavin McLoughlin on the show.

As EY and Deloitte mull plans to hive their consulting divisions off into separate businesses, what does the accounting industry of the future look like? Eamonn Siggins, CEO, CPA Ireland spoke to Gavin McLoughlin this morning.

Gavin McLoughlin Deputy Business Editor at Newstalk takes a look at Monday's business papers and websites.

As Leo Varadkar warns excessive pricing could cost the industry its 9pc VAT rate, how is Ireland’s hospitality sector set to cope this summer? Declan Taite, managing director, Kroll Ireland spoke to Gavin McLoughlin Deputy Business Editor at Newstalk.

Gavin McLoughlin Deputy Business Editor takes a look at the latest market developments with Aidan Donnelly of Davy.

Gavin McLoughlin Deputy Business Editor was joined by Aidan Donnelly from Davy for a look at the main business stories of the day.

Students of economics will know all about Stagflation - a period of stagnant growth but with moderate to high inflation. Many thought it was consigned to the history books. Not so according to the OECD which says the Russian invasion of Ukraine has changed the outlook dramatically for the global economy. It thinks Irish GDP will grow by 2.8% next year but slashed UK growth to 0% - the lowest in th...

The time was when Dublin Bus was famous for its big noisy fleet trundling around the capital belching out black fumes. Things are changing and many buses are already hybrid and quiet but certainly not all. Now Dublin Bus is providing electric bikes to its employees as a way to travel between depots. Chief executive of Dublin Bus, Ray Coyne spoke to Joe Lynam on the show.

Business Editor Joe Lynam takes a look through some of today's business stories and market news.

Unemployment in Ireland is back to pre-pandemic low levels.  So much so that we hear of bottlenecks (e.g. Dublin airport) and shortages of all types of labour.  But in light of soaring inflation, and interest rates set to rise rapidly, are things changing in the hiring markets. Barry Whelan is the chief executive of Excel recruitment and he spoke to Joe Lynam on the show.

Bosch is one of the world's most famous engineering giants but like everyone, they have to adapt to a new world without carbon and using renewable energy. They are designing hydrogen engines for trucks these days and have opened a centre of excellence in Limerick to work on the driverless cars of the future. Joe Lynam spoke to the managing director of Bosch UK and Ireland Vonjy Rangakoba and began...

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

We all know that the strategic challenge of shifting to renewable energy is how and where to store energy that has been created by wind, solar or wave, or other types of renewable. Battery storage is one of the key challenges. With me now is a company that advises other giant companies on how you can go about storing renewables. Paul Carson is the boss of Strategic Power projects  and he spoke to...