Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam

It’s been a year since the global online payments platform and devices Square, which is also partly owned by the Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, opened its first outlet in Ireland.  Now that lockdowns have ended Joe spoke to the head of their European business  a man from Portlaoise  Jason Lalor  about the new products that are being launched and whether we would stay off using folding money. Breakfa...

Business Editor Joe Lynam takes a look through today's business pages and websites. Listen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.     Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.  

Food production and sales are very important parts of the Irish Economy. That’s why packaging and what your product looks like on the shelf and the material that you wrap your goods in, also matter. Import prices are up 20% for packaging and that's feeding soaring inflation. To discuss further Joe spoke to Lorcan Bannon - Associate Director for Food and Agribusiness at IFAC . Listen and subscribe...

Joe Lynam takes a look through some of the business stories feature in today's papers and websites.   Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Almost exactly a year ago, something pretty significant happened. A group of cybercriminals probably emanating from Russia effectively switched off the Irish public health system - the HSE. A year on what have we learned? Joe was joined on the show by Stuart Davis from  Crowdstrike. Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and...

It ooks pretty likely that the federal right to an abortion is coming to an end in the United States. For corporate America, it leads to a number of challenges. Joe spoke to corporate behaviour professor Mohammad Elahee from Quinnipiac University and asked him what companies would do if Rowe v Wade is overturned.  Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Sp...

Last month, the government announced that Ireland would be creating its first statutory auto-enrolment scheme for the workplace. Joining Joe to discuss that and a number of other issues facing human resource managers is John Mercer is the Chief Executive of Mercer Ireland, Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe...

Business Editor Joe Lynam takes a look through the business stories featured in today business papers and websites.   Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newsta...

No matter how small your company, change is coming due to some of the ambitious climate change rules and targets we’ve set ourselves.  If you're in the dark, there’s a free masterclass in Dublin for any business at which they’ll walk you through what your company could do to slash its carbon consumption and the lady hosting it is Sue Garrard, a former EVP of Sustainable Business at Unilever and cu...

Newstalk's Business Editor Joe Lynam takes a look through Monday's business papers. Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

The NASDAQ listed company Horizon Therapeutics will formally open its new Global Headquarters on St. Stephen’s Green in Dublin today. s. David Caraher who is the Site Lead in their Dublin Global Headquarters Giants spoke to Joe on the show this morning. Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App...

Volkswagen, the world’s second-largest electric vehicle manufacturer by volume, has “sold out” of battery-powered models in the US and Europe for this year. Why has this happened, and are we seeing an electric car shortage in Europe?   To discuss further Emmet spoke to Shane O’Donoghue, Editor with completecar.ie Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spo...

The Reputations Agency will today announce the results of the Ireland RepTrak 2022 study, the largest and longest running study of reputation in Ireland. Which organisations came out on top? To discuss further Emmet was joined on the show by  Niamh Boyle MD and founder of the Reputations Agency. Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Downloa...

Emmet Oliver takes a look through some of the business stories that are featured in today's newspapers and websites. Listen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.     Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Drone delivery firm, Manna, will create 50 new jobs at their Balbriggan base. Manna CEO, Bobby Healy, discussed the company's increasing workforce, as well as Manna's desire to expand to a European market. Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on ne...

Down to Business' Bobby Kerr takes a look through some of the main business stories in today's business newspapers and websites.   Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa...

Even though many of the cars and motorbikes we ride around on are increasingly emitting zero emissions, the planes we fly in are still burning hydrocarbons at a ferocious pace. Technology is changing but probably not fast enough for many people.  PwC's Dick Forsberg, Senior Aviation Finance Consultant and he discusses how the aviation sector is mitigating its environmental impact and the future of...

Data centres in Ireland account for 14% of the total energy mix in this country. That’s more than all the rural homes here put together. So how do technology companies reduce their carbon footprint when one of the biggest emitters of carbon are the very server farms that dot com companies use the most?   Ellen Moeller is one of the founders of Watershed which advises companies like Airbnb on how t...

Business Editor Joe Lynam takes a look through some of the main business stories in today's business newspapers and websites. Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play New...

Continuing our deep dive into the construction industry, Joe spoke to John McCartney joins from BNP real estate and Richard O’Farrell is with the consultant EDC who advises construction companies and discusses the soaring building costs in Ireland and how do we control them? Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscri...

Business Editor Joe Lynam takes a look through some business stories in today's newspapers and websites. Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Dublin 2 has for decades been the most lucrative, most expensive, and most popular address for commercial investments on the island of Ireland. But in the latest report from BNP real estate, it appears investors have abandoned the postcode. To discuss this Joe was joined this morning by John McCartney joins us from BNP real estate and Richard O’Farrell is with the consultant EDC who advises constr...

There’s a new phenomenon in the workplace where employees ghost their own employers and simply don't turn up for work because they've gotten a better offer elsewhere. For more on this Joe spoke to Damien McCarthy from HR Buddy. Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen t...

Cloud computing is the way we store millions of gigabytes of data. Of course to do that you have to store it somewhere physically and that is usually data centres. They are the backbone of the Internet and Ireland has an outsized share of technology companies wanting data centres to be nearby. David Bourke MD of Munters Ireland manages data centres for some of the biggest technology companies in t...