Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam

Joe Lynam brings us Wednesday's business headlines and news.

Martin Dubbey is a former detective turned corporate investigations sleuth who tracks down beneficial owners and information that companies might want to hide.  His business Harod also featured in the movie which exposed Russian doping cheats. Martin Dubbey the Managing Director of Harod Associates explained his business to Joe this morning on the show.

Thursday's business news headlines along with Joe Lynam.

The Irish Management Institute has new owners.  UCC has sold its share to the publishers of the Business Post.  The IMI joins a stable of brands including Red C research and iQuest experiences and certainly diversifies and broadens the portfolio.  But will the investment pay off in a world of AI learning?   All to discuss with Enda O’Coineen, Publisher and CEO of the Kilcu...

Monday business news and markets along with Ross Mould from AJ Bell.

Ryanair has just posted its full year results for the financial year 2025.  They made a post tax profit of €1.62bn down 16% on the previous year.  Average fares were also down 7% over the past 12 months. The airline carried a record 200m passengers and bought back 7% of their own shares  Neil Sorahan. Group Chief Financial Officer discussed the report findings with Joe.

Are we back to crazy levels of borrowing?  This comes as the foreign banks based here express confidence in Ireland as a base for investment.  Employment by the international banking sector is up by a fifth on pre Covid levels.  All to discuss with Brian Hayes the Chief Executive of the Banking and Payments Federations Ireland.  

Joe Lynam and Austin Hughes from AJ Bell brings us all the national and international business news this morning.

The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund is in effect Ireland’s sovereign wealth fund worth just under €15bn and designed to generate returns for taxpayers.  ISIF, which is part of the National treasury management Agency, is very distinct from the new Future Ireland Fund which was set up last year.   Joining Joe this morning on the show was Nick Ashmore the Chief Executive of the ISIF.

We are 5 months or so away from the budget this autumn but already positions are being staked out.  For its part, the government has already said there won't be as many giveaways as last autumn due to the tariff war and global uncertainty.  But already some sectors are setting out their wish list.  Deloitte says Capital Gains taxes are too high and a disincentive to invest here.&nbs...

What do you get when you merge the words Water and Vinyl? You get Wavin one of the world’s most famous pipe and ducting companies.    Wavin has been in Ireland for decades in Balbriggan. But it no longer makes any of those famous orange pipes here.  They come from Britain these days.  But it is moving to a new logistics centre and customer facility in North County Dublin.&...

Thursday's business news headlines along with Joe Lynam.

On Monday next week Keir Starmer will host a major EU delegation as part of what is shaping up to be a major reset of UK EU relations.  There have already been hints at what might be agreed including a youth mobility scheme as well as a new and deeper Defence pact. The UK government still says that rejoining the Single market or the Customs Union are red lines that won't be crossed. Joe discu...

t’s nestled in the foothills of the Dublin mountains and is a hive of science, adventure and learning.  It’s 112,000 sq ft and it’s a year since it reopened after Covid.  The Explorium science immersion museum in Ballinteer is already the 9th most visited tourist site in Ireland and aims to become the nationally recognised Children's science centre. But it was a long bureaucratic journey...

On paper at least the 2 richest economies in the EU are also among the smallest:  Ireland and Luxembourg.  Our economy relies on technology and pharma of course but it’s also a major player in fund management.  Our biggest European rival to lure these big global pension funds is Luxembourg whose regulator might be seen as more relaxed than our Central bank.  Both nations have b...

Wednesday's business headlines and news along with Joe Lynam.

Tuesday's business news review along with Joe Lynam,

They are called Dub 20 and Dub 30. They are the latest large data centres to be opened by the Taoiseach in Arklow in Co Wicklow.  They claim to be the most sustainable data centres in Ireland and will feed almost as much energy into the grid as they will take out.  But the planning process took 7 years and a trip to the High Court. Newstalk's Alex Rowley caught up with  Graham McWilliams...

Private markets contain less well known companies which do not float on the stock exchanges and are therefore not subject to filing quarterly returns nor some other rules.   But according to Elkstone’s State of Private Markets report, the giant private equity houses such as Blackstone and KKR are getting the lion's share of all investment flowing into these private markets.   Speaki...

There aren’t many kitchens in Ireland that don’t have devices or machines made by DeLonghi. The Italian coffee machine-maker also owns global brands such as Kenwood and Braun. They have benefited from the surge in popularity of frothy coffees.  Susan Coleman is the Chief Executive of Delonghi Ireland and Susan joined Joe this morning on the show.

Monday's big business stories along with Joe Lynam and Ross Mould.

You’ve heard of the Cat laughs in Kilkenny and you may have heard of Kilcenomics which merges comedy with Economics but now you may need to get your head around comedy and the legal profession because this coming weekend will be the first Kilkenny Law Festival. The idea is to bring the law to a wider audience and perhaps dispel some of its reputation for stuffiness and being aloof. One of the main...

The UK and US have agreed trade deal terms with Keir Starmer's government agreeing to concessions on American food and agriculture to ease tariffs on car exports    Speaking to Emmet Oliver this morning with more on this was Professor of Finance Valerio Poti, Academic Director of the UCD Smurfit School Doctoral Program and Doctoral Research Centre.

Aidan Donnelly from Davy takes a look at Friday's business new headlines along with Emmet Oliver.

Artificial intelligence is fuelling a rise in hard to detect bots, that now make up more than half of global internet traffic. That's according to the 2025 Imperva Bad Bot Report. Speaking to Emmet this morning was Rob Elliss, Vice President of EMEA for Thales Cybersecurity Products.