Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam

There was a time when mobile phones were new and people had to drive to be near masts in order to get a reliable signal.  Nowadays they carry a lot more than just mobile signals and they prefer to be called mobile infrastructure or Towers.  Vodafone is the first operator to sign a deal with Vantage Towers to carry renewable energy from Flogas to power their stores as well as their teleco...

Recently we spoke about Hydrotreated Vegetable oil as an alternative, cleaner fuel for companies and households. But what about Biomethane or Bio Compressed natural gas made from food and animal waste?  It cuts nasty emissions for trucks by 90% and Flogas is already one of the companies offering Bio CNG a filling station. Paddy Phelan from South East Energy Agency wrote a report into Bio CNG...

Joe Lynam takes a run through Thursday's main business headlines this morning.

To look back on what Budget 25 brought we were broadcasting live from the very well appointed HQ of Grant Thornton on City Quay. Joining Joe with analysis was Andrew Webb the Chief Economist and Robert Fitzgerald Tax Partner with Grant Thornton. 

AIB have today published the September AIB Irish Manufacturing PMI. Emmet talks through it with David McNamara, AIB Chief Economist joins me with the details.

Today is the highly anticipated today we have all been waiting for Budget 2025. Emmet Oliver looked ahead to what it may bring with Dr Lorretta O’Sullivan, EY Ireland Chief Economist.

Yuno is the newest energy provider in town.  It’s only been around for a year offering what it claims to be the cheapest electricity on the market.  But now the company is launching a Gas offering as well.  It claims that its opening gas price of €8.23 per unit is again the cheapest.  But switching among energy customers is notoriously low.  So will it work?   Jo...

Joe was joined by Russ Mould to review the stories making the business pages.

Kate English from Deloitte joined Joe this morning to look at the main business stories.

The Credit Union consumer sentiment index was one of the few voices to suggest earlier this year that the economy wasn't as robust as other higher profile surveys might have suggested.  It warned of consumers withholding their spending because they were still stuck with the aftereffects of Inflation.  This time, the survey is a bit more bullish about the beloved consumer.   How...

How many of us hate sitting through online Ads before we can watch even the shortest of videos on YouTube? Of course you can skip those ads if you pay the monthly premium to the Google-owned company. Now Youtube is raising its prices for its premium service. And it’s not a small price rise it’s a highly inflationary 44% rise from €18 to €26 per month for a family subscription. Is it worth it? All...

Joe Lynam takes a quick run through of the main business headlines this Thursday morning.

Next week the Minister of Finance will have record sums in his war chest to give away in the budget. That’s mostly down to soaring corporation tax receipts. But is that money ephemeral or it is real and makes Ireland into a tax haven for wealthy American companies without much benefit for indigenous companies? To discuss further with Joe was Brian O’Boyle economist and a lecturer with the Atlantic...

We hear from the ESRI that it expects growth whether measured using GDP or Modified Domestic demand will be at a steady path this year and next.  Unlike the Fiscal advisory Council, the think tank believes that spending patterns by the government are sustainable. However it warns that housing completions have slowed compared to last year and it warns about a possible Trump victory in November...

As part of the transition away from fossil fuels and towards fully electric heating and energy, hydrotreated vegetable oil or HVO is being rolled out for both consumers and companies. Today CERTA Ireland launches its 10th filling station Nationwide for car and truck drivers to slash their noxious emissions by up to 90% by filling up with HVO.  Households may soon also be able to use greener f...

The FDI sector in the country was rocked 2 weeks ago after Apple was ordered to pay Ireland up to €14bn in back taxes over a perceived special deal. While that may be great for the government ahead of next week’s budget it might have upset other big investors in this country. That is one of the reasons why the Enterprise Minister Peter Burke is in the West Coast of America at the head of a trade d...

Joe Lynam takes a look through the business headlines.

Last week Amazon surprised many people by ordering all its white collar staff back into the office from January next year. And only yesterday a survey found that many Irish employers would give better pay and benefits to those workers who regularly show up in the workplace. It’s a massive U-Turn for some employers to pivot away from encouraging working from home following lockdowns. But is it good...

Getting mentoring or advice is more important to female business startups than money?  That’s one of the findings of study carried out by the credit card giant Visa as part of its ‘She’s Next’ programme to support women entrepreneurs.   Joe was joined on the show by Mandy Lamb Managing Directors of Visa UK and Ireland.

We’ve spent a bit of time talking about what headline announcements to be expected in tomorrow’s budget. But we’re gonna take a step back now and focus on some of the less spoken about measures we should look for from Jack Chambers - for example something called a Participation Exemption as well as how it could be a strategic budget.  Daryl Hanbury is a partner with Deloitte and joined J...

The Dublin stock exchange known as Euronext Dublin lost 3 major companies last year CRH, Smurfit and Flutter.  It diluted the depth of capital markets in this country and may lead to other large listed companies to follow them out the door and to float in New York.  But Dublin is fighting back with the launch of an alternative market to make it easier and cheaper for smaller firms t...

In Just over a week from now, Jack Chambers will rise to his feet to give his first and the coalition government’s last budget.  He will have billions to spend and an electorate to woo ahead of the general election which could take place in weeks rather than months.  But what will companies want to see in the budget in light of the fact that many of them have been struggling with much hi...

Joe Lynam was joined this morning with Kathleen Brooks from XTB to take a look at the international business headlines.

Joe Lynam takes a run through all the business news this morning with Aidan Donnelly from Davys.

There was a time when it took a week to transfer money between bank accounts in Ireland.  From January it should take seconds.  Much of that improvement is thanks to the pressure applied on the traditional banks by FinTechs or technology firms who focus on banking and financial services.  The Fintech sector gathers again today for its conference and AI as well as cyber security will...