Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam

We've heard plenty about the likes of Chat GPT and Google’s Gemini, but is it time we all embraced AI in our day-to-day work lives?  Newstalk’s Technology Correspondent, Jess Kelly reports.  

Dublin Express runs services from the airport through the port tunnel to the city centre.  It also runs buses from Belfast to the airport and now will be travelling deep into Dublin’s southside with services to Terenure. But its buses still use petrol and diesel engines.   To discuss all Joe spoke to Rory Fitzgerald  General Manager of Dublin Express.

A look at today's business news stories with Newstalk's Business Editor Joe Lynam.

It’s owned by PDD holdings but its best-known brand is TEMU - which you could describe as an online flea market but it's worth $150bn.  It’s huge in China where it's from and now it's heading our way.  It’s already established its European HQ in Ireland.  But like many Chinese companies its ownership and control is secretive and now the Irish watchdog the Coimisiun na Meán is lookin...

Gone are the days when we worried about unemployment and having any economic growth.  The economy will continue to grow and the labour market will remain tight according to the Spring forecast of the ESRI.  The so-called ‘critical issues these days concern public services, infrastructure and capacity constraints which are a fancy way of saying bottlenecks.  Speaking to Joe this morn...

A look at today's business news stories with Newstalk Business Editor Joe Lynam.      

State Street is the 12th largest bank in America with a significant presence here in Ireland.  In fact it’s beefing up its facility in Kilkenny where it already employs 650 people.  State Street is the largest fund administrator in Ireland with $1.8bn in assets managed here.   Speaking to Joe this morning was Terri Dempsey the new Country Head for State Street Bank in Ireland....

Although the surge in inflation and energy costs has abated, consumers are still not firing on all cylinders. According to the latest Credit Union, consumer sentiment nudged downwards slightly for this month to a reading of 69 points.  That’s still considerably better than the 53 points exactly a year ago.  In terms of specifics, consumers appear to have splashed out on home improvements...

A look at today's business news stories with Newstalk's Business Editor Joe Lynam.

Whether on TV or online you've probably seen the latest glitzy advert from Eir called 'Eir For All'.  It stresses that the telecoms giant is there in every county and for everyone.  Certainly Eir is ubiquitous and Ireland’s average broadband speeds are now above rather than below the average for European households.  But the consumer watchdog recently said that Eir was the number co...

Publishing the gender pay gap by Irish companies is now obligatory and sometimes highlights great individual discrepancies.  But we don't get an aggregate picture of the difference in what men earn and their female equivalent.  Now PwC has looked at the gender gap for 500 Irish firms and it shows an average pay gap of 11.2% - down from 12.6% the previous year.  Speaking to Joe with...

Russ Mould from AJ Bell brings us the big international business stories with Joe this morning.

Glenisk is the largest yoghurt maker in the State and says it accounts for 90% of all the organic milk produced in the Republic and Northern Ireland.  Its factory in Killeigh, outside Tullamore was devastated in a huge fire in 2021 which almost ended the business but it bounced back and is now Glenisk is once again the largest yoghurt maker in the State and the Winner of the Guaranteed Irish...

Hundreds of millions of Europeans go to the polls to elect a new European parliament in June. Many will be influenced by what they read on social media. But much of it is deliberately designed to enrage you and push you to extreme positions as well as  keep you on the site.  That’s certainly the view of Tanya O'Carroll, the Activist and senior fellow at the NGO Foxglove who sued Meta ove...

A look at Friday's business stories and websites with Kate English from Deloitte.

In a world economy which is decarbonising, how do you define a ‘green’ job these days?  Is it the software engineer who designs ways for others to cut CO2 or is it the builder who installs solar panels or is it perhaps the farmer who slashes methane emissions?  The Nevin Economic Research Institute has published a key report into this and one of its economists who wrote it is Paul Goldri...

He was the youngest ever Taoiseach when he assumed power in 2017 but now Leo Varadkar is stepping down after 7 eventful years in office.  In that time there have been many tests on the Irish economy including a hard Brexit, a complete shutdown of the country due to Covid and the energy price and inflation shocks from 2022. So what will Leo Varadkar’s economic legacy be? We ask Danny McCo...

A look at today's business stories and websites with Newstalk's Business Editor Joe Lynam.

None of us enjoy renewing our broadband or car or home insurance or even changing our banks, but in order to get the best value, it’s always a rewarding process. Now the online aggregator billWinner.com has a new table that it uses to tell you which is the best option for you When it comes to switching your providers. It does involve you giving up a certain amount of your personal information thou...

Recently we spoke about Fintech and new financial technology. But there are also new businesses focusing exclusively on sports technology or sports tech and there’s a big conference about that called One Zero this week in Dublin. Tracey Deforge is the Chief Executive and Founder of The Player’s Impact (TPI), which represents the global community of active and retired professional athletes, ar...

A look at today's business stories and websites with Joe Lynam.

After nearly 2 years of rapidly rising interest rates, they look set to start falling in the second half of this year.  But what will it mean for investment trends across Europe and Ireland?  Also are we getting any closer to American style venture capitalism where wealthy groups take gambles on startups?  Joining to discuss the investment environment is Eimear Walsh is Mercer’s Hea...

 When it comes to money, regulators don't like it when banks and financial services providers use consumers as guinea pigs to test new products.  That’s why the Central bank of Ireland is creating a new ‘Innovation Sandbox’ so that companies can test out new ideas for services in a controlled environment and under the supervision of the watchdog.  The idea is to attract more fintech...

A look at today's business stories and websites with Joe Lynam.

It’s the denouement of the rugby 6 nations Tournament tomorrow.  Ireland is in pole position to retain the trophy despite our slip up against England last weekend. The actual trophy that will be presented is relatively new and made by the company Thomas Lyte which also makes the FA Cup and premier League trophies as well as a host of awards for the world’s biggest sports.  Joe spoke to t...