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Denis O'Brien's lawyers are back in the High Court this week where he has brought a case against a communications company Red Flag for alleged conspiracy to damage his reputation. A USB stick allegedly created by Red Flag and containing content damaging to O'Brien, including the claim that he has become "Ireland's Berlusconi", is at the centre of the case. On today's podcast Legal Affairs Correspo...

In this week's Inside Business podcast Ciaran Hancock analyses the latest exchequer returns with Economics Correspondent Arthur Beesley and economist Jim Power. Later in the podcast he discusses the sale of Topaz with Mark Paul and considers what it means for its former owner Denis O'Brien. Inside Business is a weekly business podcast. It is researched by Declan Conlon and produced by Sinead O'She...

In this week's Inside Business podcast Arthur Beesley discusses the implications of the Pfizer Allergen deal with Simon Carswell and Dominic Coyle. Later in the podcast he learns about Black Friday and Cyber Monday from Pamela Newenham. Inside Business is a weekly business podcast. It is researched by Declan Conlon and produced by Sinead O'Shea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...

In this week's business podcast Laura Slattery discusses the launch of Sky Q with Ciara O'Brien in London and she analyses the latest employment figures with Arthur Beesley. Inside Business is a weekly business podcast. It is researched by Declan Conlon and produced by Sinead O'Shea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Inside Business podcast Ciaran Hancock discusses the problems of the IBRC controversy with former chairman Alan Dukes and Arthur Beesley. Later in the podcast he hears about the start of the festive retail season with Conor Pope and David Fitzsimons from Retail Excellence.ieInside Business is a weekly business podcast researched by Declan Conlon and produced by Sinead O'Shea. Hosted...

Irish Times business journalist and techie Pamela Newenham reports from the Web Summit, where the real business of securing investment and making connections is far more important than quarrels with politicians and overpriced food. She tells Arthur about this year's trends and brightest new startups. Then Pamela interviews US-based, Dublin-born entrepreneur Oisin Hanrahan, whose company Handy has...

In this podcast Arthur Beesley discusses Denis O'Brien's conspiracy claim with Peter Murtagh, and Mark Paul analyses the fallout from the Digicel IPO. Later in the podcast Arthur talks to Eoin Burke Kennedy about latest CSO figures and their meaning for the Irish property market. Inside Business is a weekly business podcast. It is produced by Sinead O'Shea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...

Philip Lane beat out over 100 people to become Patrick Honohan's successor as Central Bank Governor. Economic Editor Arthur Beesley joins Ciarán to discuss what expertise the Harvard graduate brings to the table, and how he can manage the institution's transition to normality, its increased regulatory workload and political opposition to that pesky mortgage cap. In part two Laura Slattery explains...

In this edition of Inside Business Ciaran Hancock is joined by Chris Johns and Arthur Beesley to discuss Budget 2016. This Budget has been understood to have been drawn up with an election in mind and has been leaked substantially in advance. In this podcast Ciaran, Chris and Arthur analyse whether its economic features make as much sense as its political ones. Inside Business is a weekly business...

It's the beginning of the end for the current Government and their final act may well be Budget 2015, which Michael Noonan will announce next Tuesday. So political as well as economic considerations will play a large role in the decisions made. Today's panel discusses the options open to the Government including a reduction in the USC, changes in how corporations are taxed, increases in duty on ol...

With growth reaching the retail sector and unemployment continuing to fall, economic recovery seems to be extending further into Irish society. How has this turnaround been achieved? How much credit is due the Government's economic policies? Is the new capital plan appropriate, and what risks threaten continued growth? To answer those questions, host Ciarán Hancock is joined by Economics Editor Ar...

In this week's podcast Ciaran Hancock discusses the apparently shock announcement that the Web Summit is to leave Dublin with Ciara O'Brien. Later in the podcast Ciaran hears more about the Digicel IPO with Mark Paul. Inside Business is a weekly business podcast. It is researched by Declan Conlon and produced by Sinead O'Shea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Inside Business podcast Arthur Beesley analyses the Fed's much discussed interest rate rise with John McManus and Eoin Burke-Kennedy. Later in the podcast Arthur evaluates the commercial prospects for the Rugby World Cup with Laura Slattery and Dominic Coyle. Inside Business is a weekly business podcast. It is researched by Declan Conlon and produced by Sinead O'Shea. Hosted on Acas...

An investigation of the tax affairs of hospital consultants has so far netted over €30 million in unpaid taxes. In part one of today's podcast, Health Correspondent Paul Cullen tells Laura about the schemes used by medical professionals to avoid tax, and how their targeting by Revenue may hurt attempts to lure doctors back to Ireland. In part two (8.15) we look at the stubborn gender pay gap. In I...

In part one Mark Paul tells Laura about eircom's imminent rebranding and what the company's new image will look like. But why do they need to do this, and what effects are they hoping it will have? In part two, Stephen Wynn-Jones and Conor Pope look at a survey revealing our favourite brands, and what they say about how savvy or naive we are when pushing the trolley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

In this week's podcast Ciaran Hancock returns and discuss a turbulent week for the markets with John McManus, Chris Johns, and, Clifford Coonan in China. Later in the podcast he analyses the merger of Paddy Power and Betfair with Barry O'Halloran. Inside Business is a weekly business podcast. It is researched by Declan Conlon and produced by Sinead O'Shea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...

A controversial New York Times article has accused Amazon of treating its workers unfairly and put its practice of 'rank and yank' performance reviews under the spotlight. Business Journalist Charlie Taylor explains the story and how harsh performance reviews have fallen out of fashion in many companies. In part two: As the roll-out of Microsoft's latest operating system Windows 10 continues, Tech...

Laura Slattery is joined on the line by Athens Correspondent Damian Mac Con Uladh and in studio by Managing Editor Cliff Taylor to discuss the economics and politics behind the new Greek bailout, some of the unusual stipulations included in the terms of the deal and what the next steps are in the never-ending Greek saga. In part two Business Reporter Eoin Burke Kennedy explains the counter-intuiti...

TV3, CRH, Elán, Aer Lingus: Ireland's mergers and acquisitions market has seen several big deals this year already. Arthur Beesley is joined by The Irish Times' Mark Paul and Simon Howley of Goodbody Corporate Finance to look at the deals that have gone through and what they tell us about underlying economic conditions. They also discuss the funding available for these deals and whether we've retu...

Mistakes by Permanent TSB that led to the repossession of some customer's houses has hit the majority state-owned bank's reputation this week. Arthur Beesley is joined by Finance Correspondent Ciarán Hancock and David Hall of the Irish Mortgage Holders Association to look at how the errors came about, what they mean for those affected and the bank's controversial announcement yesterday. In part tw...

In this edition of Inside Business Laura Slattery discusses the latest travails of Nama; a dispute with a Czech property company. She is joined by John McManus and Mark Paul. Later in the podcast she examines the problems facing Bray Wanderers with Colm Keena and Emmet Malone. Inside Business is a weekly business podcast. It is researched by Declan Conlon and produced by Sinead O'Shea. Hosted on A...

This week Arthur Beesley discusses the latest allegations made by Deputy Mick Wallace about NAMA and the current status of the Oireachtas banking inquiry. He is joined by Mark Paul and Ciaran Hancock. Inside Business is a weekly business podcast. It is researched by Declan Conlon and produced by Sinead O'Shea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Laura Slattery discusses the controversy involving NAMA and the sale of it's Northern Ireland loan book. She is joined by Gerry Moriarty from Belfast and, John McManus and Barry O'Halloran in studio in Dublin. Inside Business is a weekly business podcast produced by Sinead O'Shea in association wtih Irish Life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Arthur Beesley discusses the latest phase of the Greek crisis with John McManus, Chris Johns and Conall Mac Coille. Inside Business is a weekly business podcast researched by Declan Conlon and produced by Sinead O'Shea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Inside Business podcast Arthur Beesley discusses the latest on the Greek deal from Brussels with Suzanne Lynch, John McManus and Alan McQuaid from Merrion Capital. Later in the podcast he talks about the links between the Lux Leaks investigation and Poolbeg with Colm Keena. Inside Business is a weekly business podcast researched by Declan Conlon and produced by Sinead O'Shea. Hosted...