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Discover the Sparkle on Your Doorstep - Jonathan speaks to Danielle Murrihy of Castlemartyr Resort, Norma and Tom Dineen of Bó Rua Farm and Katie Loane from Oak Fire Pizza about what a Real Cork Christmas means to them in association with Cork County Council. Also The Christmas Gift of Dreams - Sandra Murphy of Trigon Hotels talks gifting experiences this year!

Order your delicious Late Late Toy Show Grazing box ahead of next week's big event with Jennifer Graven of Happy Graze. Family can’t get home for Christmas? How you can get a taste of home to them with Eimear O’Brien of Just Like Home and Sean Abbot of Cork's Cope Foundation explains how if you’re a business with free office space, it's a novel way to give back. 

This week on Red Business we hear about the Cork motorbike hearse with Pat Noonan of 'Ride in Peace', We find out how you can get your smoothies delivered with Jump Juice Managing Director Charlie Scanlan and his Cork success story. Jonathan also speaks with Elaine Doyle about dodgy car sales and how DoneDeal put trust at the centre of the relationship.

Conor Healy of Cork Chamber tells the tale of two economies, Grace O’Shaughnessy MD of Java Republic finds new ways to reach her customers and Aideen O'Grady Managing Director of Popular Cork kids camp creates a unique activity box to entertain the smallies this Christmas

This week on Red Business Jonathan Healy speaks to Fiona Clark of the Cork Film Festival about reworking a festival in its entirety, Alison Mac Sweeney of Brand Hive on setting up a new marketing enterprise and Kate Mc Namara on trying to do Bikram Yoga during a pandemic.

Jonathan Healys talk Neuroscience with Mark O Sullivan @markosullivann, Eggs with DJ Kelleher of www.rivervieweggs.ie and good news for the Cork commuter - The Dunkettle interchange upgrade contract has been awarded, Sean O Neill of Transport Infrastructure Ireland www.www.tii.ie

Jonathan Healy speaks to Tom Cullen, Deputy Director General of SIMI (Society of the Irish Motor Industry) who is calling for more support ahead of Budget 2021. He also talks to Conor Organ who is the man behind the IGNITE UCC created anxiety app Comh Health that could prove helpful during a global pandemic and Jonathan catches up with Loretta Kennedy of MamaBear Foods on how lockdown has helped t...

Jonathan speaks to the people behind Yooni, the startup that’s going to help students find the perfect college course. We’ll tell you what UCC Sprint Accelerator programme is taking in this year and Good For The Soul, the cafe that’s traded through the crisis and is looking to the future with brightness in their day.

Jonathan Healy speaks to Ernest Cantillon who has won more awards for Kinsale Gin, theatre director Al Dalton turning his attention to advertising with PosterDisplays.ie and Siobhan O'Neill on how women working in the home can explore new opportunities with a free course with Cork City Partnership!

Erin O Brien, City Centre Co-ordinator at Cork City council on keeping warm on Cork’s outdoor street seating, Dr Tanya Mulcahy of Health Innovation Hub Ireland on how COVID has helped health care innovations and Conor Nagle of Lidl explains how the store is delivering groceries on Leeside in partnership with Buymie.

Jonathan speaks to Louise Meehan, President of Network Ireland about their upcoming event which includes Cork's very own Samantha Barry, Editor-in-Chief of Glamour magazine, Jeremy Hayes from Cork University Business School about free upskilling courses for language graduates and Des McGahan of Ballinacurra House about how they're adapting to change.

Jonathan chats to Tim Horgan of www. Submit.com who can take the pain out of form filling using software to collect, manage and evaluate all types of submissions and applications. Peter Travers of the Cork Business League (www.corkbusinessleague.ie) who is connecting businesses through sport and Brid O'Connell from (www.guaranteedirish.ie) calls on Cork consumers to get behind the “G” and support...

Charleville Boutique www.lovecherish.com (FB) @lovecherishalways. When COVID hit, Maeve Dennehy took all her evening dresses home, tried them and sold them through social media. Brian Murray of @theglasscurtaincork (Twitter) in the newly renovated Thompsons Bakery is making small but beautiful city weddings a new trend. www.theglasscurtain.ie IG @ theglasscurtaincork(FB) @bishopstownlawntennis Hea...

Cork Publicans call for #SupportNotSympathy & call-out for response from Taoiseach Micheal Martin for demonising pubs. Jonathan speaks with Philip Gillivan of The Shelbourne Bar & The Vintners' Federation of Ireland, and we discuss why migrating online can make things more accessible with Carole O'Leary of Student Inc. - Ireland's first student accelerator programme.

Cork Businesses have adapted brilliantly to their changing circumstances. In this episode of Red Business Jonathan Healy speaks to Victor Murphy of O'Mahony's of Watergrasshill, Paudie O'Donovan of One For The Road Mobile Bar and & Financial expert John O' Driscoll of Financial Fitness about what changes they made to survive.

On this week's Red Business, we pop down to Prince's Street to speak with Brian Geaney of Cork City Council and Claire Nash of Nash 19 about how the city has been changed for the better by COVID-19

On this week's Red Business, we speak with Frankie Whelehan of Montenotte Hotel, the merger that's good news for M&P O'Sullivan and how COVID19 couldn't defeat Cork Craft Month.

This week we look at the introduction of Street pods, anti blue light glasses and a new food ordering app called Swoofee.

Jonathan speaks to Justine from Cork Flower Studio about Douglas Street coming alive again, Hannah from Organico Cafe, Health Food Shop & Bakery in Bantry who is encouraging bosses to show some love and the people behind brand new app Ordee which allows you to virtually queue for your favourite Cork businesses!

On a special episode of Red Business, Jonathan Healy catches up with Kevin Cullinane of Cork Airport on the challenges facing aviation, cancelled flights and frustrated customers.

On this week’s episode, we speak with the team at The Kingsley Hotel as they prepare to reopen (and they tell us about their bees 🐝), Sandra Looney of To Have And To Hold on postponed weddings, and John Coleman, Concierge of The Metropole Hotel Cork on his recent award 🎩

This week Jonathan Healy speaks to Sabrina Hill of Kopper Hair Salon, Paul Kavanagh of McCarthy Insurance Group and Neil Murphy of Con Murphy's Menswear about the reopening of business in Cork. Sabrina Hill talks about the realities of reopening - working at half capacity, shift work, gowns and visors. Paul Kavanagh of McCarthy Insurance Group says - “Our focus is getting businesses and the econom...

Moving Through the Phases - Cork restaurants prepare for Phase 3 - A New Way of Doing Business. This week on Red Business Jonathan Healy talks the business of food in Cork in the new normal with Dennis Cotter of Paradiso, Ali Honour of Ali's Kitchen, Bastien Peyraud, General Manager of The Imperial Hotel and the Cork Midsummer Festival's adapted Long Table event

This week on Red Business, Jonathan Healy speaks about taking a step closer to normality with Billy from Bubble Brothers who talks about 'whispering angel', Vanessa from Abodoo on the future of Smart Working and Eoin from Crann.co on sustainable fashion. Red Business is sponsored by McCarthy Insurance Group - mig.ie

This week Jonathan speaks to Guny Patel of Kinari Boutique and CatherineNorman of Giles Norman Townhouse about the Kinsale Comeback Campaign. He also chats to JimMcCarthy of MC2 Accountants on whether businesses should cocoon or continue to trade. Finally, Jonathan talks about the potential baby boom following the lockdown with Suzanne Browne of ClevaMama. Red Business is sponsored by McCarthy Ins...