The Bottom Line on KCLR

As this week marked 100 days to the start of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open that takes place in Mount Juliet, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, John Purcell spoke with Colm McLoughlin Executive Vice Chairman & CEO of Dubai Duty Free about his business journey in duty free which began in Shannon to current day where he is responsible for one of the leading airport retailers in the world which employs 6...

On this week's episode of The Bottom Line on KCLR John Purcell chats with economist Jim Power for his thoughts on the impact of GE2020 on the economy now and in the future as we wait for the formation of a new government.    We also hear from Carlow Chamber of Commerce CEO Brian O'Farrell and Kilkenny Chamber of Commerce CEO John Hurley for local business reaction post-election & to get furthe...

On this week’s episode of The Bottom Line on KCLR John Purcell chats to two local business owners who won awards at the recent 4th Irish Wedding Awards.  Tara FitzGerald of Planned by Tara, talks to John about her wedding planning business and how the business has gone from strength to strength since she started it in 2018. www. plannedbytara.ie John also chats to Rita Shanahan of Lorimat Jeweller...

On this week’s episode of The Bottom Line on KCLR John Purcell chats to Brian O’Farrell, CEO of Carlow Chamber of Commerce and to John Hurley, CEO of Kilkenny Chamber of Commerce on the issues for local businesses in the run up to GE2020. The topic of pensions has been debated back and forth and continues to be a major election issue, during the week John spoke with pension specialist Ed Kissane o...

This week’s episode of The Bottom Line on KCLR John Purcell chats to Ray Garland of Carlow Nissan about the car market in 2019, trends in the industry as well as Electric Vehicles.   Fiona Deegan, Head of Enterprise at Kilkenny Local Enterprise Office in Kilkenny and Paddy Phelan, CEO of 3CEA talk to John about a new "Green for Mirco" that was launched during the week.   We also hear from Colin Ah...

This week on the Bottom Line John speaks with Mrs Smart Money Kel Galavan to discuss her year of No Spend, how this idea came about, the results of her no spend year and how she achieved those results. They also talk about how this has developed into an on line business for Mrs Smart Money and the services that are on offer. www.mrssmartmoney.com John speaks with Carlow based Stephen Dargan, the C...

Welcome to the first edition of The Bottom Line on KCLR for 2020!   In the run up to Christmas on The Bottom Line on KCLR we spoke to a number of people involved in #careerskilkenny, the event was designed to bring together people at Christmas who may be living away from home and who are interested in a job in Kilkenny. The event took place on December 28th in the Medieval Mile Museum in Kilkenny...

On this week’s episode of the Bottom Line on KCLR John Purcell looks back over the year that was 2019 as well as looking forward to 2020.   Jim Power economist speaks with John Purcell on his overall impressions of the global economy during 2019, he discusses the economies over the past year, growth & inflation, Brexit,  as well as Donald Trump and his ongoing trade dispute with China.  We hea...

On this week’s episode of The Bottom Line on KCLR, John Purcell caught up with those involved in the December Chamber Chats in Kilkenny which took place in Ireland's pub of the year Paris Texas. While there he spoke with a number of the winners from this year’s chamber business awards.   Also this week we hear from Graham Byrne, Managing Director of Cardinal Capital Group and the newly elected cha...

On this week’s episode of The Bottom Line on KCLR, John Purcell spoke with Walter Bradley, Director, of Dale Carnegie Training Ireland. In 1936 a book called “How to Win Friends and Influence People” was published and quickly became a sensation being reprinted 17 times in its first year. The book was by a man called Dale Carnegie and his book is ranked by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influ...

This week on the Bottom Line on KCLR, John spoke with Claire Phelan Head of Operations at UPMC Whitfield and to David Beirne Senior Vice President of UPMC International & Ireland Country Manager, we hear about the changes in health technology and what this can mean to the patient, about their plans for the future and the decision to partner with Kilkenny GAA on the naming rights sponsorship of...

In this episode of The Bottom Line on KCLR we talk about the careers that are on offer in Kilkenny City and County with the unique jobs fair #careerskilkenny. Kilkenny County Council, through its Local Enterprise Office, is staging a unique careers event showcasing the hundreds of jobs on offer in leading companies located across the city and county in Kilkenny’s Medieval Mile Museum on December 2...

In this weeks episode of The Bottom Line on KCLR, John Purcell had the opportunity to visit Kilkenny's newest book & coffee shop -The Book & Coffee Shop, located on William Street, Kilkenny which is owned and run by Stephen Buck & Marian O'Neill. John spoke with Stephen on how business has been since their opening over two months ago and their plans to continue to promote the business,...

The Bottom Line Special - Amplitude 2019 - Manufacturing, Engineering & Design   Amplitude is an annual conference led by the Technology Transfer Offices of Waterford Institute of Technology and Institute of Technology Carlow with the support of EI Technology Gateways and Research Centres. The goal of Amplitude is to support industry and help them understand the impact of research on their bus...

The Bottom Line Special  - Amplitude 2019 - The Conference Amplitude is an annual conference led by the Technology Transfer Offices of Waterford Institute of Technology and Institute of Technology Carlow with the support of EI Technology Gateways and Research Centres. The goal of Amplitude is to support industry and help them understand the impact of research on their business/industries/sectors....

This week on The Bottom Line with KCLR we hear from Kilkenny based entrepreneur Nicki Hoyne of myshiningarmour.com. Nicki chats to John about her online accessories and gifting store. She discusses how and when the business came about, how she got her business featured in some of world’s leading fashion Magazines, as well as, offering some advice for those who may be thinking of starting up their...

During the week Entegro a Kilkenny based company announced the opening of a new fibre network design centre of excellence in the city and announced another 50 new jobs for Kilkenny. We spoke with Jim Doyle, Managing Director of Entegro on the jobs announcement as well as how he got started in the business.   EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan was at the launch of the new Entegro Fibre Network Centre...

The Bottom Line Special  - Amplitude 2019 - Precision Agri & Future Health Amplitude is an annual conference led by the Technology Transfer Offices of Waterford Institute of Technology and Institute of Technology Carlow with the support of EI Technology Gateways and Research Centres. The goal of Amplitude is to support industry and help them understand the impact of research on their business/...

In this weeks episode of The Bottom Line on KCLR John Purcell was speaking with Damien Finn Branch Manager of Lyons & Burton around their agri business which recently opened in Carlow.  Climate change is a very hot topic at present and the environmentally friendly products business is an emerging and rapidly growing business sector but to date the number of businesses focusing solely on this a...

The Bottom Line Special  - Amplitude 2019 An Introduction Amplitude is an annual conference led by the Technology Transfer Offices of Waterford Institute of Technology and Institute of Technology Carlow with the support of EI Technology Gateways and Research Centres. The goal of Amplitude is to support industry and help them understand the impact of research on their business/industries/sectors. I...

This week on the Bottom Line we are hearing about Amplitude, a very interesting conference that takes place in the Lyrath Estate Hotel in Kilkenny on November 6th. This is the second year of the event which is led by the Technology Transfer Offices and Research Centres from Waterford Institute of Technology and IT Carlow.  To find out more about Amplitude and disruptive innovation John spoke with...

On The Bottom Line this week we hear some business reaction to Budget 2020 and talk with Sven Spollen-Behrens of the Small Firms Association and Alan Seery from O'Neill Foley Chartered Accountants. Retail in Kilkenny was a hot topic this week with the Kilkenny County Council currently engaged in the development of a retail strategy. John spoke with Rob Pearson of Nexus Research in the UK who carri...

On The Bottom Line this week we hear from Rory Gannon from CakeFace about the new venture from this Kilkenny coffee and cake phenomenon.  Jo Browne tells us about her Hackettstown-based perfume company which is taking on the world.  John talks wine lists with Richard Lowry from Aroi Asian Fusion in Kilkenny and during the week John attended the Rural Tourism Conference in Castlecomer where he had...

In this week’s episode of The Bottom Line on KCLR,  you will hear from Ed Kissane Financial Planning Manager with O’Neill Foley Chartered Accountants on pensions.    We speak with Michael Moriarty former General Secretary of Education and Training Boards Ireland on the launch of his book “ Every Leader’s Reality Guide” and John chats with David Walsh CEO of Netwatch on his thoughts about the book....

The biggest business story for Carlow and Kilkenny this week was the National Ploughing Championship 2019 which was held in Fenagh, Co. Carlow and so John Purcell met with a number of local companies who were present.  With the further good news of another 52 jobs announced for Kilkenny, Tim Wainright MD of Security Risk Advisors the Pennsylvania –based company talks to John about his decision on...