The Bottom Line on KCLR

On this week’s episode of The Bottom Line on KCLR, John spoke to Samantha McCaughren, Business Editor of the Sunday Independent about the biggest business stories from the week. Alan Seery of O'Neill Foley Chartered Accountants joined John to discuss the Wage Subsidy Schemes and employee/employer tax liabilities on the schemes. Alan also chatted to John about the Stay and Spend Scheme which was in...

The National Enterprise Awards 2021 took place virtually on the Thursday 11th February, from the Round Room at the Mansion House, Dublin.  Catherine Hennessy, Business Advisor with Kilkenny Local Enterprise Office along with Tom Enright, Head of Compliance at Loanitt joined John to discuss the National Enterprise Awards, how they were selected as the Kilkenny finalist and the journey Loanitt has u...

Tom Molloy, Director of Public Affairs and Communications at Trinity College Dublin, former Editor of the Kilkenny People and Group Business Editor of INM  joined John to discuss the top business stories from the past week from the continuing impact of Covid on business, digital disruption, the Gamestop story, Davos 2021 & the importance of work experience for Transition Year students.   Virgi...

With the Design and Crafts Council Ireland celebrating 50 years, CEO, Rosemary Steen, joined John to discuss Showcase 2021, celebrating 50 years and the Keep Well Campaign. Rosemary also spoke about the new European Bauhaus Initiative which was announced recently by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.   To contact the show, email thebottomline@kclr96fm.com

Former Editor in Chief of NewsTalk and Managing Director of Harte Media, Garrett Harte, joined John to discuss the news from the past week. Garrett and John also discussed the future of media and the need for regulating online platforms. Design and Craft is a huge contributor to the economy nationally as well locally in both Carlow & Kilkenny and, with the Design and Crafts Council Ireland cel...

Dara Doyle, Bureau Chief at Bloomberg Ireland joined John to discuss the top business news stories from the week and to look ahead to some of the biggest business issues facing us as we start the new year. To contact the show, email: thebottomline@kclr96fm.com

Dara Doyle, Bureau Chief at Bloomberg Ireland joined John to discuss the top business news from the last week and to look ahead to some of the biggest business issues facing us as we start the new year. Ciarán Conroy, the newly appointed Chairman of Kilkenny Tourism chatted with John about how his organisation can help lead tourism and hospitality, which is Kilkenny’s biggest business sector out o...

This episode of The Bottom Line is a compilation of extracts from some of the programmes we’ve broadcast over the past year, they tell the story of a year that started pretty much as normal. However, as February passed and March with its brighter evenings started to come around, the virus called Covid 19 which we had first heard of at the end of 2019 / start of 2020 started to make its terrible pr...

Samantha McCaughren, Business Editor of The Sunday Independent joined John to chat about the business news of the week with many businesses potentially facing into more restrictions, Samantha also talks through some of the industries that have come to the fore during the pandemic as well as Brexit and the impact it may have. Tom Molloy, Director of Public Affairs & Communications at Trinity Co...

Austin Hughes, Chief Economist with KBC Bank spoke with John about Brexit and consumer confidence. Austin discussed how the public have been spending during Covid and what impact we are seeing on the housing market with people working & spending more time at home.  Wolfwalkers by Kilkenny based animation studio Cartoon Saloon has been receiving rave reviews since its release. However, it was i...

This week on The Bottom Line, Simon O’ Dwyer, Managing Director of Threesixty joined John to chat through some of the current issues facing business, Simon also discusses his organisation and the work that they are doing with Kilkenny County Council on building a unified brand for Kilkenny. John Moran, former Secretary General of the Department of Finance and Director of the European Investment ba...

Economist Jim Power joined John to discuss the economic outlook of the country at present, the implications of Brexit and what we can expect for the year ahead. This week the results of a global survey of Business and HR Leaders conducted by Irish firm Harmonics and OI global Partners was released. "The Future of Work 2020" survey highlights the positives, negatives and challenges that the pandemi...

PB Machine Tech is Hydraulic Cylinder Manufacturing company located in Bagenealstown, Co. Carlow & part of the Burnside Group which employs over 1000 people. Manging Director of PB Machine Tech Lily Holmes joined John to chat about the history of The Burnside Group, business during Covid and the potential impacts of Brexit.  On the 31st December 2020 the transition period for the UK to leave t...

Kilkenny Business Awards 2020 was an awards event with a difference. Usually a black tie gala event, full of fun, excitement and anticipation, was by necessity curtailed. However, the Chamber of Commerce were determined to continue their November tradition and so, on Wednesday, on KCLR Live and simultaneously in the Kilkenny People Newspaper we brought you the news of two significant awards that d...

Eamon Quinn Business Editor at the Irish Examiner joined John to discuss the top business stories from week. One such story was the global stock markets reaction to Pfizer's announcement regarding their Phase 3 vaccine trial, as investors eye a rebound in global growth for 2021. Nicki Hoyne, Entrepreneur and founder of the award winning online accessory store My Shining Armour, has launched her Ni...

Tom Molloy, Director of Public Affairs and Communications at Trinity College Dublin, former Group Business Editor with Independent News and Media, former Ireland Correspondent for Bloomberg and former Editor of the Kilkenny People Newspaper joined John to chat about the week in business and also provides an insightful analysis into the US Elections and the implications on business. Amárach Researc...

The US elections have been dominating headlines and with election day fast approaching, to get perspective on how it might unfold John spoke with Mark Little.  Having served as RTE’s first ever Washington Correspondent in the late 90’s, Mark has huge experience of American politics and shares his thoughts on the elections and how the result may impact Ireland.  With just over 50 days to Christmas...

Tom Molloy, Director of Public Affairs and Communications at Trinity College in Dublin, former Group Business Editor with Independent News and Media and a former editor of the Kilkenny People Newspaper joined John to chat about Trinity College and the recent visit from EU Commissioner for Research, Science & Innovation Mariya Gabriel , Tom discusses the younger generation and how they are copi...

Alan Seery of O'Neill Foley Accountants joined John for a post budget discussion to chat through some of the finer details. Alan also talks with John about the week in business and the challenges that businesses face if the country moves to Level 5 on the Living with Covid 19 Framework.  Over the last number of weeks we’ve been working with Carlow and Kilkenny Local Enterprise Offices on the Taste...

In this week’s episode the President of Kilkenny Chamber of Commerce Colin Ahern spoke with John about the events of past week which saw Level 3 of the Plan for Living with Covid-19 implemented. Colin discussed the effect of the level 3 restrictions on business locally.  Tom Burgess of Coolattin Cheddar is the latest food producer that John met with for a chat as part of the Taste Local Tour. Base...

Samantha McCaughren, Business Editor at Sunday Independent joined John to discuss the week in business and chat through some of the big business stories of the week. The Taste Local tour continues and speaking with John this week was Brian Seery of Seery’s Bakery in Carlow who for over 30 years have been producing high quality cakes and award-winning Christmas puddings and Ger Kirwan of Goatsbridg...

Alan Seery Accountant with O'Neill Foley Chartered Accountants takes us through the Stay & Spend Tax Credit and how to avail of it, he outlines the differences between the old and new wage subsidy schemes as well as what we could expect in Budget 2021.

Joining John on The Bottom Line on KCLR this week was Brian Keyes Editor Of Kilkenny People who chatted through some of the business news stories from the past week as well as looking forward to Christmas and what it may look like for businesses this year. Accountant Alan Seery spoke to John about the Stay and Spend Tax credit, the old and new wage subsidies and the differences between them, tax r...

Colin Ahern, President of Kilkenny Chamber of Commerce joined John to chat about some of the business stories from the week and to provide an insight into how Kilkenny has been performing in the current economic climate. Colin also spoke about the impact the further restrictions imposed on Dublin will have and the knock-on effect it will have on other counties. County Councils in Kilkenny and Carl...

John Brophy, Manager of the Fairgreen Shopping Centre in Carlow joined John to chat about the topical business stories of the week, the shopping centre  - how it is being impacted by Covid and how events such as Halloween and Christmas will be very different experiences in The Fairgreen this year. Three years ago, Lighthouse Studios was established in Kilkenny and now employs around 170 people and...