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Presented by Newstalk's Business Editor Joe Lynam, this 30-minute programme focuses on the key business stories from home and abroad, market analysis, new business innovations and profile interviews.
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Almost 100,000 work in Ireland’s cultural sector
Dublin hosted Europe’s creative industries summit as the next EU Budget takes shape. Organisers say almost 100,000 work in Ireland’s cultural sector with one out of every three are self-employed. Gerin …
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Dublin hosted Europe’s creative industries summit as the next EU Budget takes shape. Organisers say almost 100,000 work in Ireland’s cultural sector with one out of every three are self-employed. Gerin Trautenberger, Chair of the Board of CreativeFED spoke to Susan.
Trinity spinout Akara announces a $5.5 million funding round
Trinity spinout Akara has announced a $5.5 million funding round this week to scale its AI and robotics offering to hospitals. Live from Los Angeles, Co-Founder and CEO Dr. Conor McGinn discussed the funding with Susan.
Agentic AI will play a huge role in what we buy online
Research has found that more often than not AI chatbots will recommend a non-Irish company. ChatGPT recommends Irish fashion brands only 8% of times. While for Grok the local company gets recommended way more …
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Research has found that more often than not AI chatbots will recommend a non-Irish company. ChatGPT recommends Irish fashion brands only 8% of times. While for Grok the local company gets recommended way more at 70% of the time.
Irish eCommerce companies averaged at only 35% which is worrying just ahead of Black Friday. Conducting this research was Lisa Byrne is the Founder CMO.ie.
Gavin Sheridan the Founder VizLegal.com
How many times have journalists, lawyers or consultants wanted to know the timeline of a legal case but been swamped with rulings, appeals, referrals and determinations. Gavin Sheridan founder VizLegal.com is …
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How many times have journalists, lawyers or consultants wanted to know the timeline of a legal case but been swamped with rulings, appeals, referrals and determinations. Gavin Sheridan founder VizLegal.com is pulling all the main Irish legal databases together. Including those of the European Court of Justice into a single easy to follow platform.
Careers for young people in the STEM industry
The economy probably needs far fewer lawyers and journalists and far more young people to consider careers in science, technology, engineering and maths. Aine McCarthy is the Chair of STEM South West is hoping …
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The economy probably needs far fewer lawyers and journalists and far more young people to consider careers in science, technology, engineering and maths. Aine McCarthy is the Chair of STEM South West is hoping to persuade young people in Cork and Kerry to consider STEM careers and remind them of the opportunities of remaining in the South West.
Vincent Cleary Managing Director of Glenisk.
Glenisk makes its own dairy products including cheese, Kefir and goats milk and all of them without artificial additives. The Offaly based company has acquired the coveted environmental badge of B-Corp …
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Glenisk makes its own dairy products including cheese, Kefir and goats milk and all of them without artificial additives. The Offaly based company has acquired the coveted environmental badge of B-Corp. Speaking to Joe this morning was Vincent Cleary, Managing Director of Glenisk.
Irish alcoholic drinks sector
Before the arrival of Trump’s tariffs, exports from the Irish alcoholic drinks sector rose by 91% between 2015 and last year. The sector employs 6000 people directly in drinks manufacturing and around 30,000 in …
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Before the arrival of Trump’s tariffs, exports from the Irish alcoholic drinks sector rose by 91% between 2015 and last year. The sector employs 6000 people directly in drinks manufacturing and around 30,000 in the hospitality sector. But younger consumers are turning away from the sector and alcohol accounts for most people being treated for addictions.
A lot to discuss with Cormac Healy is the Director of Drinks Ireland.
The vulnerability of crypto currencies
Last week the vulnerability of crypto currencies or digital assets was cruelly exposed when Binance was hacked. At least $1.5bn in digital wallets were compromised by North Korean groups. ? Dean Hughes, Head of …
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Last week the vulnerability of crypto currencies or digital assets was cruelly exposed when Binance was hacked. At least $1.5bn in digital wallets were compromised by North Korean groups. ? Dean Hughes, Head of Risk with Baker Tilly says that Quantum computing will accelerate that vulnerability and may make the HTTPS at the top of URLs valueless.
Living areas above the retail premises still a challenge
The government’s new vacant homes grants are starting to make progress with 6500 empty homes being occupied and 15,000 grants approved in 3 years. But getting people back into the living areas above the retail …
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The government’s new vacant homes grants are starting to make progress with 6500 empty homes being occupied and 15,000 grants approved in 3 years. But getting people back into the living areas above the retail premises is still a challenge and it's one that the building materials sector wants to tackle.
To discuss this further was Martin Markey the Chief Executive of the Hardware Association of Ireland.
Are we sleep walking into an AI trap?
Dex Hunter Torrike has worked for Google and Meta and even quit SpaceX when saw how Elon Musk changed politically once Trump came to power in 2016. Dex Hunter Torrike is now writing a book about AI in which he …
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Dex Hunter Torrike has worked for Google and Meta and even quit SpaceX when saw how Elon Musk changed politically once Trump came to power in 2016. Dex Hunter Torrike is now writing a book about AI in which he thinks that we are sleep walking into a trap.
Monday's business headlines
Monday's business headlines with Joe Lynam along with Russ Mould from AJ Bell.
Removing that uncertainty about pricing for gigs
John O’Neill the Chief Executive of SeatFair wants to remove that uncertainty about pricing for gigs by ascertaining in advance the price tolerance from fans. Then passing that on to the musicians in order to …
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John O’Neill the Chief Executive of SeatFair wants to remove that uncertainty about pricing for gigs by ascertaining in advance the price tolerance from fans. Then passing that on to the musicians in order to avoid any shocks when it comes to buying.
Friday business headlines
Joe was joined by Austin Hughes to take a run through Friday's business headlines.
Chief Executive of Vodafone Ireland Sabrina Casalta
AI is the only show in town in terms of new technology. but is it? The mobile phone companies are already working on the sixth generation of that Infrastructure. But will that brand new bandwidth simply be …
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AI is the only show in town in terms of new technology. but is it? The mobile phone companies are already working on the sixth generation of that Infrastructure. But will that brand new bandwidth simply be soaked up by the big hyperscalers and content providers and what can the mobile networks do about it?
To discuss with Joe was Sabrina Casalta the Chief Executive of Vodafone Ireland.
The business of Folens Publishing
Folens has been publishing school books for primary and secondary kids for almost 70 years. But how does a publishing business adapt in an online age where AI can do a whole lot of the work for students? To …
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Folens has been publishing school books for primary and secondary kids for almost 70 years. But how does a publishing business adapt in an online age where AI can do a whole lot of the work for students? To discuss with Joe was Stephen Mault the Chief Commercial Officer with Folens Publishing.
Connecting employers with young workers for seasonal jobs.
Joe Long is launching a website to connect employers with young workers for seasonal jobs. HiUp also provides training online for young people so they can hit the ground running. Joe Long the General Manager …
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Joe Long is launching a website to connect employers with young workers for seasonal jobs. HiUp also provides training online for young people so they can hit the ground running. Joe Long the General Manager with HiUp seasonal jobs explained it all to Joe.
How to track your pension along with way
The conversation around pensions generally focuses on how much you want to be able to generate in retirement. How do you know if you’re on track along the way? Joining Susan in studio to discuss this is Kevin …
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The conversation around pensions generally focuses on how much you want to be able to generate in retirement. How do you know if you’re on track along the way? Joining Susan in studio to discuss this is Kevin McConnell, CEO of GEM Strategic.
MOSS is Ireland’s first ever nappy brand
MOSS is Ireland’s first ever nappy brand in a global market worth 80 billion. Speaking to Susan about the business was Ciara Donlon, the founder of MOSS.
Moving beyond AI experimentation
According to Google, Irish organisations are moving beyond AI experimentation and into real-world deployment. With enterprises, public sector bodies and startups all putting agentic AI to work. Google, which …
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According to Google, Irish organisations are moving beyond AI experimentation and into real-world deployment. With enterprises, public sector bodies and startups all putting agentic AI to work. Google, which operates the Gemini AI model, reckons AI will unlock €40-45bn in economic value to Ireland. For more on this Joe spoke to Sandeep Khanna the Managing Director, Google Cloud UK & Ireland
A look ahead to the US Mid Terms election
If the Democrats win and reclaim the Congress, would that rein in Donald Trump? Over in Europe should business brace for a far Right French president steering the EU in a new direction? All questions for …
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If the Democrats win and reclaim the Congress, would that rein in Donald Trump? Over in Europe should business brace for a far Right French president steering the EU in a new direction? All questions for Michael O’Sullivan the Director of Strategic Adviser to Unio Wealth and author of 'The Levelling'.
Ireland‘s first robotics apprenticeship
Advanced Manufacturing and Training Centre of Excellence AMTCE is running Ireland‘s first robotics apprenticeship at the Centre of excellence in Dundalk. To hear all the details about this apprenticeship was …
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Advanced Manufacturing and Training Centre of Excellence AMTCE is running Ireland‘s first robotics apprenticeship at the Centre of excellence in Dundalk. To hear all the details about this apprenticeship was Philip Sheridan, the Director of Advanced Manufacturing and Training Centre of Excellence - AMTCE.
Ryanair has just published its half yearly results
Ryanair has just published its half yearly results. The airline made a post-tax profit of €2.15bn over the past 6 months DOWN 15%. Revenue per passenger also fell 3% as costs rose - especially fuel. The …
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Ryanair has just published its half yearly results. The airline made a post-tax profit of €2.15bn over the past 6 months DOWN 15%. Revenue per passenger also fell 3% as costs rose - especially fuel. The unhedged or unfixed price of fuel doubled to $130 per barrel.
To chat about this further with Joe was Neil Sorahan the CFO of Ryanair.
‘Green Businessperson of the Month’ for October
Making and shipping whiskey is not exactly a low energy undertaking but Anthony Sheehy has done nearly everything in his power to slash the carbon emissions of moving Irish whiskey all over the world, from …
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Making and shipping whiskey is not exactly a low energy undertaking but Anthony Sheehy has done nearly everything in his power to slash the carbon emissions of moving Irish whiskey all over the world, from removing all plastic, to low emission trucks and even using pouches rather than glass to move the product around.
Anthony Sheehy founder of Irish Whiskey Auctions and the Irish Whiskey Hub has been chosen as the Green Business Person of the month for October with courtesy of Repak.
‘Green Businessperson of the Month’ for October
Making and shipping whiskey is not exactly a low energy undertaking but Anthony Sheehy has done nearly everything in his power to slash the carbon emissions of moving Irish whiskey all over the world, from …
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Making and shipping whiskey is not exactly a low energy undertaking but Anthony Sheehy has done nearly everything in his power to slash the carbon emissions of moving Irish whiskey all over the world, from removing all plastic, to low emission trucks and even using pouches rather than glass to move the product around.
Anthony Sheehy founder of Irish Whiskey Auctions and the Irish Whiskey Hub has been chosen as the Green Business Person of the month for October with courtesy of Repak.
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