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1. Executive Chair: Alex Conyngham, Custodian of Slane Castle.

   14.11.202613 Min.Als Nächstes

   Joining Emmet Oliver in the Executive Chair this week is Alex Conyngham, Custodian of Slane Castle.

2. Who replaces Jensen Huang at Nvidia now?

   14.11.20268 Min.Als Nächstes

   Nvidia is the business story dominating headlines this week and joining Emmet Oliver in studio is Charlie Taylor, Technology and Innovation Editor with the Business Post, to unpack the allegations, the …

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   Nvidia is the business story dominating headlines this week and joining Emmet Oliver in studio is Charlie Taylor, Technology and Innovation Editor with the Business Post, to unpack the allegations, the boardroom fallout, and why Jensen Huang’s sudden exit has rattled markets even if the share price hasn’t completely collapsed.

3. EY Panel: Lonliness at the top

   14.11.202610 Min.Als Nächstes

   As the countdown begins to the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, Emmet Oliver hosts a panel discussion on one of the less-talked-about realities of leadership: loneliness.Emmet is joined by Robin Jones from …

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   As the countdown begins to the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, Emmet Oliver hosts a panel discussion on one of the less-talked-about realities of leadership: loneliness.
   Emmet is joined by Robin Jones from Golden Bake; Brian Moloney, Founder and CEO at StormHarvester; and Antonia Hendron, Managing Director M50 Truck & Van.

4. Industry Review: Supporting Elite Athletes

   14.11.202620 Min.Als Nächstes

   When we think about elite athletes, we tend to focus on what happens on the pitch, the track or the court but behind every top performance is a team of people working to keep that athlete in the best possible …

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   When we think about elite athletes, we tend to focus on what happens on the pitch, the track or the court but behind every top performance is a team of people working to keep that athlete in the best possible condition, physically and mentally.

   That means getting the nutrition right, building the right mindset, preventing injuries and, when they do happen, making sure athletes can return to peak performance.

   For this week's Industry Review, Emmet Oliver looks at the business of keeping athletes at their peak, and the specialists who work behind the scenes to make it happen.

   Joining Emmet are:

   • Laura Mahony, Sports Dietician and Performance Nutritionist at the Sport Ireland Institute

   • Kelley Fay of KF Performance Psychology

   • Dr Fearghal Kerin is a Consultant physiotherapist with Kerin Performance

5. Down to Business Paper Roundup November 14th

   14.11.202621 Min.Als Nächstes

   Joining Emmet Oliver to go through the main business stories in the Saturday papers is Lorcan Allen of Keating & Associates and Louisa Meehan of Woodview HRM.

6. Stressed Self to Best Self: The Science-Backed System for Sustainable Peak Performance

   14.11.202610 Min.Als Nächstes

   What does stress really cost your business, and can it quietly hit the bottom line? Emmet Oliver is joined by Nick Propper, co-author of Stressed Self to Best Self: The Science-Backed System for Sustainable …

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   What does stress really cost your business, and can it quietly hit the bottom line? Emmet Oliver is joined by Nick Propper, co-author of Stressed Self to Best Self: The Science-Backed System for Sustainable Peak Performance, to dicuss why stress isn’t the enemy - the real danger is stress without recovery.

7. Bobby’s Business Roundup November 7th

   07.11.202619 Min.Als Nächstes

   Bobby is joined by Stephen O’Leary of Olytico and Breda Browne of Unique Media to break down the stories making headlines at home and abroad.

8. Renting Designer Dresses: Inside Elan Rentals

   07.11.202610 Min.Als Nächstes

   Bobby Kerr is on location at Elan Rentals on Leeson Street, Dublin, to meet founder Rachel Roden and get a behind-the-scenes look at the growing world of designer dress rental.

9. Eureka Moments: EY finalists on their big breakthroughs

   07.11.202614 Min.Als Nächstes

   It’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year season and Bobby sits down with three people who know what it takes to build and scale a business and to push through the doubt along the way.EY finalists John Corley …

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   It’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year season and Bobby sits down with three people who know what it takes to build and scale a business and to push through the doubt along the way.

   • EY finalists John Corley, Co-founder and CEO of Spanish Point Technologies;

   • Ian Morgan, co-founder of Xpress Health;

   • Plus, former finalist Hilary O'Shea Co-Founder and Chief Corporate Officer Otonomee reflects on remote-first growth, starting at the kitchen table, and why sometimes not doing it feels worse than taking the leap.

10. Ultraproductive: The 90-Minute Method to Optimize Focus, Sleep, and Stress

    07.11.202615 Min.Als Nächstes

    Feeling crushed by the pressure to multitask and stay “on top of everything”? Bobby is joined by Eric Partaker, co-author of 'Ultraproductive: The 90-Minute Method to Optimize Focus, Sleep, and Stress', to …

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    Feeling crushed by the pressure to multitask and stay “on top of everything”? Bobby is joined by Eric Partaker, co-author of 'Ultraproductive: The 90-Minute Method to Optimize Focus, Sleep, and Stress', to challenge the myth of doing it all at once and explain why “pseudo-productive busyness” leaves you exhausted but not accomplished.

11. Industry Review: Pizza

    07.11.202622 Min.Als Nächstes

    Pizza has become a hugely popular part of Ireland’s food scene, but it’s also a very competitive business. From traditional Neapolitan-style and New York by the slice, to wood-fired offerings and more, there …

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    Pizza has become a hugely popular part of Ireland’s food scene, but it’s also a very competitive business.

    From traditional Neapolitan-style and New York by the slice, to wood-fired offerings and more, there are plenty of operators looking to get a slice of the market.

    For this week's Industry Review, Bobby looks at the business of pizza in Ireland, how the market has changed, the challenges of running a pizza business, and what it takes to stand out from the crowd.

    Joining Bobby are

    • Shane Windrim, co-founder & director of Bambino

    • David Holmes Owner of Coke Lane Pizza

    • Reggie of Reggie’s Pizza in Rathmines

12. Executive Chair: James Murphy, founder and CEO of Lifes2good

    07.11.202616 Min.Als Nächstes

    This week, Bobby Kerr is joined in the Executive Chair by serial entrepreneur (and amateur tenor) James Murphy, founder and CEO of Lifes2good, having set-up the company in 1997.

13. Industry Review: Optometry

    31.10.202620 Min.Als Nächstes

    In this day and age we spend more of our lives looking at screens than ever before. From work and school to scrolling at night, our eyes are working harder than ever! This week on the industry review we are …

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    In this day and age we spend more of our lives looking at screens than ever before. 
    From work and school to scrolling at night, our eyes are working harder than ever! 
    This week on the industry review we are going to be looking at the optical industry, from eye tests and glasses to contact lenses and the growing focus on eye health. 

14. Executive Chair: Ken Kelleher

    31.10.202610 Min.Als Nächstes

    For this week's Executive Chair, Emmet is speaking the Managing Director of Landmark Technologies who has recently carried out a very interesting pivot...

15. The UK Budget: how successful was it?

    31.10.202610 Min.Als Nächstes

    This week saw the first budget in the Andy Burnham era. Chancellor John Healey delivered it on Wednesday saying it was for ‘the working people of Britain’. How successful was it and will it provide any spark to …

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    This week saw the first budget in the Andy Burnham era. Chancellor John Healey delivered it on Wednesday saying it was for ‘the working people of Britain’. How successful was it and will it provide any spark to an already weak UK Economy? 

     

    David Smith is an economic columnist for The Times and he joins Emmet to discuss. 

16. Girly Pop Tours: the next travelling trend?

    31.10.20266 Min.Als Nächstes

    Forget the wars, a new walking tour coming to Dublin, and it is all about love triangles, secret babies and the time Bram Stoker stole Oscar Wilde’s girlfriend from under his nose. Girly Pop Tours is aimed at …

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    Forget the wars, a new walking tour coming to Dublin, and it is all about love triangles, secret babies and the time Bram Stoker stole Oscar Wilde’s girlfriend from under his nose. 

    Girly Pop Tours is aimed at solo travelling women and the LGBTQ+ community, and it comes with its own photographer and a glittery Guinness at the end. 

    Its founder, Chloe Schmid, tells Emmet what it's all about.

17. Bobby's Business Roundup October 31st

    31.10.202623 Min.Als Nächstes

    Joining Bobby Kerr to go through this week's business stories is Stephen O'Leary, Founder of Olytico, and the author Sarah Stone McDevitt.

18. How can you become an intelligent leader?

    31.10.202612 Min.Als Nächstes

    Caroline Webb is seen as one of the best business coaches out there, has worked for the Bank of England, and has been a Partner at McKinsey.Her new book, Leadership Intelligence, describes itself as a ‘science …

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     Caroline Webb is seen as one of the best business coaches out there, has worked for the Bank of England, and has been a Partner at McKinsey.

    Her new book, Leadership Intelligence, describes itself as a ‘science based playbook for leading brilliantly’. She joins Emmet to tell him about it and how you can become an intelligent leader.

19. Executive Chair: Seamus and Kay O’Hara

    24.10.202612 Min.Als Nächstes

    For this week's Executive Chair, Bobby is on location at the former Macardle brewery site in Dundalk to meet Seamus and Kay O’Hara, the couple behind one of Ireland’s pioneering independent craft breweries.

20. EcoKinly: Reusable pappies for modern parents

    24.10.20268 Min.Als Nächstes

    Bobby is joined in studio by Kate Doyle, founder of EcoKinly, the Irish business she launched from home in 2022 with a three-month-old baby on a mission to make reusable nappies and wipes feel simple, modern …

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    Bobby is joined in studio by Kate Doyle, founder of EcoKinly, the Irish business she launched from home in 2022 with a three-month-old baby on a mission to make reusable nappies and wipes feel simple, modern and accessible.

21. Bobby's Business Roundup October 24th

    24.10.202623 Min.Als Nächstes

    Joining Bobby Kerr ito go through this week's business stories is Ronan Reid & Joan Mulvihill, Industry Engagement Lead at the Command Gateway at TUS.

22. Revolut Outage: Why you still need cash

    24.10.202610 Min.Als Nächstes

    Bobby is joined by Nick Charalambus, Managing Director at Alpha Wealth, to unpack what the Revolut outage revealed about how we pay and how exposed we can be when systems go down.

23. Industry Review: Gems & Precious Stones

    24.10.202618 Min.Als Nächstes

    For this week's Industry Review, we're looking at the world of precious gemstones: what determines their value, the skill involved in cutting them, and what makes one stone more desirable than another. Joining …

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    For this week's Industry Review, we're looking at the world of precious gemstones: what determines their value, the skill involved in cutting them, and what makes one stone more desirable than another. 

    Joining Bobby are:

    • Andrew Stuart - a Gem Stone cutter & Lapidarist at Stuart Gems

    • Martin Commins - Director of Bespoke Diamonds

    • Carol Clarke - Fellow of the Institute of Registered Jewellery Valuers in London and member & GIA Graduate Gemologist

24. Ask 3 Questions: How to live well in a distracted world

    24.10.202611 Min.Als Nächstes

    Bobby is joined by leadership consultant and author Rob Cross to talk about his new book, Ask Three Questions, and the big moments in life that force us to stop drifting and take stock.

25. Bobby’s Business Roundup October 17th

    17.10.202624 Min.Als Nächstes

    Joining Bobby to go through the main business stories from the Saturday papers is Susan HayesCulleton, host of Taking Stock here at Newstalk as well as vRobert Whelan of Rockwell Finance.

26. The Archer's Edge: Ancient Wisdom and Modern Practice for Business Leaders

    17.10.202611 Min.Als Nächstes

    Olympic gold medal-winning archer Carlos Holgado and leadership expert Michael Watkins joins Bobby to discuss their new book ‘her's Edge: Ancient Wisdom and Modern Practice for Business Leaders’ which features …

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    Olympic gold medal-winning archer Carlos Holgado and leadership expert Michael Watkins joins Bobby to discuss their new book ‘her's Edge: Ancient Wisdom and Modern Practice for Business Leaders’ which features Olympic archery as its central theme.

27. The return of the iconic Citroën 2CV

    17.10.20268 Min.Als Nächstes

    For those of us young enough the phrase ‘Citroën 2CV’ may well evoke memories of our first, cheap car. While the original 2CV stopped production in 1990, Citroën had some exciting news for attendees at the …

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    For those of us young enough the phrase ‘Citroën 2CV’ may well evoke memories of our first, cheap car. While the original 2CV stopped production in 1990, Citroën had some exciting news for attendees at the Paris Motor show earlier this month. Emmett Ryan from the Irish Times joins Bobby to chat about the return of the iconic Citroën 2CV as a simple electric car.

28. Are we heading towards the era of the "adaptive office"?

    17.10.20268 Min.Als Nächstes

    Chris Kane has previously spoken to Down to Business about the changing nature of offices following the paradigm shift of Covid. He’s the author of ‘Where’s My Office’ and writing recently he has turned his …

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    Chris Kane has previously spoken to Down to Business about the changing nature of offices following the paradigm shift of Covid. He’s the author of ‘Where’s My Office’ and writing recently he has turned his attention to something called the “adaptive office” and how we might all be working without desks. He joins Bobby to discuss.

29. Industry Review: AI Implementation

    17.10.202620 Min.Als Nächstes

    AI is increasingly being used by businesses to improve efficiency, reduce costs and develop new services but how much of a difference is it making in practice?For this week’s Industry Review, Bobby looks at how …

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    AI is increasingly being used by businesses to improve efficiency, reduce costs and develop new services but how much of a difference is it making in practice?

    For this week’s Industry Review, Bobby looks at how Irish businesses are implementing AI, from speeding up veterinary diagnostics to tackling cyber threats and transforming how companies operate.

    • Charles Cosgrave - Co-owner of Village Vets

    • Kevin O'Loughlin - CEO of Nostra

    • Enda Grimes - MD & Founder of Strata

    • Mark Kelly - Founder of AI Ireland / Author of 'AI Unleashed'

30. Executive Chair: CEO of the Bellew Group, Ollie Bellew

    17.10.202610 Min.Als Nächstes

    Joining Bobby in the Executive Chair this week is CEO of the Bellew Group, Ollie Bellew.

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