Ciarán Hancock

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1,838 appearances 14 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 3d ago

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Inside Business with Ciaran Hancock · How can tech offer solutions for obesity and weight management? · 9 Jul 2026 podcast

Tell us what extreme push and beyond BMI are going to look like in 10 years time and what your goals and ambitions are.

And are you going to be that global giant that Roger was talking about?

Okay, Harriet, Tommy chose to only look at five years, but I'm holding you to the ten.

So it's not just the short hit, you lose weight and then you start putting it on again over a period of six months, a year, whatever it is.

Okay, well, we shall end on that note.

Thank you for joining another episode of Inside Business.

My thanks to EY for hosting us here today.

Just remind listeners that you can sign up to our daily business digest at irishtimes.com and you can also follow the Irish Times business feed on XLinkedIn and Facebook each day.

I'm Ciarán Hancock.

My thanks to Tommy and to Harriet and to Roger.

Until next time, take care.

Inside Business with Ciaran Hancock · The 9 per cent VAT rate has been welcomed by restaurants but does the hospitality sector actually need it? · 1 Jul 2026 podcast

Hello, I'm Ciarán Hancock.

Welcome to Inside Business.

On this week's show, I'll be hosting a debate on the merits or otherwise of the 9% VAT rate for the hospitality sector, which kicked in on Wednesday.

Adrian Cummins, CEO of the Restaurants Association of Ireland, will argue the case for why Barry Rontree, Assistant Professor of Economics at Trinity College, will tell me why he believes this is a bad policy by government.

In the second half of the show, John McCartney, a lecturer in property economics at TUD Dublin, will explain why he thinks the downturn in the Dublin office market is a permanent one and not just cyclical, as some in the industry would argue.

First to the 9% VAT rate for hospitality, which was introduced by government on Wednesday on a permanent basis for food service companies and hairdressers.

This followed a pledge in last year's budget to cut the rate and a long lobbying campaign by many in the industry.

But at a cost of €681 million in a full year, is it a good way to spend taxpayers' money?

And should the government have looked at other ways to support the sector rather than via this tax break?

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