Tom McEnany

Breakfast Business with Enterprise Ireland on Newstalk.

Good morning and welcome to Breakfast Business with me, Tom McEnany, standing in for Joe Lynham.

Coming up, we'll ask DCU's Professor of Economics, Edgar Morganroth, what will happen if, as seems likely, the US Supreme Court rules that President Donald Trump's tariffs are illegal.

And we'll be joined by Kate English of Deloitte for a look at the markets and to look at what's making the headlines on the business pages.

But first, we're joined by Mary Constadine.

Mary is CEO of Inroad Airin.

She's just been appointed.

She's come from Shannon Airport Group, where she was also CEO.

Good morning, Mary.

Good morning, Tom.

Mary, what's it like moving from aviation to rail?

And there's a huge number of projects going on at Irish Rail.

Do you want to give us a whistle stop tour?

I mean, for a start, you're replacing all the stock on the Dublin Belfast line.

Where is it at now or what are we looking at there?

So you're opening up a new OPW customs control facility.

What is that?

Mary, the experience internationally is that freight doesn't really work for rail when it's relatively short distances.

It's okay if you're going across Siberia or if you're going across Europe or you're going across America, but for short distances, it doesn't always make economic sense.

How important is freight in a small country like Ireland for the rail network?