Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam

The business of Workday software company

17 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Workday is a Californian software company which handles financial and HR issues using the cloud. They were voted by Fortune magazine in the Top 5 comp...

A new route for China shipping

17 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Shipping still transports the vast majority of products around the world. The longer the journey the more it costs per item. But the attacks on s...

Thursday's business news

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Lynam takes a run through the business news pages this morning.

A new broadband product specifically aimed at SMEs

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

SIRO is the broadband provider set up by Vodafone and the ESB to provide high speed internet all over the country but mainly to smaller towns and larg...

Will selling cars become a lot less profitable than it was? 

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Now days we do much of our shopping for cars online and some even buy the vehicle without setting foot in it.  Much of that is thanks to platform...

Ardian Mula the Chief Executive of Foodhub

15 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Foodhub is a smaller rival to Diveroo and JustEatbut. Foodhub was set up by an Albanian immigrant in England who is now moving his global HQ to Dubli...

Wednesday's business news review

15 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Wednesday's business news review with Joe Lynam.

Marc Van Huet the CFO of Calor Ireland

15 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Calor offers bottled gas solutions as well as liquid petroleum gas for companies and home heating.  Now Calor is opening dispensing stations...

Trump's tariffs on China

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Those who thought that Trump’s tariff wars had died down a bit were given a rude awakening at the weekend when he slapped a new 100% tariff on all C...

EU commission sided with the airlines over luggage fees

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Last week the EU commission sided with the airlines when it said that Spain was wrong to fine airlines for charging customers to take their bags onto ...

Tuesday's business news review

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tuesday's business news review with Joe Lynam.

The business of coffee

13 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The average price of a cup of coffee increased by more than a fifth in the EU last year. It was as much as 40% in Estonia and a mere 10% here in Irela...

Maurice Mortell the chair of Digital Infrastructure Ireland

13 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

An estimated $5.2 Trillion worth of investment is set to go into data centres over the 5 years to meet the huge, anticipated demand for AI services.&n...

Monday's business news headlines

13 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Monday's business news headlines along with Joe Lynam and Russ Mould fro AJ Bell.

The business of plastic surgery

10 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Whether it’s a facelift, liposuction, breast augmentation or hair transplants, demand for plastic or corrective surgery in this country is growing b...

Anton Tsonev the Global Head of Tax with SumUp

10 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

VAT was introduced first in the 1970s as a ‘temporary tax’. 50 years later it raises over €1 trillion for European exchequers and is going nowhe...

Friday's business news

10 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Lynam is joined by Kate English from Deloitte to look through Friday business news headlines. 

Findings of the latest Myhome.ie survey

09 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Irish house prices rose nationwide by around 8% last year amid rising real wages and very limited supply of homes.  Now the latest myHome.ie surv...

Government to spend €275bn on infrastructure over the next 10 years

09 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There’s been a lot of talk about Infrastructure this week in the budget.  The IMF says our physical infrastructure lags 31% behind competitor n...

Thursday's business news review

09 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Lynam takes a look at today's business news headlines.

What does Budget 2026 mean for companies large and small?

08 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

So we know what the government will spend our money on next year.  Some groups will be happy but most ordinary taxpayers won't be any better off ...

Wednesday's business headlines

08 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Wednesday's business headlines along with Joe Lynam.

What can we expect from today's budget

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Soon today Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe will rise to his feet in the Dail and let us know what the government intends to spend your money on next ...

What do small businesses need from budget 2026?

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

So we heard from Colm about the macro picture and what we might expect later today from the government but what should small businesses expect and wha...

Today's business new headlines

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today's business new headlines with Joe Lynam.

Some notable changes for bank customers have come into force

06 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Some pretty notable changes for bank customers came into force over the weekend.  One of the changes SEPA or instant payments will mean transfe...

Business news review

06 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Leonie Maccann from Irish Life Investment Mgt joined Joe to run through Monday's business news headlines.

The business of Foresight Group

06 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The  Foresight Group is a private equity group which invests in Irish infrastructure and especially in the renewable energy space. They are curre...

Friday's business news review

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Friday's business news review with Joe Lynam and Austin Hughes.

EU's Financial Services Commissioner Maria Luis Albuquerque

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The EU Commission is launching the Savings and Investment Union to encourage more of us to put our unused money into European companies.  But to ...

Thursday business news headlines

02 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Thursday business news headlines with Joe Lynam.

Darren Sherry CEO of Galetech

02 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump told the UN last week that climate change and decarbonisation were the greatest frauds of the 21st century. But the business and scientif...

The business of Fleet Connect

02 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Patrick Cotter started in the fruit markets in Dublin aged 14 and graduated into the telecoms sector by putting wifi on buses and coaches.  Now h...

Enterprise Ireland’s International markets week

01 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Differing customs, languages, currencies and product standards make it tricky.  Add in the fact that the Euro is 11% more expensive against the d...

David Burt the Premier and Finance Minister of Bermuda

01 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The tiny island of Bermuda in the North Atlantic is home to some of the largest insurance and reinsurance companies in the world. They pay for much of...

Business news headlines review

01 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Business news headlines review with Joe Lynam.

Merck Life Science world’s first climate neutral manufacturing facility in Cork

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Merck has been active in Ireland for decades making products for hospital environments as well as life sciences.  Now Merck Group, which is based...

Shane O’Sullivan the Chief Executive of the IMI 

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Irish Management Institute is worried that senior Irish executives are falling behind their international rivals because they lack some of the lea...

Tuesday's business news review

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tuesday's business news review with Joe Lynam.

How can airports protect themselves against cyber-attacks?

29 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Just over a week ago, Heathrow and Brussels were among a slew of European airports disabled by a cyber-attack. The origins of the attack aren’t clea...

What is the 'digital euro'?

29 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The proposed Digital Euro gives spending power for those without banks and to have a Currency which bypasses the giant American card companies such as...

Monday's business news review

29 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Kathleen Brooks from XTB looks at today's business news headlines along with Joe Lynam.

Friday's business news review

26 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Kate English - Deloitte looks at today's business news headlines along with Joe Lynam.

Bernard Flynn of Elis is our Green Person Of The Month

26 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Elis is a company that provides the garments and gowns to prevent any human matter from getting into the clean room for giants such as Intel.   ...

Report shows the consumers are in ‘watch and worry’ mode

26 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Personal consumption accounts for 27% of Irish GDP.  Stripping out the multinational sector, that figure zooms to around 60% of Modified domestic...

Latest quarterly economy report from the ESRI think tank

25 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Although less onerous than feared, the new 15% tariff regime represents a clear deterioration in Ireland’s trading environment.  Despite that, ...

Thursday's business news headlines

25 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Thursday's business news headlines along with Joe Lynam.

We need to provide the infrastructure for the AI revolution

25 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dell is worried that Ireland is set to miss the boat when it comes to providing the infrastructure for the AI revolution including grid connections, w...

A big shake up for gig economy workers

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 2023 the Supreme Court made a key ruling in the employment space which makes it much tougher for freelancers to have arms length contracts with the...

New rules for individual parcels arriving into Europe

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Last month Donald Trump scrapped the old de minimus rule for parcels coming into America, which allowed small packages to arrive tariff-free for US co...

Wednesday's business news

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Wednesday's business news with Joe Lynam.

Tuesday's business news

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Lynam brings us through Tuesday's business news headlines.

Do high value technology jobs have a far higher multiplier effect?

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Carl Benedict Frey thinks that high value technology jobs have a far higher multiplier effect than manufacturing jobs. Ie each highly skille...

Daryl Hanberry Head of Tax and Legal with Deloitte Ireland

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We are exactly two weeks out from the budget, and although the leaking of tax or spending measures hasn't begun in earnest yet, we’re starting to ge...

How do we get more women in senior roles?

22 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There are twenty listed companies on the main ISEQ index of share on Euronext Dublin but only two of them are chaired by women and no female Chief Exe...

Monday's business news review

22 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Monday's business news review along with Joe Lynam and Ross Mould from AJ Bell.

The business of Comcast Ireland

22 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The American telecoms and broadcasting giant Comcast bought Sky in 2019 from Rupert Murdoch. Ggiving it a large footprint in the Irish TV and broadban...

How do investors handle the global tariff war?

19 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Economic growth has been sluggish in Europe over the past 20 years.  Few of the big new technology companies originate from here and red tape is ...

How every parcel from company to consumer faces US tariff

19 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Since last month every parcel no matter how small that is sent from a company to a consumer in the US faces a tariff. It means that if you're an Iris...

Friday's business news review

19 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Lynam and Aidan Donnelly from Davys brings us Friday's business news review.

Thursday's business news headlines

18 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Thursday's business news headlines along with Joe Lynam.

Latest quarterly economic bulletin from the Central Bank of Ireland

18 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The latest quarterly economic bulletin from the Central Bank of Ireland is out. On the upside Modified Domestic Demand which is a measure of growth, h...

The business of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland

18 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You're probably aware of the SEAI grants that you can get for your home to install solar panels or better windows and insulation. But the Authority al...

Government to host public procurement conference

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Public procurement involves governments advertising to companies, encouraging them to apply or tender for State-backed contracts.  It could be to...

Wednesday's business news review

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tuesday's business news review, along with Joe Lynam.

Is the lack of young people going into trades a cause for concern ?

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The arrival of AI means quite a few white collar jobs will become redundant in the very near future.  It also means that those who work with thei...

A record 44% of food producers are pausing investment

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's time to dig out your wellies for the National Ploughing Championships. But a new study from the consultants Ifac suggests that tariffs and geopo...

Ger Corbett Chief Executive of the Sandyford biz district. 

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

They used to be known as industrial estates but given very few of them physically make stuff these days, they’re now known as business districts.&nb...

Tuesday's business news review

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tuesday's business news review along with Joe Lynam.

Many Irish adults have no financial arrangements at all for their retirement

15 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

More than a quarter of Irish adults still have no financial arrangements at all for their retirement, according to new research published today by the...

Fuel smuggling at an all-time high

15 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Solid Fuel Merchants Ireland has warned that fuel smuggling and courier-dropped pallets are now at an all-time high, threatening rural jobs and depriv...

The ACORNS programme supporting early-stage female entrepreneurs

12 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The ACORNS programme has been designed to support early-stage female entrepreneurs living in rural Ireland and runs over six months part-time. &n...

What are the top concerns for Irish businesses?

12 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Energy costs, global uncertainty and labour shortages are the top concerns for Irish businesses, in a new survey from Irish B2B telecommunications pro...

A call for a reset on the national minimum wage calculation

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The vast majority of corporation tax receipts come from a handful of American companies based here. It’s because of that overdependence and the incr...

Flogas to sign a major biomethane offtake agreement

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ireland has an almost unreachable target of getting 80% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030.  That includes wind and solar but will...

Thursday's business news headlines

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Lynam brings us Thursday's business news headlines.

Startups in Ireland had dropped to a 10 year low

10 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Only this week it emerged that investing in startups in Ireland had dropped to a 10 year low despite surging savings rates and wealth levels.  Th...

Will France go to the IMF for a handout?

10 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The French Government debt to GDP stands at 113% in the Eurozone’s second largest economy and the budget deficit is at an unsustainable 5.8%.  ...

Wednesday's business news review

10 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Wednesday's business news review along with Joe Lynam.

Owners of smaller start-ups are selling out

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A unicorn is an unlisted start up with an actual or strong potential to be worth more than $1billion. We don't have many here in Ireland, 9 according ...

Entrust enhances fraud prevention

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Identity theft is a surging problem. Fraudsters only need a few bits of detail about you, much of which is available anyway on your social media ...

Tuesday's business headlines

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Joe takes a look at Tuesday's business new headlines.

Irish banks launch new easy-pay rival to Revoult

08 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Revolut claims it has at least 3 million customers in Ireland. That’s most adults in this country and the reason is the ease with which custom...

Monday's business news review

08 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Russ Mould from AJ Bell takes a look at the main business news stories along with Joe Lynam.

Paul O’Brien from Bank of Ireland Security 

05 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Once you click the fraudsters have a toe in the door and are on the way to ripping you off.  Amazingly Facebook or Instagram are not legally obl...

Friday business news review

05 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Friday business news review along with Joe Lynam and Kate English from Deloitte. 

A call for more transparency in the Small Claims Court

05 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Small Claims court is often a consumer's best option to get redress from companies. The maximum limit for claims though was set almost 20 years ag...

Thursday's business news review

04 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Lynam brings us Thursday's business news review this morning.

We could see more households create their own energy supplies

04 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fewer than 5% of homes in Ireland have solar panels on their roofs but that’s up from around 1% 5 years ago.  It’s a reflection of the growin...

The markets are worried about Britain spending

04 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The cost of borrowing for the British government has soared over the past few days with the 30-year bond yield heading for 6% almost twice that of Ire...

Mark Price author ‘Work Happier: How To Be Happy & Successful at Work’

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The latest data from the CSO suggests that we’re jumping between jobs that little bit less than earlier this year. Mark Price used to run one of Bri...

Wednesday's business news

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Lynam takes a look at the main business news stories this morning.

How well placed is Ireland for the AI revolution which is sweeping the US?

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

BT sold its wholesale and fibre infrastructure business to the Irish telecoms company Speed Fibre earlier this year.  It was given the green ligh...

Tuesday's business news review

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tuesday's business news review along with Joe Lynam.

Mark Cockerill Country Lead for ServiceNow in Ireland

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

AI is set to create a once in a generation shift in how we work.  But will it be worth it or are we looking at a repeat of the Dot Com crash from...

Declan Taite the Country Lead for Kroll Ireland 

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The company Kroll is also known for its ability to get information about businesses that they don't necessarily want in the public domain.  Busin...

Securing, insuring and protecting cargo in transit around the world

01 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

At any one moment there is an estimated $1.4trillion worth of cargo in transit somewhere in the world.  Securing, insuring and protecting that is...

€12bn Metrolink is it worth it ?

01 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Michael O’Leary and Dermot Desmond have criticised the plans to finally build an underground metro system.   Dublin Chamber said that in a po...

Business news review

01 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Russ Mould  from AJ Bell takes a look at the main business news stories along with Joe Lynam.

The furture of short term rental tourism sector

29 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In an effort to create long term rentals and cut housing waiting lists, the government has proposed that all short term rentals acquire planning permi...