Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam
Episodes
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.
Today's business new headlines
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's business new headlines 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...
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.
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...
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...
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 ...
Friday's business news review
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Friday's business news review with Joe Lynam and Austin Hughes.
Thursday business news headlines
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thursday business news headlines with Joe Lynam.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
Thursday's business news headlines
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thursday's business news headlines along with Joe Lynam.
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, ...
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...
Friday's business news review
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Friday's business news review along with Joe Lynam and Aidan Donnelly from Davy's.
Our Green Person of the month is...................
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Murphy Chief executive of ClimeAction works with all types of companies to get their emissions down be that a dairy farm or a microchip manufact...
Thursday business news headlines
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joe takes a look at Thursday business new headlines.
Larry Bass founder and Chief Executive of Shinawil
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My next guest is responsible for Irish versions of hit TV shows such as Dragons Den, Popstars, the Apprentice and Dancing with the Stars. Shinaw...
Mark Dixon founder and boss of International Workplace Group
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Well before the arrival of working from home Regus was the go-to place for small startup companies seeking somewhere in city centres to rent while or ...
Wednesday's business news review
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Wednesday's business news review with Joe Lynam.
Germany is not in a good place economically
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Once the powerhouse or engine of Europe. Now Germany is not in a good place economically. GDP shrank again in the second quarter and all t...
Irish based pharma companies and US tariffs
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Irish based pharma companies exported a whopping €13.7bn worth of goods in the month of May alone. . The pharma sector is not yet paying ...
AI usage and policies in the workplace
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new report from Insider AI suggests that more than half of workers in the US violate their company policies when it comes to AI usage and a third of...
Tuesday's business headlines
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tuesday's business headlines along with Joe Lynam.
The business of Mondello Park
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mondello Park has been around for 57 years and is the only dedicated motor racing circuit in the Republic. It’s where a young Ayrton Senna lea...
Monday's business headlines
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lenny McLoughlin from Irish Life Investments Managers goes through Monday's business new headlines
The Human Capital Initiative
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Human Capital Initiative is designed to tweak the supply of qualifications in universities to meet the actual and ever-changing needs of industry ...
The value of the media and entertainment industry
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Irish entertainment and media sector includes internet advertising, gaming, video on demand as well as cinema attendance and going to live co...
Could the EU AI act make companies up sticks to the US?
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The EU’s AI act came partially into force a year ago and will be gradually rolled out over the next 18 months. But the Americans are moving in the ...
What now for the Irish whiskey industry?
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Over the summer quite a few whiskey distilleries have paused or stopped entirely making whiskey. Killarney Distillery has already gone into liqu...