Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam
Episodes
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 ...
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...
Wednesday's business news review
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Wednesday's business news review with Joe Lynam.
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
Friday's business news headlines
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kate English from Deloitte takes a run through Friday's business news headlines.
How do businesses get their message out there?
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you've a small business and want to get your message and your brand out there, sometimes that can cost a fair bit of money. But how about you...
The Chinese economy is set to grow once again
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Chinese economy is set to grow once again by around 5% this year. Of course economic data from China is not exactly transparent, but if that...
Thursday's business news review
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thursday's business news review with Joe Lynam.
Concerns of ‘significant’ disruption due to the divergence of ESG rules
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There was a time when there were little major differences between ESG rules on either side of the Atlantic. But that’s not the case now. It ma...
The business of Arigna fuels
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re still in the summer time and there may be a few more days of BBQ weather before the chill returns. Conor Layden Commercial Director of Ar...
Wednesday news review
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Wednesday new review along with Joe Lynam.
What do SMEs want in the forthcoming budget?
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Despite sitting on a cash pile of €26bn ahead of the budget in 2 months, the government is already speaking about reining in spending in case the wo...
Is the financial model for food businesses broken?
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Restaurants Association of Ireland publishes its analysis later today and it is expected to say that the financial model for food businesses ...
Tuesday's business news review
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tuesday's business news review along with Joe Lynam.
Brendan Kavanagh Chairman and Co-Founder of Grinds360
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At the end of this week around 60,000 students will get their Leaving Cert results. Of that number roughly half of them will have received some sort o...
John Callahan President of Partsol Global
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Much to the annoyance of Donald Trump, the flow of US companies choosing Ireland for their global headquarters continues. John Callahan runs the inter...
Monday's business news headlines
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Russ Mould from AJ Bell along with Joe Lynam runs through the main business news stories.
Aer Lingus College Football Classic takes place on August 23rd
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This year’s Aer Lingus College Football Classic game between Kansas and Iowa State University will take place on August 23rd in the Aviva Stadium.&n...
The business stories of the week review
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A look back at the business stories of the week with Economist Austin Hughes.
The success of Ireland's aircraft leasing business
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Workers in the Irish aircraft leasing business each earned €206,000 on average last year, new figures show. The Republic is home to the w...
A dark cloud remains over the future of pharma in Ireland
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
While the US and EU have struck a deal on tariffs that seems to be holding, a dark cloud remains over the future of pharma in Ireland. Despite as...
Thursday's business news headlines
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thursday's business news headlines with Emmet Oliver.
Certa opens its 25th hydrotreated vegetable oil site in Ireland
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Certa has announced the opening of its 25th hydrotreated vegetable oil site in Ireland, in response to the rising demand for renewable fuel. But...
Will the arrival of autonomous vehicles effect our infrastructure?
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The billionaire Dermot Desmond said that the Metrolink in Dublin would be obsolete by the time it opens due to the arrival of autonomous vehicles and ...
Wednesday's business news review
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Lynam takes a look at Wednesday's business headlines.
The business of the world famous Ardnacrusha generating station
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A century ago only a quarter of the population had any electricity at all and few had running water. The newly independent State had little or n...
Inflation predicted to rise notably this Autumn in the US
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Goldman Sachs has put out a paper which said that the vast majority of Trump’s new tariffs are being paid by US importers with only a fraction being...
The one positive from the Trump tariff war!
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The one positive from the Trump tariff war has been the urgent need for Irish exporters to find new markets to sell to and wean itself off its US depe...
Tuesday's business news headlines
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tuesday's business news headlines with Joe Lynam.
Monday's business headlines
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Russ Mould from AJ Bell brings us through Monday's business headlined with Joe Lynam.
British Irish Chamber of Commerce wish list ahead of autumn budget
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How would you like a middle rate of income tax at 30%? Or capital gains tax to be slashed from 33 to 20%? Or perhaps a new fund to support compa...
Head of International for EXL in Ireland Rowan McGrath
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EXL is a large data and AI company originally from America. It advises many banks and healthcare providers on how to use the terabytes of data t...
Emma King Founder of Cascata and bridal stylist
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Roughly 70% of all brides-to-be get some sort of hair extensions on their big day. Emma King is the Founder of Cascata and bridal stylist, and she imp...
The business of the Mace Group
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Mace Group have built the London Eye, the Shard and the Tottenham Hotspur stadium. Closer to home it helped build Terminal 2 here in Ireland...
Friday's business news headlines
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Friday's business news headlines along with Joe Lynam and Kate English Chief Economist with Deloitte.
Rob Horgan the founder of Velo Coffee
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Coffee is one of those inelastic goods that increases in price without seeing a commensurate fall off in demand. Many of us need the stuff to ki...
Thursday's business news headlines
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thursday's business news headlines along with Joe Lynam.
The EU US trade and tariff framework looks increasingly in jeopardy
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The EU US trade and tariff framework, which we can't call a deal because there’s nothing in writing, looks increasingly in jeopardy. The 15% t...
Wednesday's business news headlines
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Wednesday's business news headlines along with Joe Lynam.
Why do we have an objection culture in this country?
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Planning & Development Act was supposed to speed up the delivery of big infrastructure projects by limiting the number of objections permissib...
The increasing business of Brittany Ferries
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last month Stena ferries said that it was stopping its services from Rosslare in Wexford to France impacting holidaymakers and businesses alike. ...
Former city trader Tom Hayes fights his conviction and wins
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Hayes spend five years in jail for rigging the key benchmark interest rate among banks known as LIBOR. He used to work for UBS and Citi ban...
Tuesday's business headlines
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We take a look at Tuesday's business news headline.
All the business news with Aidan Donnelly
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All the business news with Aidan Donnelly from Davys.
Visitor numbers to Ireland in June down by 2%
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Visitor numbers from overseas to Ireland in June were down 2% to 654,000. That’s much better than many had feared after earlier CSO data sugges...
What are the new AI legal obligations?
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The AI act from the European Union came into force earlier this year but its legal obligations are being slowly rolled out. Tomorrow, an important new...
All the markets news with Victoria Scholar
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Victoria Scholar from Interactive Investor joined Joe Lynam to discuss the latest on the markets.
Pinergy - Demand for electricity to grow by 66% by 2050
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last week the government said it was set to spend €100bn over the next 5 years on infrastructure. Most of that will go on housing and water but...
Smurfit Westrock's is the world's largest listed packaging partner
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The newly merged Smurfit Westrock's is the world's largest listed packaging partner. Today they published their 2nd quarter consolidated results ...
Thursday's business headlines
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Lynam takes a run through Wednesday's business news headlines.
First district heating scheme announced in Ireland
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
District heating is where local homes and businesses get their heating from a single building in the area which itself gets that energy from renewable...
Poolbeg Pharma on a a new cancer immunity
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Poolbeg Pharma, named after the infamous Red & white towers has been working on some very exciting new ideas including a new cancer immunity drug ...
Wednesday's business headlines
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Lynam takes a run through Wednesday's business news headlines.
Andrew Rudd owner of Medley on the hospitality sector
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last week the government said that the tax cutting package in the October budget would be €1.5bn but that almost ⅔ of that would go to the hospita...
Is the EU trade deal with the US ‘the worst trade deal ever’?
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Lynam was joined by John Alistair the former Director of International Affairs for the EU Commission and Head of the EU Delegation to the WTO as w...
Tuesday's business news
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Lynam takes a run through Tuesday's business news headlines.
Monday's business news headlines
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Lynam takes a run through Monday's business news headlines with Russ Mould of AJ Bell.
Outsourcing in business, how it works
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With the rising cost of hiring as well as rents and insurance, it’s no surprise that many companies outsource their customer services overseas....
Trade and Tariffs
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So we’ve reached a trade deal with the US. All physical European goods will now face a 15% tariff while Americans will pay almost nothing to be sold...
The actions to cut our high insurance premiums
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yesterday the government set out 26 actions to cut our astonishingly high insurance premiums down including legal reforms to reduce high payouts in t...
Business news and markets updates
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All the business news and markets this Friday along with Joe Lynam and Aidan Donnelly from Davys.
Ireland among the least developed and most overused infrastructure in Europe
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ireland has among the least developed and most overused infrastructure in Europe. The Government will spend €100bn to build the railways, road...
Thursday's business news headlines
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Lynam takes a run through Thursday's business news headlines.
A need to expand the Critical Skills Occupations List
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The government has launched a consultation to expand the Critical Skills Occupations List that can be fast-tracked into the country when it comes to g...
The business of Manna Drone Delivery
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Drones are the technological equivalent of the airplane a century ago. Manna Drones delivering food in the West Dublin area. But plans to expand ...
Does the Revenue have an effective Veto on using SCARPs?
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SCARP is the Small Company Administrative Rescue Process and was designed to cut the costs and timeframes for SMEs needing to be restructured or wound...
Wednesday's business news
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Lynam takes a run through Wednesday' business news headlines.
Eoin O’Cathain Director of the Irish Whiskey Association
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Legislation to force all drink companies to include health warning labels on all bottles of alcohol has been postponed due to the additional costs it ...
Whizz Air Uk the 3rd largest no frills airline in Europe
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
They are the 3rd largest no frills airline in Europe with the youngest fleet on the continent and from this weekend will have 1000 flights a week.&nbs...
The business of Lifesize Plans Ireland
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How good are you at accurately working out the size of a room or an entire house and the actual space within it from architectural plans? Lifesize Pla...
Tuesday's business news headlines
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Lynam takes a run through Tuesday's business news headlines.
Chief Executive of the Ryanair Group, Michael O’Leary
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the first quarter of the current financial year, Europe’s biggest airline said profits were up 78% to €820m. It said that average air far...
Fast-tracking that capital investment that’s badly needed
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A lot of focus on Ireland’s housing market in recent days and weeks with some significant changes in terms of regulations looking to accelerate deve...
Legislation for cancer survivors’ right to be forgotten
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last night, the Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2025 was introduced in the Dáil by Robert Troy, Minister of State at the Department of Finance. &n...
A run through Friday's business headlines
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Tom McEnaney to run through Friday's business headlines Kate English, Chief Economist for Deloitte.
Thursday's business headlines
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Lynam takes a look at Thursday's business headlines.
AI is going to replace quite a few white-collar jobs in the next 5 years
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s becoming increasingly clear that AI is going to replace quite a few white-collar jobs in the next 5 years. So what does that mean for those wor...
Calls for clarity on gender pay discrepancies
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When looking at job adverts, it’s very rare to see how much the job actually pays. That comes to an end in this country before June next year. The E...
Wednesday business news headlines
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Wednesday business news headlines along with Joe Lynam.
Seán Crowe Chief Executive of Financial Services with Fexco
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you have been on a cruise ship lately, the chances are when you make a payment you use the services of Fexco. The company, which was founded 44 yea...
How do you break the stranglehold on the home loan markets?
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
ICS started off life as the ‘Irish Civil Service building society’, before being bought out, bailed out and then hived off from Bank of Ireland af...
Wind generation in Ireland was the highest on record in June!
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Wind generation in Ireland was the highest on record for a June month, according to Wind Energy Ireland, which today published its monthly wind energy...
Exploring alternative solutions to the housing crisis
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Tom this morning was Professor Edgar Morgenroth, an Economist at DCU. He’s been exploring alternative solutions to the housing crisis, inclu...
Tuesday's business headlines
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tuesday's business headlines along with Tom McEnaney.
A new skills framework to futureproof retail banking in Ireland
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
IOB recently launched the first phase of the Irish Financial Services Skills Framework. The world-first model has been designed to equip Ir...
Monday's business news
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tom McEnaney takes a look at Monday's business headlines.
Friday's business news headlines
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Emmet Oliver looks through all the business news along with Kate English, Director with Deloitte.
Donald Trump slaps new 50% tariffs on copper and Brazilian goods
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
European shares rose on Thursday, buoyed by signs of progress on a potential trade deal between the United States and the European Union. All to ...