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Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam
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Presented by Newstalk's Business Editor Joe Lynam, this 30-minute programme focuses on the key business stories from home and abroad, market analysis, new business innovations and profile interviews.
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Central bank of Ireland releases the latest quarterly bulletin
1w ago00:06:10Tap to summarizeInflation expectations have risen notably thanks to the war in Iran but domestic demand will continue to grow at a sustainable pace. These are the views of the Central bank of Ireland in its latest quarterly bulletin. It says that if oil and gas prices remain high, inflation could reach 5% this year. Martin O’Brien Head of Irish Economic Analysis with the Central Bank explains these findings.
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Ten years on from Brexit
1w ago00:12:28Tap to summarizeTen years ago this weekend, British citizens voted to leave the EU. Irish people living there had a vote but all other European citizens had no vote. Instead of voting for something specific the UK began a torturous process of divorce which in many ways continues today. Joe looks back on ten years of Brexit with Gavin Megaw a Management Consultant who used to run the international PR company Hanover and Rory Godson used to run Powerscourt consultancy before he sold it recently to Sodali where he’s still the chair of Strategic comms.
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Shipping of oil through the Straits Of Hormuz begins
1w ago00:08:47Tap to summarizeA trickle of tankers have started shipping oil through the infamous Straits of Hormuz pushing down oil prices. David Roche the founder of Quantum Strategies says even if they ramp up quickly there’ll still be a shortfall of 11 million barrels a day from the Middle East. David discussed this and more with Joe Lynam.
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A review of Thursday's business headlines
1w ago00:03:26Tap to summarizeJoe Lynam takes a look at this morning's business headlines.
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1w ago00:09:14Tap to summarizeJoe Lynam takes a look through Friday's business headlines along with Kate English the Chief Economist with Deloitte.
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2w ago00:03:17Tap to summarizeJoe Lynam takes a look at Wednesday's business headlines.
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The business of remote medicine
2w ago00:06:39Tap to summarizeRemote medicine is becoming a very real thing with software and hardware solutions helping patients at a distance and cutting down on unnecessary hospital visits. PatientMpower provides a platform for patients to measure their own lung capacity as well as blood pressure and those readings are fed directly to doctors and treating nurses. Eamonn Costello, CEO of PatientMpower explained the details of their business model.
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The business of the Inner City Enterprise
2w ago00:07:37Tap to summarizeInner City Enterprise turns derelict urban properties into new work spaces for Irish startups. They’ve been around since 2012 and helped 1600 micro businesses and disadvantaged people. Speaking to Joe this morning was Evanne Kilmurray the Chief Executive of Inner City Enterprise.
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The business of Brightbeam
2w ago00:08:03Tap to summarizeBrightbeam advises companies in the biopharma, life sciences, insurance and manufacturing sectors about how to use AI. Brightbeam even thinks that Ireland might have an edge in the roll out of AI globally. It comes as the White House literally ordered Anthropic to switch off its latest powerful iteration of Claude. Brian Hanly, Chief executive of Brightbeam spoke to Joe on the show this morning.
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The latest from The National Economic Dialogue
2w ago00:07:06Tap to summarizeThe National Economic Dialogue started this week. It’s where the main social partners sit with the government to underline what they want and what's realistic in October’s budget. The Minister for Finance has already flagged that change is coming for how we invest our private funds. Patricia Callan the Director of Financial services Ireland was at the meeting yesterday and explained to Joe what happened during the course of the day.
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