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Down To Business
Hosted by Newstalk · EN
Join Bobby Kerr for Ireland's premier business show covering all enterprise-related topics from personal finance to business news.
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Bobby’s Business Roundup July 4th
Jul 400:23:32Tap to summarizeJoining Bobby to go through the main business stories from the Saturday papers is journalist and author, Valerie Cox & Deputy Business Editor of the Sunday Times Ireland, Jon Ihle.
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Jul 400:09:35Tap to summarizeJoining Bobby in the executive chair this week is Tony Lanigan, MD of Creative Technology Ireland.
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Paul English on giving away profits and walking out of meetings
Jul 400:16:04Tap to summarizePaul English is a serial tech entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CTO of Kayak.com. He is also the author of The Meeting Book: How the Best Companies Meet Better, which outlines his strategies for cutting out wasteful corporate meetings and improving decision-making. He joins Bobby to talk about his life in business, philanthropy, and more.
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Can Andy Burnham rid England of its North-South divide?
Jul 400:09:30Tap to summarizeAndy Burnham is expected to become Labour leader at a special conference on July 17th and hence the Prime Minister. One of his plans is to have a Number 10 in the North and he’s attempting what’s being called ‘ Manchesterism” that attempts to rid England of the North South divide - but is that possible? Political Economist Will Hutton joins Bobby to discuss.
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Newstalk's Summer Tour: Kilkenny tourism health check
Jun 2700:17:53Tap to summarizeJoining Bobby to chat about the health of local tourism in Kilkenny as part of Newstalk’s 2026 Summer Tour is Sheena Dignam, founder and owner of Kilkenny and Galway Food Tours; Colin Ahern, GM on the Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel and co Chair of Kilkenny DEDP (Destination Experience Development Plan); and Anthony Morrison, owner of Christy's Bar and former chair of the Vinters Federation of Kilkenny.
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Bobby’s Business Roundup June 27th
Jun 2700:17:36Tap to summarizeJoining Bobby to go through the main stories from the Saturday papers is Eimear Ní Bhraonain, author of ‘The Dodger: DJ Carey and the Great Betrayal’ and owner of communications firm Eimear.ie & Claire McInerney Brown, President of Kilkenny Chamber of Commerce and export development consultant at Suas Mane consulting.
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Lincoln Skins & Anthony Smith, GM at the River Court Hotel
Jun 2700:05:13Tap to summarizeThis week, Down to Business was coming to you live from the River Court Hotel in Kilkenny as part of Newstalk’s 2026 Summer Tour, all with thanks to ESB - Ireland’s largest EV charging network. There, we heard from local band Lincoln Skins as well as Anthony Smith, General Manager at the Kilkenny River Court Hotel to chat about how the hotel is faring in 2026, tourism numbers, and more.
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Newstalk’s Summer Tour: Kilkenny Hurling Legend T.J Reid
Jun 2700:13:39Tap to summarizeThis week, Down to Business was coming to you live from the River Court Hotel in Kilkenny as part of Newstalk’s 2026 Summer Tour, all with thanks to ESB - Ireland’s largest EV charging network. There, he had the chance to chat with Kilkenny hurling legend, T.J.Reid.
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Executive Chair: Paul Young, CEO of Cartoon Saloon
Jun 2700:08:12Tap to summarizeJoining Bobby in the Executive Chair this week is Paul Young, CEO of Cartoon Saloon.
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Newstalk's Summer Tour: Kilkenny local business health check
Jun 2700:18:50Tap to summarizeBobby continues his chat with some of Kilkenny’s movers and shakers in the business world as part of Newstalk’s 2026 Summer Tour with Peter McCreery, Managing Director at Sherry Fitzgerald McCreery; Edward Hayden, Chef and owner of Edward Hayden School of Cookery; and Naoise Nunn, festival creator, producer, and co-director at Schweppe Curtis Nunn.
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