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Less than half of adults hold any investments, while most investors prefer low-risk options. That's according to new research from the Banking & Payments Federation of Ireland, whose CEO Brian Hayes joined Susan this morning on the show.

Two in three AI users in Ireland have seen higher productivity at work. That's according to PwC's 2025 Irish & Global Workforce Hopes & Fears Survey, which also reported most people who use AI at work see greater creativity in their jobs. All to discuss with Laoise Mullane is Director and AI Adoption Lead, at PwC Ireland.

Tuesday's business headlines along with Susan Hayes Culleton in for Joe Lynam today.

For 10 consecutive years, UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School has been listed in the top 30 European Business Schools as ranked by the Financial Times. Considered the 'ranking of rankings' in terms of measuring business schools' quality, the latest Financial Times European Business Schools Rankings place UCD Smurfit School at 23rd. Professor Tony Brabazon Dean of UCD College of Business.

Susan Hayes Culleton brings us Monday's business news headlines along with Russ Mould from AJ Bell.

Today is Cyber Monday, one of the biggest dates in the retail calendar in the heart of the festive season, which presents an exciting opportunity for businesses to lure in new customers with the right kind of sales and promotions. But how should business leaders know what kinds of promotions work best? And what are the pitfalls they should be hoping to avoid? All to discuss with Jenny Millar CEO of Untapped Pricing.

Susan Hayes Culleton takes a run through Friday's business news headlines.

WaterWipes founder Edward McCloskey has been named EY's Entrepreneur of the Year 2025 at their annual awards last night. Edward joined Susan this morning after his big win.

Fernhill House Hotel & Gardens in Clonakilty has been awarded the prestigious “Best Wedding Venue” prize at the international Historic Hotels of Europe Awards. The West Cork hotel is celebrating 200 years in business next year. Joining Susan to explain what goes into organising the best day of someone's life is Michael O'Neill, Manager and Part proprietor of Fernhill House Hotel & Gardens.

Microsoft celebrates 40 years and €40bn investment in this country. But even amid this boom in investment the technology giants have openly expressed concern that we may be looking at an AI bubble which could burst and bring on a recession. Joining Joe on the show was Catherine Doyle runs Microsoft here in Ireland which employs 6,400 people including LinkedIn as well as a huge cloud business.

Thursday business headlines with Newstalk's Business Editor Joe Lynam.

For years Ireland used to look with envy at the economic stability of our near neighbours in the UK. They enjoyed steady growth, a global trading footprint, strong productivity and normal levels of debt. Now none of these things apply to Britain. So what can we expect from Rachael Reeves and what would it mean for us here? Chris Beauchamp is Chief Market analyst with IG

The business is called Foundit.ie and it issues a series of QR code stickers that we can put on our valuables such as our laptops, books, bags and car keys. If you misplace them and someone honest finds them, they simply scan the QR code on the device and it connects with the actual owner. And foundit.ie is our Repak Green Businessperson of the Month and its founder is Alan Sparks from Wicklow.

Wednesday's business news review along with Joe Lynam.

Tuesday's business news review along with Joe Lynam.

Next week the Cabinet is rumoured to discuss one of the most important documents this decade and one which could change the direction of travel when it comes to getting things built in this country. It's an action plan as opposed to a report on how to radically speed up infrastructure delivery and it will involve urgent legislation and quite a few noses out of joint if it's to be implemented. Seán O'Driscoll is the man who was one of the driving forces behind many of the recommendations which the government will consider used to run Glen Dimplex and now chairs UCC and the ESRI.

73% of Irish consumers are planning to spend the same or less compared to last year over the upcoming Black Friday sales weekend, That's according to a new PwC survey. Emmet discusses this survey with Ruth McNamee, Director, PwC Retail and Consumer Practice.  

The new auto-enrolment pension scheme will cost the average Irish business an additional €25,000 in employee-related charges from next year, that's according to a nationwide survey conducted by FRS Recruitment. Their CEO Colin Donnery joined Emmet this morning.

The Dune brand of both men's and women's footwear was started in 1992 by Daniel Rubin having previously been a family run supplier to supermarkets. Nowadays Dune has 350 stores worldwide including concessions within many prestige department stores. Although it's called Dune London most of the shoes are actually made in the Far East and much of that amazing story is covered in Daniel Rubin's new book, “Sole Survivor: How I Built a Global Shoe Brand”.

One of the clear differences between US and European workplaces are the social protections over here. Also Longer maternity leave, more holidays and sick pay as well as more generous workplace pensions. But America is growing faster and its citizens are becoming richer than us. So is it time we diluted some of the generous extras we take for granted here in order to boost incomes? It was one of the themes this week at the EU's workplace research agency Eurofound in Loughlinstown. Joining Joe to discuss further was Ivailo Kalfin the Executive Director of Eurofound.

Austin Hughes along with Joe Lynam takes a look at the main business news stories this morning.

Thursday's business news headlines along with Joe Lynam.

We're almost at Black Friday and Cyber Monday but will you be buying any gifts directly from Facebook or tiktok this year? Half of us tend to buy on impulse around Christmas but is there any risk in doing so? David Curtin the Chief Executive of the .IE domain name thinks it's safer to buy directly from a registered domain like dot com or especially dot IE and he explained why to Joe.

Christmas is upon us and for many companies especially retailers will hire short term or seasonal workers in the rush to buy stuff. But employers need to know that even though these workers are only for a few weeks or perhaps months, they still have quite a few obligations to those seasonal employees. Síobhra Rush, Head of the law firm Lewis Silkin here in Dublin

The chain of shops 'Normal' has almost a thousand stores in 10 countries and now it's opening in the ILAC Centre in Dublin today and Jakob Maarbjerg is the chief executive of Normal.

Wednesday's business news headlines along with Newstalk Business Editor Joe Lynam.

Brett Bruen used to advise Barack Obama on geopolitics and nowadays is the president of the Global Situation Room which advises companies on potential risks to their reputations. Its latest Reputation Risk report suggests that the biggest single risk to major companies comes from pronouncements, posts and rants from one man in the White House: Donald Trump. All to discuss with Brett Bruen is also a board member of Harvard university and the UCD Clinton Institute here in Ireland

Sustainability continues to rank highly on the agenda of Irish businesses in spite of geopolitical uncertainty, economic headwinds and a shifting regulatory landscape according to EY Ireland's latest State of Sustainability report. All to discuss with Derarca Dennis, EY Ireland Partner and Sustainability Services Lead.

Tom McEnaney takes a run through Tuesday's business news headlines.

Imagine broadband is freezing their prices until 2030. To discuss this and more with Tom was CEO for Imagine Broadband Niall Tallon.

Tom McEnaney was joined on the show by Russ Mould from AJ Bell to look through Monday's business news headlines.

New research by the Irish Management Institute reveals that nearly 1 in 3 business leaders are not prepared for the AI transformation. Tom discusses this further with Professor Spencer Harrison, international expert in organisational psychology.

PwC has today released its Irish family business survey for 2025. To discuss the findings of the survey with Tom was Mairead Harbron of PWC.

Newstalk Business Editor Joe Lynam and Austin Hughes from AJ Bell take a look at the business news headlines this morning.

Ireland's richest local authority Dun Laoghaire Rathdown is soon to equip many of its dozens or vehicles with new sensors and measuring devices in order to make that part of Dublin a so-called ‘smart city'. The idea is to gauge where the worst pollution or most stubborn traffic are in the county and get the private sector to help rectify problems. For more on this Joe spoke to Ronan Heron, is the Digital Strategy Officer with Dun Laoghaire Rathdown CoCo

About €150bn is sitting in current accounts in Ireland earning next to nothing in interest. Michael Healy, is the Managing Director with IG thinks we should be investing some of that money in capital markets especially in shares or ETFs. IG has been a trading platform for many decades but now claims to be the cheapest way to buy worldwide stocks in Ireland putting it up to the likes of Davys or Goodbodys. Michael joined Joe to discuss further.

Getting houses built and infrastructure in general is the biggest single issue facing Ireland's economy. But doing so is becoming increasingly difficult. The number of judicial reviews on planning decisions are on target to double this year compared to last year and only this week a local goose population prevented the building of 600 homes in Dublin. Joe discusses this and more with Stephen Garvey and the Chief Executive of Glenveagh Homes.

There's only one product that comes from goats that can command very high prices and that's cashmere of course. Suzie Monaghan has been selling cashmere sweaters, socks and jackets for 65 years on South Anne St .As we approach Christmas she expects her busiest time to start now. Joining Joe in studio to chat about her business was Suzie Monaghan from Monaghans Cashmere.

Thursday's business news headlines along with Joe Lynam.

A new survey of Irish business owners reveals that housing shortages have evolved from a social issue into a critical business constraint, with 68% saying housing influences where they locate offices. That's according to The Ireland edition of The Business Owners Sentiment Survey report for professional services group S&W. Speaking to Tom on this was their Managing Partner, John O'Callaghan.

Tom McEnaney brings us the main business news headlines.

Irish organisations see the opportunities from AI agents, but are not yet grasping the transformative powers. That's according to a new survey from PWC Ireland, published today. All to discuss with David LeeIrish, Chief Technology officer, PwC Ireland.