Down To Business

Bobby continues his conversations with some of the finalists of this year's EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. To discuss the importance of networking and mentoring when it comes to making business work, Bobby is joined by Damian Young of Zeus Mobility; Duncan O'Toole, Managing Director of Captured Carbon; and Caroline Dunlea of Core Optimisation.

Long forecast to be going the way of the home movie rental business, cinemas have stayed the course and traversed some rocky waters in recent years.Indeed, the sector has remained a cornerstone in our social lives despite all the doomsayers and continues to work its way back to pre-Covid levels.Joining Bobby to give him some of their insights into just how our big screens are faring is:Karl Geraghty, Head of Stella CinemasMark Doherty, Owner, Century Cinemas Letterkenny Mark Anderson, Director of Omniplex

Joining Bobby in the Executive Chair this week is Eimear Byrne, Country Lead of SD Worx Ireland.

Web Summit has been taking pace this week. Tech guru Andy O’Donoghue, who has been there, joins Bobby to chat about what’s been going on.

Since retiring in June, Munster and Ireland rugby legend Simon Zebo has been busy finding his feet in the business world. He Joins Bobby to talk about his backing of Ireland's latest addition to the whiskey world - Black Emerald.

Family run businesses are the backbone of almost any economy in the world. Emanuela Rondi, co-author of 'The Family Business Book: A Roadmap for Entrepreneurial Families to Prosper Across Generations' joins Bobby to talk about how families can ensure their businesses are both profitable and harmonious.

Joining Bobby to run through the top business stories form the Saturday papers is Louisa Meehan of Woodview HRM & Robert Whelan of Rockwell Finance who has just won an award for 'Best CEO of a Small Business'

This week in the Executive Chair Mandy was joined by brothers Fergal and Barry Doyle from Arboretum.

We are living in a world where holding an opinion which differs from others may see you coming into conflict with family, friends and work colleagues. If you are a manager. How do you make sure conflict of opinion does not interrupt your business.  Karthik Ramanna, professor of business and public policy at University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government, and author of The Age of Outrage joined Mandy this morning.

In this week’s edition of the industry review we explored the world of sports journalism Joining Mandy to do so was ●      Kieran Cunningham, Chief Sportswriter at the Irish Daily Star●      Cliona Foley, Sportswriter, broadcaster, and podcaster●      John Fallon, Managing Editor of Media West Ireland

On Monday January 20th 2025 Donald Trump will be inaugurated for the second time as the president of the united states after wining a comprehensive victory in elections last Tuesday. With Trumps economic policies aiming to incentivise American business to return home the economic implications for Ireland and the United Kingdom could be potential devasting.Joining us to discuss this further is economist Jim Power and Kathleen Brooks, Research Director At XTB.

MSCI/SCSI Ireland Property Index for the third quarter of 2024 was released last week. One interesting trend that emerged from the index is that retail property prices in the provincial retail sector seem to be increasing in value. Joining Mandy to unpack the variables explaining this is Neil Bannon Executive Chairman of BANNON Property consultancy and Retail Consultant Eddie Shanahan.

Joining Mandy to recap the biggest business stories of the week is Jackie King, Executive Director with IBEC Global and Jon Ihle, Deputy Business Editor with the Sunday Times Ireland.

Joining Bobby in the Executive Chair this week is Conrad Digan of Shaws Department Store.

Ciaran Burke from Swoop; Jonathan Larbey from T-Pro; and Stephen Nolan from Nutritics join Bobby to talk about how AI is powering their businesses and streamlining workflows.