Irish property prices have increased by an astonishing 51% since 2020.  So if you were a property investor that would have been a serious return.  David Jelly the Chief Executive of Property Bridges has created a way for ordinary retail investors to help fund house construction and get into the property market without having to worry about conveyancing and legal costs and without having to set foot in the properties themselves. 

Tuesday's business headlines with Joe Lynam.

The problem with traditional pension schemes in Europe is they are mostly not portable - i.e. if you start saving in a scheme in Estonia you can't continue with it if you move to Ireland and vice versa.  There’s a new Pan-European Personal Pension Product or PEPP being rolled out across Europe which gives that portability.  Tamara Vrhovec Sekáč, is the International Business Expansion Manager at Finax which provides the platform for such pensions.

EirSpace brings high-achieving students from third level institutions to collaborate on aerospace projects with it's Bell Burnell Rocket. To hear all about their business and projects was Keith Egan is Director of Operations at EirSpace.

DASH Leaders announces the official launch of its leadership development platform, introducing a fresh and practical approach designed to accelerate performance through Edutainment.    

Susan got the details of the platform with Maria Langan, Founder and CEO.

A look R Friday's business headlines with Susan Hayes Culleton along with Aidan Donnelly From Davys.

Every company wants to do its bit for the environment so long as it doesn't cost too much. SustainabilityExamples.com at has created a website which shares how small companies all over Ireland have introduced small but notable steps to cut emissions. It does what it says on the tin and allows SMEs to learn from each other without having to pay huge consulting fees. It’s run by Andrew Sheehan and he’s this month’s Repak Business Person of the Month.

Geopolitical risks brought on by the Iran war are the Central Bank of Ireland’s biggest concern but the Irish economy is resilient and one of the best placed nations to benefit from AI.  They are some of the views of the Governor as he published the first financial stability Review of the year. Joe discussed those global risks with the Governor.

Thursday business headlines with Joe Lynam.

The technology sector contributed €107bn to the Irish exchequer last year and data centres are at the heart of that windfall but are being ‘demonised’. That’s the view of Digital Infrastructure Ireland in a new report which also found that any restrictions on new data centres would cause considerable harm to our economy in the age of AI.  

Speaking to Joe to discuss this and more was Maurice Mortell Chairman of Digital infrastructure Ireland.