A look back at the business stories of the week with Economist Austin Hughes. 

This year’s Aer Lingus College Football Classic game between Kansas and Iowa State University will take place on August 23rd in the Aviva Stadium.  

And while the two teams will battle to see who wins and who loses, Ireland looks to be victorious either way, generating over 130 million euros for the economy from the event.  To tell us more about what we can expect, Emmet was joined by Padraic O’Kane, Co-Founder and Director of the Aer Lingus College Football Classic. 

Workers in the Irish aircraft leasing business each earned €206,000 on average last year, new figures show.  The Republic is home to the world’s top aviation lessors, but what is behind the success?  

 All to discuss with Patrick Blaney, Former Chief Executive of Guinness Peat Aviation. 

While the US and EU have struck a deal on tariffs that seems to be holding, a dark cloud remains over the future of pharma in Ireland. Despite assertions from the European Commission that the deal would bring clarity and certainty to pharma exporters, confusion reigns.  

 All to discuss with Brendan Murphy, Tax Partner at Baker Tilly Ireland.

Thursday's business news headlines with Emmet Oliver.

Certa has announced the opening of its 25th hydrotreated vegetable oil site in Ireland, in response to the rising demand for renewable fuel.  But what is the potential of HVO in Ireland for households and businesses?  

 Emmet spoke to Kevin McPartland, Chief Executive of Fuels for Ireland. 

A century ago only a quarter of the population had any electricity at all and few had running water.  The newly independent State had little or no money but little it had it bet the house on one project: the building of the then largest hydro electric plant in Europe at Ardnacrusha in Co Clare.  Today is the 100th anniversary exactly of the turning of the first sod to build that plant which provided enough electricity for the entire nation a century ago.  JOw spoke to Brendan Shine  is the Plant Manager for ESB at the world famous Ardnacrusha Generating Station.

The billionaire Dermot Desmond said that the Metrolink in Dublin would be obsolete by the time it opens due to the arrival of autonomous vehicles and advanced AI.  While that ignores the fact that it would clog up the roads even further, it did shine a light on whether technology is moving so fast that we won't be driving our own cars in the near future. All to discuss with Stephen Prendiville an Infrastructure Partner with Deloitte.  

Joe Lynam takes a look at Wednesday's business headlines.

The one positive from the Trump tariff war has been the urgent need for Irish exporters to find new markets to sell to and wean itself off its US dependency.  One possible region could be the Middle East which imports 85% of everything they consume. That means that Irish food and pharma could find new customers. Joe discusses this further with Enda Corneille, is the chair of the Arab-Irish Chamber of Commerce which holds a big conference on this subject in Sept