Joe Lynam along with Kate English from Deloitte looks through Friday's business news headlines.

We have had a tumultuous fortnight since America and Israel decided to bomb Iran. Commodities, bonds and equities have all been impacted and the global economy has been turned on its head. I thought as we approach the end of the week it might be wise to break down the impact of this war on important sectors. All to discuss with Simon McAllister who is a partner with EY.

Starting your own business is a really big undertaking, starting it with a young family pushes the boat out even further. Joining Joe to chat about her business was Rhona Fitzpatrick the founder of The Diamond Expert. 

Forget Belgium and Switzerland, Ireland is home to some of Europe’s best and most luxurious chocolate supposedly.  Certainly that's the case if you sample the products from Grá chocolate.  But how does chocolate manage in the age of GLP1 weight loss drugs and many of us trying to lose weight?  Gráinne Mullins is the founder of Grá Chocolates and she’s also one of the judges of the Visa ‘She’s Next’ grant programme. 

Gewardz Health provides a remote GP service at a cost of €25 with a fully qualified doctor and at short notice.  But will Irish people who love the social and face to face interaction take to the new offering? All to discuss with Iain Cahil from Gewardz Health. 

Thursday's business news headlines with Joe Lynam.

TirNua is focused on supporting Ireland’s energy transition through investment in new green infrastructure projects and it got a big shot in the arm worth €140m yesterday from the Irish sovereign wealth fund ISIF.  But have the old problems which have dogged infrastructure projects gone away?  Not by a mile. What will be done with the money? Speaking to Joe was David O'Brien the Chief Executive of TirNua. 

The post pandemic rules on the right to request flexible working are 3 years old but the voluntary employer ‘code of practice’ is two years old.  But is it working.  A poll for the law firm Lewis Silkin suggests that only a small number of cases end up before the WRC. All to discuss with Síobhra Rush, Head of the law firm Lewis Silkin Dublin.

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

According to Julien Moutte CTO at Bentley Systems it is one of Europe’s smarter cities using the Internet of things all over Dublin. The Dublin Fire brigade also uses 3-D imagery of many key buildings so that if they need to deal with a fire, they know exactly how to do so. Bentley Systems provides some of that 3-D information for the fire brigade. 

Julien Moutte, is the CTO at Bentley Systems joined Joe to discuss all.