Joe Lynam takes a run through Wednesday' business news headlines.

Legislation to force all drink companies to include health warning labels on all bottles of alcohol has been postponed due to the additional costs it would impose on smaller producers.  It’s a small welcome break for whiskey makers who are facing a perfect storm of falling alcohol consumption among young people and potentially huge tariffs on the American market. Joe was joined on the show this morning by Eoin O’Cathain the Director of the Irish Whiskey Association. 

SCARP is the Small Company Administrative Rescue Process and was designed to cut the costs and timeframes for SMEs needing to be restructured or wound up.  It’s been around in full for 4 years but the take up has been lower than expected.  Many insolvency professionals say that's because the Revenue the nation’s biggest creditor is not using it and has an effective Veto on using SCARPs.  But is that true? 

All to discuss with Paddy Purtill, Principal Officer in the Collector Generals, Revenue.

How good are you at accurately working out the size of a room or an entire house and the actual space within it from architectural plans? Lifesize Plans Ireland turns those plans into life-size rooms that you can walk into and around.  It helps homeowners hoping to expand or build from scratch in order to assess exactly how much space they do or do not have to play with. It’s also a benefit for architectural practices and businesses. 

Joe spoke to John Foley the co-founder alongside his wife Emma of Lifesize Plans Ireland. 

They are the 3rd largest no frills airline in Europe with the youngest fleet on the continent and from this weekend will have 1000 flights a week.  Wizz air started life in Hungary but is now all over Europe except for one notable market Ireland.  Joining Joe this morning was Yvonne Moynihan, Managing Director of Wizz Air UK.

Joe Lynam takes a run through Tuesday's business news headlines.

In the first quarter of the current financial year, Europe’s biggest airline said profits were up 78% to €820m.  It said that average air fares were 21% higher to 51 per passenger.  But only 5 new Boeing 737s were delivered over the past 3 months and the airline was in the news for supposedly incentivizing its staff to charge passengers for oversized luggage. 

All to discuss with the Chief Executive of the Ryanair Group, Michael O’Leary.

Last night, the Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2025 was introduced in the Dáil by Robert Troy, Minister of State at the Department of Finance.  The bill seeks to ensure cancer survivors can’t be discriminated against when it comes to obtaining certain insurance products due to their medical history.   Robert Troy, Minister of State at the Department of Finance joined Tom this morning on the show.

A lot of focus on Ireland’s housing market in recent days and weeks with some significant changes in terms of regulations looking to accelerate development. But what can we learn from other markets in terms of fast-tracking that capital investment that’s badly needed?  

 Speaking to Tom this morning on the show was Andy Tallon the Head of Debt Advisory at Interpath in Ireland and also the Global Head of Real Estate with Interpath.

Joining Tom McEnaney to run through Friday's business headlines Kate English, Chief Economist for Deloitte.