Last week the OECD said that the Irish economy was robust and the outlook better than many European counterparts.  As usual the report also highlighted well known issues including capacity constraints and soaring spending.  So what does the OECD worry about when it comes to this country? 

Speaking to Joe this morning was Müge Adalet McGowan is an Economist on Structural Policy Analysis with the OECD in Paris .

Monday's big business stories along with Joe Lynam and Kathleen Brooks from XTB.

Directors are now personally responsible for some of the actions that their company takes in some sectors and the days of megalomaniac Chief Executive‘s and chairs appear to be over. In fact, such are the responsibilities on boards that there’s a new diploma course being taught by the Law Society.

Speaking to Joe this morning was Gerard Ryan and he’s Head of Corporate at Eversheds Sutherland and teaching the new Diploma in Director Skills and Duties.

It’s not easy to become a major player in technology when you're miles from the big urban centres but that’s what Fexco has done in Killorglin in Co Kerry.  Today the Fexco-owned RDI hub or research, development and innovation hub marks its 5th anniversary. It has channelled €250m in investment and created a regional hub in the South West of the country. Today it launched a new regional community alongside Enterprise Ireland.    

Liam Cronin is the chief executive with Fexco’s RDI Hub in Killorglin joined Joe on the show this morning.

Friday's business news and markets along with Joe Lynam and Aidan Donnelly from Davys.

On Wednesday night Nvidia posted an 80% jump in quarterly profits.  People have become used to that AI chip developer surpassing expectations. But the backdrop to that is the arrival of the Chinese AI search engine Deepseek which shook up the entire sector. So was the panic which was caused by Deepseek over done or is this death kick of US AI and the trillions that is expected to be injected into the sector? 

To discuss further Joe spoke to Newstalk Technology Correspondent Jess Kelly,

All with thanks to PwC. 

As we all know, there’s a race to harness AI for economic advantage.  But could paying a compliment to your colleague help make the entire business more successful? An Irish company- originally from Tallaght called WorkHuman has launched a new product called Human Intelligence and claims it will make AI in the workplace far more human.  And it’s a lot to do with how staff members interact with each other. 

Speaking to Joe this morning was Jonathan Hyland is Chief Technology Officer with WorkHuman. 

Repak has been around since 1997 way before climate change policies and the Green deal were ever heard of.  The idea was to get companies that produce a lot of packaging to think long and hard about how the packaging gets disposed of once the customer is finished with the product.  Repak was around well before many of its similar agencies were established in Europe.

Joining Joe this morning in studio was Gary Browne a Packaging Technologist, with Repak which is sponsoring the Green Business person of the Month. 

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

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