Thursday's business headlines with Joe Lynam.

Consolidation is definitely under way amid the professional classes.  We’ve seen it among the accountants, auditors and PR consultants in the past 4 years and now we’re seeing it increasingly in the legal world.  Winston Strawn merged officially this week with Taylor Wessing to form Winston Taylor.  But will these mergers avert what could be mass job destruction in the sector caused by AI? 

Joining Joe this morning was Adam Griffiths the Head of the Winston Taylor Dublin office. 

We have seen some disproportionate layoffs in Ireland’s tech sector recently, on the whole the economy appears to be weathering the fuel shock caused by the US and Israeli war against Iran.  But will that last as AI, Chinese subsidies and geopolitics start to have a lasting impact on the European economy?   

To discuss all with Joe was Brian McEnery the Managing partner with BDO Ireland which is merging with its UK counterpart .

Wednesday's business headlines with Joe Lynam.

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.