All the biggest business news stories on Tuesday, 3 June with Joe Lynam.

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Mortgage approvals continued to grow in April as first-time buyer activity reached new highs, that’s according to latest figures from the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland.

Chief Economist at the BPFI, Ali Ugur joined Emmet to discuss these figures .

We get all the latest in the Markets with Aiden Donnelly from Davy and Emmet Oliver.

Bord Bia’s Bloom Festival is underway and will run until 2pm on Monday. Emmet was joined on the show this morning by Bord Bia CEO, Jim O’Toole to talk how sustainability takes centre stage this year. 

A new report reveals that 67% of businesses frequently experience payment system issues with over half saying refund processing problems have directly cost them customers.   

To discuss with Emmet was is Alex Marsh, Chair of SALAD, and Non-Executive Director of the Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology. 

AI is changing the face of so many industries across the world, and that remains through for the manufacturing industry. To tell us more on this is Director for Manufacturing at PwC Ireland, Gary Hanniffy.

Wednesday's business news headlines with Tom McEnaney.

Pat Lardner, CEO of Irish Funds joined Tom to talk through the competitiveness of the funds industry 

On Monday May 19th, the company Egis was awarded a long-term contract to operate and maintain the Dublin Tunnel, the Jack Lynch Tunnel and monitor 1,200km of motorway across Ireland. 

Joining Tom on the show was Steve Preece, CEO of Egis.

Tom McEnaney was joined on the show by Barry Manning after his re-appointment as Chair of the Irish Payments Council.