Wednesday business news headlines along with Joe Lynam.

ICS started off life as the ‘Irish Civil Service building society’, before being bought out, bailed out and then hived off from Bank of Ireland after the financial crisis.  It’s now owned by various Irish investors under the name of Dilosk and it depends on the international money markets for setting its interest rates when it comes to mortgage lending.  But how do you break the stranglehold on the home loan markets held by the big 3 pillar banks?   

All to discuss with Ray McMahon, Chief Commercial Officer with ICS Bank.

If you have been on a cruise ship lately, the chances are when you make a payment you use the services of Fexco. The company, which was founded 44 years ago in Killorglin, handles much of the backbone of so-called ‘payment orchestration’. Nowadays Fexco also carries out property services with 3000 staff worldwide. 

Speaking to Joe this morning was Seán Crowe is the Chief Executive of Financial Services with Fexco. 

Joining Tom this morning was Professor Edgar Morgenroth, an Economist at DCU. He’s been exploring alternative solutions to the housing crisis, including the idea of importing homes to speed up delivery and cut cost.

Wind generation in Ireland was the highest on record for a June month, according to Wind Energy Ireland, which today published its monthly wind energy report.   

Speaking to Tom was Noel Cunniffe, the CEO of Wind Energy Ireland. 

Tuesday's business headlines along with Tom McEnaney.

Tom McEnaney takes a look at Monday's business headlines.

IOB recently launched the first phase of the Irish Financial Services Skills Framework.  The world-first model has been designed to equip Ireland’s retail banking workforce with critical knowledge about the skills needed for the future of the sector.  

To explain how it works, Tom was joined by Mary O’Dea, CEO of IOB. 

Mayo native Laura Colleran is the founder of Joblar, a new app aiming to revolutionise construction recruitment by cutting out the middleman and connecting workers directly with employers. Laura joined Emmet this morning on the show.

Emmet Oliver looks through all the business news along with Kate English, Director with Deloitte.