43% of us have no savings and are struggling financially and almost a third of the key age group of 35-54 year olds have no pension savings.  They are the result of a survey by the financial education consultants LIA which highlights an overwhelming lack of confidence in money matters. 

Joanne Keane is the Chief Executive of LIA joined Joe in studio this morning.

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

Ireland is not famed for its steel industry we usually outsource heavy industry to other bigger nations. But we do make the stuff and a Laois business is investing €16m in its plant which will create 62 jobs in the Midlands. And as Europe rearms, they could end up being far busier than they expected a year ago. 

Speaking to Joe on the show this morning was Tony Woods the boss of Midland Steel. 

The energy provider Flogas will be providing all of Emerald Park’s renewable energy from now on. The deal involves solar panels, recharging points and guaranteed sourced renewable energy for the adventure park formerly known as Tayto Park.  

Joining Joe on the show was John Rooney the Chief Executive of Flogas. 

Thursday's business news headlines along with Joe Lynam.

Yesterday Avant money launched a new mortgage product called Flex Mortgages.  It’s the latest offering from Avant which is owned by the Spanish company BankInter which is deepening its investment in Ireland every year and putting it up to the pillar banks. Brian Lande, is the Head of Mortgages for Avant joined Joe this morning.

Inward investment has helped make Ireland one of the wealthiest and most prosperous countries in Europe.  But FDI has been turned on its head by Donald Trump who has started a global trade war and aims to punish nations who he thinks are taking advantage of the US tax system.

So attracting overseas investment is getting harder.  What will Ireland’s IDA do?  Michael Lohan the Chief Executive of the IDA joined Joe on the show this morning to discuss.

The US remains the biggest single market for its goods exports - notably in the pharmaceutical sector. But the threat on that sector from the White House has started to undermine the Irish economy according to the latest Central bank quarterly assessment.    The report said that geopolitical and tariff concerns have blurred the picture for the Irish economy. But it says that domestic growth will continue at a decent clip and real wages will continue to rise. 

Joe spoke Robert Kelly, the Director of Economics and Statistics with the Central bank of Ireland and began by asking about overall growth. 

Wednesday's business news headlines along with Joe Lynam.

Open AI, Gemini, Grok and latterly Deepseek.  All services we had never heard of three years ago but now very much in the lexicon.  But which one is the best and most accurate and even most honest?  An Irish AI company Calypso has assessed them all with their new software called Argentic Warfare. It is also used to stress test the vulnerabilities of AI systems by pretending to be a hacker.  

Speaking to Joe this morning was Donnchadh Casey, Chief Executive of Calypso AI.