All the business news with Aidan Donnelly from Davys.

New findings from the Central Statistics Office CSO reveal that the Irish Gross Domestic Product has had a 3.5% increase over a three month period from July to September. 

To discuss further with Emmet was Austin Hughes, Economist.

The insurance company Royal London entered the Irish market in 2011 when it took over Caledonian life but it’s been around for more than 150 years. It now sells life insurance products and is one of the fastest growing insurers in the market. But how does it grow in a much smaller market and how does it compete with the bigger boys such as Irish life? 

Noel Freeley is the chief executive of Royal London Ireland and joined Joe this morning in studio.

Founded by Seán Mulryan 42 years ago, Ballymore is one of the biggest construction companies in Britain and Ireland these days. Currently building the Guinness Quarter, Sea Gardens in Bray as well as numerous large projects in the UK. 

To burnish its credentials here Ballymore has also agreed to use a Guaranteed Irish Supply chain.  But with a major slump in commercial property and intense political pressure to build homes, what’s it like being a major builder these days? Joe asked Pat Phelan the Managing Director of Ballymore Ireland.

Thursday's business news and updates along with Joe Lynam.

The company that runs Dublin and Cork airports is back in the courts today as the full hearing starts into whether caps can be placed on passenger numbers when the busy summer season starts next year.

DAA has also published its passenger numbers for the month of November and a record 2.5 million people used both airports bringing to 31 million for the first 11 months of the year in Dublin and on target to breach the passengers cap. 

Joe was joined on the show by Kenny Jacobs the Chief Executive of DAA. 

We take a look at Wednesday's business news headlines.

If you're saving money every month for your future pension income, that money will be stored and managed in a Fund.  It’s a huge industry which often earns huge profits but ebbs and flows with the global economy.  The Irish funds sector has blossomed since Brexit but so too has that of Luxembourg and France.  So, the funds sector here wants the incoming government to simplify regulation of the investment sector and even improve financial literacy.  

Speaking to Joe this morning was Pat Lardner the Chief Executive of Irish Funds, the industry’s representative body for the funds and asset management industry. 

Running any business these days is tough enough but add in the extra emotional intensity of running a football club whose fortunes ebb and flow, makes it an even more challenging Enterprise. Dermot Usher started off in the bathroom business and still runs SONAS bathrooms. He’s also trying his hand at running Cork city FC and recently decided to ditch all the middle men and make his own shirts for the club. Dermot Usher owner of Cork City FC joined Joe on the show.

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