Wednesday's business news review along with Newstalk Business Editor Joe Lynam.

How many of us love booking dental appointments?  And how many of us hate waiting on the line in order to do so.  India Healy O'Connnor has created an artificial receptionist to handle those callers who might otherwise hang up due to delays processing the call.  It sounds quite human and there’s a slight delay as the virtual receptionist processes what you've just asked for, but it could save doctors and dentists money by preventing calls going elsewhere.  The service is call Linda AI and one of the co founders is India Healy O’Connor 

Tourism is a very important part of the Irish economy and a huge employer in rural Ireland. The government is pumping €4.7bn into the sector over the coming years to especially boost tourism outside the capital and the usual hotspots such as Killarney and the Cliffs of Moher. It comes as tourism numbers are declining. They were down 2.8% last year compared to 2024 amid the rising cost of holidaying here and geopolitical tensions.

All to discuss with Alice Mansergh the Chief Executive of Tourism Ireland.  

Tuesday's business news review along with Joe Lynam.

Driving to every single household on this sparsely populated and often remote island is no easy task and creates logistical and environmental issues.  But my next guest decided to make every An Post vehicle have zero emissions.  No mean feat when we’re talking about hundreds of them.  In fact the national postal service aims to be net zero by the end of this decade. And it is for that reason as well as the fact that An Post consistently wins prizes for its working environment and trust among the public, that this month's Repak ‘Green Business person of the Month’ is David McRedmond, the Chief Executive of An Post. 

Friday business news and market review with Joe Lynam and Leonie MacCann from Irish life Investment Managers. 

The Irish are famously among the biggest tea drinkers in the world.  It used to be a choice of either Lyons or Barrys but increasingly we are branching out in the types of tea we drink including Matcha, Chai and Green tea.  One tea importer in Galway, called Solaris is run by a German couple who have now achieved the rare accolade of a B Corp Status denoting the highest standards in how the business is run.   

Jorg Müller, co-owner of Solaris Tea told Joe all about the company. 

In Davos last week the EU Commission said it was pressing on with the introduction of a new type of European corporate entity, called EU Inc, which would be recognised in all 27 member states.  It would create a single, harmonized set of EU-wide rules for company law, insolvency, staffing, and tax and could save a lot of money.

It’s often referred to as the 28th regime and our own Michael McGrath is pushing it forward to simplify doing business is a bloc famed for red tape.  The person who came up with the term EU Inc is the German entrepreneur and investor Andreas Klinger who joined Joe this morning.

Thursday's business news review along with Newstalk Business Editor Joe Lynam.

If you're a small or medium-sized retailer and don't fancy installing expensive wired infrastructure to sell stuff such as coffee, furniture or burgers, then you may be familiar with the small white boxes on which your customers can tap their cards. Often those boxes are fittingly made by the technology company Square which is staying with a geometric theme and is owned by Block, which is run by Jack Dorsey.  

Now Block is beefing up its presence in Europe with a headquarters here in Ireland and John O'Beirne, is the CEO of Square International, part of Block and joined Joe Lynom on the show.