Down To Business

Joining Bobby to go through the main business stories from the Saturday papers is Susan HayesCulleton, host of Taking Stock here at Newstalk as well as vRobert Whelan of Rockwell Finance.

AI is increasingly being used by businesses to improve efficiency, reduce costs and develop new services but how much of a difference is it making in practice?

For this week’s Industry Review, Bobby looks at how Irish businesses are implementing AI, from speeding up veterinary diagnostics to tackling cyber threats and transforming how companies operate.

• Charles Cosgrave - Co-owner of Village Vets

• Kevin O'Loughlin - CEO of Nostra

• Enda Grimes - MD & Founder of Strata

• Mark Kelly - Founder of AI Ireland / Author of 'AI Unleashed'

Chris Kane has previously spoken to Down to Business about the changing nature of offices following the paradigm shift of Covid. He’s the author of ‘Where’s My Office’ and writing recently he has turned his attention to something called the “adaptive office” and how we might all be working without desks. He joins Bobby to discuss.

Olympic gold medal-winning archer Carlos Holgado and leadership expert Michael Watkins joins Bobby to discuss their new book ‘her's Edge: Ancient Wisdom and Modern Practice for Business Leaders’ which features Olympic archery as its central theme.

For those of us young enough the phrase ‘Citroën 2CV’ may well evoke memories of our first, cheap car. While the original 2CV stopped production in 1990, Citroën had some exciting news for attendees at the Paris Motor show earlier this month. Emmett Ryan from the Irish Times joins Bobby to chat about the return of the iconic Citroën 2CV as a simple electric car.

Joining Bobby in the Executive Chair this week is CEO of the Bellew Group, Ollie Bellew.

Following the latest budget announcements, Bobby is joined by economist Colm McCarthy and Paraic Burke, Head of Tax at PwC Ireland to analyse the winners, losers and long-term implications of Budget 2027.

Our Budget coverage is thanks to PwC.

Today is World Homelessness Day, and this morning thousands of people around the country woke up having spent the night sleeping out as part of Focus Ireland’s Shine a Light event.

Newstalk reporter Bairbre Holmes visited the event at Dublin's Iveagh Gardens, and joined Bobby to discuss.

Joining Bobby to go through the main business stories from the Saturday papers is Valerie Cox, Journalist and Author, and Ciaran Hancock, Business Editor of the Irish Times.

Bobby was Out and About on Clare Street this week and he stopped in Howbert & Mays, where he chatted to co-owner, Tig Mays.