Down To Business

Joining Bobby to take a look at the stories that are making an impact on the front pages and the business pages of today’s papers is Norah Casey and Conor Faughnan.

Joining Bobby in the Executive Chair is Ray Ryan, CEO of the Noledge Group.

This weekend a festival with a difference is taking place at Palmerstown House Estate, Kildare.

'Forever Young Festival' delights in taking us back to the 80’s with a lineup including legends such as Squeeze, Bananarama, Erasure, Andy Bell, Tony Hadley, and lots more.

But despite the nasty weather, festival founder Sharon Alston is still all smiles.

She joins Bobby to chat about what’s going on and how she came to start this retro music festival.

Solving the housing crisis and achieving targets with regard to the Climate Action Plan and the National Development Plan will require a huge effort on behalf of the construction industry.

But do we have sufficient numbers of qualified graduates coming into the construction & surveying professions and if not, what does the future hold as we seek to address the mistakes of the past?

Joining Bobby to discuss the construction and surveying industry is:

- Noel Larkin of Noel Larkin & Associates Chartered Building Surveyors

- Hubert Fitzpatrick, Director General of the Construction Industry Federation

- Kevin Brady, Director at APNA and Immediate Past Chair of Quantity Surveying Professional Group in the SCSI

Joining Bobby in the Executive Chair this week is the Bank of Ireland's CEO Myles O'Grady.

Bobby goes to Rathcoole to visit Well Cann'd Water where he meets the founders. They tell us of the benefits of storing water in cans.

As part of this week’s industry review, we’re getting some fresh air with a panel of garden designers and landscapers. Here to tell us about the nature of their work is Nicola Haines, Landscape Designer, Mark McDowall, Principal Landscape Architect & Garden Designer at Hoctor Smyth, and Diarmuid Gavin, Celebrity Gardener.

Like it or not, there is sure to be one point in your life when you find yourself standing in front of a crowd, being asked to say a few words. It could be a wedding speech, a work presentation or a retirement toast. A big fear for many! Here to give us some tips to help you speak in public like a pro, is Anthony Garvey- the reigning UK Public Speaking Champion from Toastmasters International.

There is a growing call to grant Drogheda city status. Conor Skehan who is a Sunday Independent columnist and former lecturer in planning at TUI Dublin has long been a proponent of this campaign and maintains that it points to the future of urban planning in Ireland. He joins Bobby to share his thoughts.

Joining Bobby to take a look at the stories that are making an impact on the front pages & the business pages of today’s papers is Bob Hoffman of Vista Executive Search, and Susan Hayes Culleton of Hayes Culleton.