Down To Business

Joining Emmet Oliver in the Executive Chair this week is Ken Robertson, Founder and CEO of 'The Tenth Man'.

Have you ever found yourself overwhelmed by e-mails arriving long after you should have finished work or are you in way too many WhatsApp groups at work? Are you Crazy Busy?

Thijs Launspach is a teacher in 'The School of Life' in Amsterdam and the author of 'Crazy Busy: Keeping Sane in a Stressful World'. He joins Emmet Oliver to discuss.

With so much talk around construction in Ireland at the moment we thought we might find out a little bit more about the design process that goes into the homes, offices, and commercial buildings we interact with on a daily basis.

Joining Emmet Oliver for this week’s Industry Review are three architects:

● John Dorman, Director at Dorman Architects

● Courtney McDonnell of Courtney McDonnell Studios

● Gráinne Dunne of Co-Director Studio Red Architects

Pat Drinan is the founder of Cork-based 'HomeHak', which provides a secure means by which homeowners and tenants can connect with one another. HomeHak offers built-in security with Stripe Identity.

Pat joins Emmet Oliver to tell him more.

Perhaps the most famous business encounter the Queen had when she came to Ireland in 2011 was when she visited Cork’s Fabled English Market.

One of the people she met that day was Pat O’Connell, a fishmonger of note.

Pat joins Emmet Oliver to discuss the experience and reflect on the impact of the Queen's visit to Ireland.

Next week, Down to Business will be bringing you the show from Austin, Texas, and New York as part of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Annual CEO Retreat.

Emmet Oliver is joined by Roger Wallace who is the Partner Lead for the Programme at EY to find out what we might expect.

Joining Bobby in the Executive Chair is Andrew Lynas, MD of Lynas Foodservice

Salma Shah runs her own certified coach training programme with clients ranging from 'Reuters' to the UK’s 'Teenage Cancer Trust', and with all that experience, she has just written a new book 'Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging in Coaching: A Practical Guide'.

Salma joins Bobby to tell him all about it.

A constant refrain lately is ‘Why is Ireland so expensive?'.

Economist Cormac Lucey says much of it can be explained by the 'Big Mac' - he joins Bobby to discuss.

There are few things that sound more appetizing than a sausage sizzling away in a frying pan.

They’re a staple of so many households around Ireland, and indeed the world, and so for this week’s ‘Industry Review,’ Bobby thought he’d speak to three sausage specialists to find out about this cherished food staple.

Joining Bobby is:

- Jane Russell of Jane Russell's Handmade Sausages in Kildare

- Barry John Crowe of Barry John Sausages in Cavan

- Peter Whelan of The Whole Hoggs in Meath