Down To Business

Broadcasting out of Dick Mac's in Dingle for Blás na hÉireann 2025, Bobby is joined by three local food champions whose businesses have become part of Dingle’s identity.

Joining Bobby is:

● Mark Murphy of The Little Cheese Shop

● Justin Burgess from Bean in Dingle

● Sean Murphy from Murphy’s Ice Cream

Joining Bobby to talk about the abundant talent and top-quality ingredients available to us here in Ireland is Paula McIntyre, Chef and Food Writer, and Chair of the Irish Food Writers Guild.

Bobby and the Down to Business team were broadcasting out of Dick Macks in Dingle for the Blas na hEireann Irish Food Awards and the Dingle Food Festival. Bobby is joined by Artie Clifford, Chairperson at Blas na hEireann; John Doyle from Asset Finance at BOI, who has been involved in the awards for many years, as well as Keith Loftus, Founder of All About Kombucha.

This week, Bobby and the Down to Business team were broadcasting out of Dick Macks in Dingle for the Blas na hEireann Irish Food Awards. Joining Bobby to look at the front pages and the business stories of today’s papers are Francis Fitzgibbon of Story Stock Media & Majella O’Sullivan, journalist at Kerry’s Eye.

We know the government is planning a package of €9.4 billion for Budget 2026 – including €7.9 billion in additional public spending and €1.5 billion in the tax package, but is that a good idea? In the past few weeks, both IFAC - which advises the Government on fiscal matters - and the ESRI have advised the Government of the dangers of overheating the economy at a time of economic uncertainty. Joining Bobby to run through it all is economist, Dan O'Brien.

Joining Bobby in the Executive Chair is Stephen Dowling, President International at Fanatics.

Paul McGee's international bestselling personal development heavyweight S.U.M.O (Shut Up, Move On)has helped hundreds of thousands of people around the world fulfil their potential. Paul has just come out with a new edition of the book to mark 20 years of S.U.M.O - he joins Bobby to discuss,

Three tour guides who spend their days turning our history, myths, and the odd pub story into adventures for us Irish people and international tourists alike join Bobby for this week’s Industry Review.

• Tommy Graham, Editor of History Ireland Magazine & Historical Walking Tours of Dublin

• Trudy Carmody, Private Tour Guide and Genealogist

• Colette Farrelly, National Tour Guide & Director of ATGI

'Roll It All Butter Pastry' is a family-run business specialising in ready-to-use pastry that has been going for more than 12 years. Joining Bobby to chat about the business is its owner, Mairead Finnegan.

Joining Bobby to go through the main business stories from the Saturday papers is Joan Mulvihill, Digitization Expert, and Ciaran Hancock, Business Editor of the Irish Times.