Down To Business

Joining Bobby to go through the business pages in the morning papers is Caroline Reidy of the HR Suite and Jon Ihle Deputy Business Editor at the Sunday Times Ireland.

Valio is Finland’s biggest food exporter, which brands itself as “the most innovative dairy and food company in the world”. Valio's chief innovation officer, Kevin Deegan, joins Bobby to chat about the business and why the death of dairy has been overstated.

Joining Bobby in this week's Executive Chair is Mark Kennelly, CEO of Golf Ireland.

The world of work is changing fast, and few people see that more clearly than those working in HR.

For this week’s Industry Review, Bobby chats with three HR professionals to hear how the sector is doing, the challenges they’re facing, and what they think is coming next for the workplace.

Joining Bobby is

●      Damien McCarthy, Managing Director of HR Buddy

●      Crystel Robbins Rynne, CEO of HR Locker

●      Alison Hodgson, CIPD Market Country Director

‘NestiFi’ is an AI-powered platform that helps families co-invest for children. The idea is to modernise pocket money by allowing parents, grandparents, and relatives to pool contributions into a child’s future nest egg, blending traditional index funds with blockchain, while also teaching kids about financial literacy in a simple, engaging way. Niall Dennehy, CEO and Founder of 'NestiFi', joins Bobby to discuss.

Bobby took a trip out to Finglas in north Dublin to chat to the owner of Olivier's Bread, who operates a bread vending machine outside their premises.

Joining Abobby to run through the main stories from the business pages is Louisa Meehan of Woodview HRM and Stephen O’Leary, Founder and CEO of Olytico.

Joining Bobby in the Executive Chair this week is Chris Lauder, Founder of The Dublin Academy of Education & CEO of the recently formed Axis Education Group.

As a manager, or even as a worker, how well do you know the personalities of those around you? Have you thought that knowing this might be good for your business? Lewis Senior is the co-author of a new book, Personalities Remixed, that helps you do just that. He joins Bobby to discuss.

Joining Bobby to chat about the state of the play when it comes to car sales in 2025 is:

- Rowena Dooley, Dealer Principal at Dooley Motors Carlow

- Brian Cooke, SIMI Director General (Society of the Irish Motor Industry)

- Vincent Doyle, car salesman and bass player with ‘Cry Before Dawn’.