Down To Business

For this week's Industry Review, Bobby is joined by three leading voices in Ireland’s digital marketing and transformation space.

• Caroline Dunlea is the CEO and Co-Founder of Core Optimisation

• Jane McDaid is the Founder of Thinkhouse

• Seamus White, Co-founder & Head of Digital Marketing at Granite Digital

Together, they explore how their companies have evolved in recent years, how they’re responding to changes in client needs and consumer behaviour, and where the digital marketing landscape is headed next.

Bees On The Roof was established in 2019 by Emma Finn, a professional beekeeper with a passion for nature, biodiversity, and making a real difference to Ireland’s declining bee population. Bobby popped out to her earlier in the week to find out what all the buzz was about.

Joining Bobby to go through the main business stories from the Saturday papers is Doug Keatinge of Avolon & Linda Daly, Business reporter with the Sunday Times.

Conserving the environment, supporting local communities, and providing meaningful experiences for visitors - it’s all part of ‘Ecotourism’ - a fast-growing arm of Ireland’s tourism strategy for the future.

Joining Bobby to discuss is:

· Paddy Mathews, Head of Operations for Ireland's Hidden Heartlands with Fáilte Ireland
· Liam Feeley, Chief Executive Officer at Mountaineering Ireland
· Niamh Lunny, from the Irish Landmark Trust
· Jarlath O’Dwyer, CEO of the Burren Ecotourism Network

Things may be getting serious for Ireland’s pharma industry after Tuesday’s threat by Donald Trump to impose a 200% tariff on US pharma companies who fail to repatriate their production within a timeline. What would that mean for Ireland? Bobby is joined by economist Cormac Lucey & David Anchell, the founder and managing director of Camida.

Joining Bobby in this week's Executive Chair is Jayne Owen–Gauld, Market Manager for IKEA Ireland.

Bobby is joined by James Eagle, author of 'From Chaos to Clarity: How Data Visualization can Save the World'.

Joining Bobby to run through the main business stories of the day are Susan Hayes-Culleton, host of Taking Stock here at Newstalk & Robert Whelan of Rockwell Finance.

From the age of 30, evidence shows that we naturally lose significant muscle mass and bone density. Bobby headed out to 'Stronger You For Life’ in Rathmines, a personal fitness business that looks to create a solid, sustainable, and well-informed framework that helps people develop their own fitness toolkit.

Bobby speaks to chefs & restaurateurs to get a sense of just where this vital industry sits as we face down inflationary and staffing pressures.

Guests:

● Anna Haugh, Executive Head Chef & owner of Myrtle Restaurant in London

● JP McMahon, chef, restaurateur, and author (owner of Cava, Aniar, and Kombu)

● Jessica Murphy, Murphy Head Chef and co-Proprietor at Kai Restaurant in Galway

● Will Dempsey, Restaurateur & Owner of Hang Dai on Camden Street