Why is it that some moneylenders in Ireland can charge interest rates of up to 287% and in most cases targeting those from lower socio-economic backgrounds?

Dr Olive McCarthy and Dr. Noreen Byrne of CUBS released an influential report last November which looked into the need to introduce rate restrictions on high cost credit in Ireland and they join Anthony McDonnell to discuss their findings on this week's Insights podcast.

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Insights is a co-production between CUBS and LastCastMedia.com.

On this week’s episode of Insights, we turn our attention to the Future of Work, asking are the robots taking over and what will our future jobs look like?  

Presenter, Anthony McDonnell, spoke to Ronan Carbery, co-director of the HR Research Centre and Senior Lecturer in Management at CUBS, Ultan Sherman, Lecturer in Management, and James Duggan, Irish Research Council Post-Graduate Researcher.

Plus, we find out if the gig economy is going to expand even more and why innovation and creativity will be the most highly-prized skills in the workplace.

For more insights and information into how CUBS lecturers, researchers and graduates are making an impact in the wider world, go to www.cubsucc.com.

Insights is a co-production between CUBS and LastCastMedia.com.

What will 2019 bring for Irish businesses and the economy?  With so much uncertainty around Brexit, plenty of question marks and external threats remain.

Presenter, Anthony McDonnell, spoke to CUBS alumni, Gerard Brady, who is Head of Tax and Fiscal Policy at IBEC, to find out how Irish business is coping and planning for the year ahead.

He also discussed other issues around corporation tax, infrastructure and available talent, but one thing is certain, Brexit will continue to dominate the headlines.

For more insights and information into how CUBS lecturers, researchers and graduates are making an impact in the wider world, go to www.cubsucc.com.

Insights is a co-production between CUBS and LastCastMedia.com.

This week on Insights: the CUBS podcast, presenter Anthony McDonnell speaks to CUBS alumni, Brian Mehigan, who was recently appointed Chief Strategy Officer to the Kerry Group and who was their CFO for sixteen years. 

The Kerry Group is one of the world’s leading food manufacturers and distributors and their story is a remarkable one of growth, vision and ambition that began from a co-op in the Kingdom. 

With the food business industry booming in Ireland and Cork, Brian is one person expertly placed to give his insights and advice into this sector.

For more insights and information into how CUBS lecturers, researchers and graduates are making an impact in the wider world, go to www.cubsucc.com.

Insights is a co-production between CUBS and LastCastMedia.com.

This week on Insights: the CUBS podcast, presenter Anthony McDonnell speaks to present and past Deans of CUBS, Thia Hennessy and Ciaran Murphy.

Anthony finds out about the school’s plans for future growth and the importance and need for deeper ties to business in the Cork region, as well as the emphasis and importance placed on applied learning in CUBS.

For more insights and information into how CUBS lecturers, researchers and graduates are making an impact in the wider world, go to www.cubsucc.com.

Insights is a co-production between CUBS and LastCastMedia.com.

Why does there continue to be a deep-rooted inequality in Ireland preventing the rise of more women to top positions in management?

Professor Carol Kulik of the University of South Australia was a guest speaker on gender diversity organised by the HR Research Centre at University College Cork in September, when she gave insights into Australia's experience and what Ireland can do to remedy its own situation.

This week's episode of Insights: the CUBS podcast, has some of the key points from Carol's presentation where she warned of 'gender fatigue' in organisations.

She also highlighted the need for a more top-down approach with the appointment of women to executive board positions leading to an immediate positive impact in the feeder group to these highest-level positions.

For more insights and information into how CUBS lecturers, researchers and graduates are making an impact in the wider world, go to www.cubsucc.com.

Insights is a co-production between CUBS and LastCastMedia.com.

On the first episode of Insights: the CUBS podcast from UCC, we’re discussing the topical and thorny issue of populism and the reason for its rise in regional areas, asking if it could happen in Ireland too?

Joining presenter, Anthony McDonnell, was Declan Jordan CUBS’ Senior Lecturer in Economics and Co-Director of the Spatial and Regional Economics Research Centre to discuss regional economics and the dangers of the problems caused by imbalances in the system.

For more insights and information into how CUBS lecturers, researchers and graduates are making an impact in the wider world, go to www.cubsucc.com.

Insights is a co-production between CUBS and LastCastMedia.com

Insights is the new monthly podcast from CUBS, the Cork University Business School, bringing you the latest news and events from CUBS as well as finding out about some of the most interesting and ground-breaking research being carried out in the school that is making an impact not just in Cork, Munster and Ireland but beyond.

For more information go to: www.cubsucc.com

Insights is a co-production between CUBS and LastCastMedia.com