In part one: From FTSE100 firms to corner shops, how is the British business community reacting to the possibility of Brexit? BBC Business Correspondent Joe Lynam is on the line and Economics Editor Arthur Beesley is in studio to discuss that, and whether we can look forward to the return of duty-free shopping in Holyhead.

In part two: CCC Nuacht News Editor Declan Brennan explains what has been going on in the trial of four former Anglo and Irish Life and Permanent employees.

Bank of Ireland have attempted to get the jump on their competitors this week by offering incentives to tempt people back into the property market, but is there any value to be had? In the first part of this week's Business podcast Ciaran Hancock talks mortgages with John "The Money Doctor" Lowe and Eimear Lang.

In part two Ciarán is joined by journalist Eoin Burke Kennedy and IFA dairy executive Catherine Lasscurettes to discuss the plummeting price of milk over the last eighteen months and the implications for the Irish dairy sector.

Carnage in global and Irish stock markets this week has left many investors afraid. Is money in stocks safe? What caused the fall in value and what does it mean for the wider economy? And will it scupper state plans to get some AIB money back? Noel O'Halloran, Chief Investment Officer with Kleinwort Benson Investors and Joe Gill, Director of Corporate Broking with Goodbody Stockbrokers join Ciaran Hancock to assess the situation.

What is fiscal space, anyway? Economist Jim Power joins host Ciarán Hancock and Economics Editor Arthur Beesley to discuss the economic issues that should dominate the general election.

And Deputy Business Editor Dominic Coyle explains the Vodafone offer to Irish shareholders who bought into Eircom back in the late 1990s. It's a chance to sell that will spell a welcome end to many first (and last) time investors' sorry experience of playing the markets.

Banking Inquiry committee members Joe Higgins and Eoghan Murphy are in studio to discuss the committee's findings, along with host Ciaran Hancock and political reporter Sarah Bardon.

We know lobbying happens, but who lobbies whom about what? A new register reveals the answer for the first time. From pleas for more beach volleyball courts to tobacco, alcohol and rezoning submissions, Business Affairs Correspondent Mark Paul has story.

In part two Paul O'Kane of Dublin Airport Authority and reporter Barry O'Halloran discuss the airport's growing passenger numbers, plans for new runways and terminals and what difference if any the election will make to those plans.

Should David Drumm be detained in a U.S. prison while awaiting an extradition hearing? Irish Times columnist Fintan O'Toole argues the former Anglo CEO should be released, while Washington Correspondent Simon Carswell provides more background to Drumm's detention and the limited options open to him for further legal challenges.

In part two of the podcast Cantor Fitzgerald Senior Analyst David Donnelly and Irish Times Economics Editor Arthur Beesley discuss the shaky start to the year for global stock markets and what it means for the Irish economy, private investors and AIB's planned share sale.

Exchequer figures for 2015 paint a picture of economic recovery that Michael Noonan could scarcely have dreamed of when he took over the Department of Finance in the dark days of 2011.

KBC Chief Economist Austin Hughes joins Arthur Beesley to explain the unexpectedly strong 'bouncebackability' of the Irish economy, what credit is due whom, and why we still need to be cautious.

In part two Ciara O'Brien is on the line from Las Vegas's annual COnsumer Electronic Show, where techies are salivating over driverless cars, drones, fridges that email you with what food you need and all the rest.

Danny McCoy of Ibec, Pat Byrne of CityJet and Fiona Muldoon of FBD Insurance join Ciarán and Arthur to discuss the year ahead for Irish business.

Topics explored include managing economic growth, challenges to competitiveness, the threat of Brexit, tourism, banking and even the potential effect of Euro 2016.

Pamela Newenham, Laura Slattery and Cliff Taylor join co-hosts Arthur Beesley and Ciaran Hancock for a look back at the big winners and losers in Irish business and economic life throughout 2015.

Featuring Denis O'Brien, the Collison brothers, Colm Lyon, Michael O'Leary, David Drumm, INM, TV3, Deirdre Foley, the IFA, Paddy Cosgrave, Philip Lane and many more.