A study of executive salaries at Irish companies by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) released this week, shows the gap between the pay packets of chief executives and the average worker is widening, while bonuses are on the up.Laura Slattery is joined by Ictu's Dr Peter Rigney, Global FDI director at Morgan McKinley Trayc Keevan and Irish Times business affairs correspondent Mark Paul to discuss the findings.Also on the show: the CSO has introduced its Labour Force Survey to replace the Quarterly National Household Survey as the most accurate barometer of conditions in the Irish labour market. Eoin Burke Kennedy explains what it says about the state of Irish employment.

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Demand for residential property in Dublin is sky-high, particularly around Grand Canal Dock. That's where development company Cairn Homes is building 122 new apartments. But the hefty price tag means they are not for everyone. Cairn CEO Michael Stanley showed Ciarán around the building and talked about the high cost of construction, why we need to add more floors to our city centre buildings and what needs to be done to ameliorate the acute shortage of housing. But first Joe Brennan pops in to tell us about the history of Cairn.

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2017 was another busy year for the Irish hotel industry with many new openings, customer growth and increased room rates. Tim Fenn, CEO of the Irish Hotels Federation, talks to Ciarán about the industry: the health of the market, whether value for money is being eroded, the impact of Brexit and the fight to retain the 9% VAT rate.

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What challenges and opportunities face the Irish economy and business in 2018? Bank of Ireland chief executive Francesca McDonagh, Ibec CEO Danny McCoy and Irish Times columnist and technology entrepreneur Chris Horn, join Ciaran Hancock to look ahead to the next 12 months.

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Cliff Taylor joins Ciarán Hancock to discuss what led to Ireland having Europe's fastest growing economy in 2017. Also casting a glance back at the year that was, Laura Slattery chronicles the ups and downs at RTÉ, Mark Paul reviews the extraordinary goings on at Independent News and Media, while Dominic Coyle and Joe Brennan have the latest on the ongoing tracker mortgage scandal and what might happen next.In the second part of the show, Sport Ireland CEO John Treacy is this month’s guest on the Business of Sport, co-hosted by Mick O’Keeffe of Teneo PSG.

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Irish Times columnist Chris Johns joins Laura Slattery and Cliff Taylor to discuss the Great Brexit Fudge and an apparent comeback by Prime Minister Theresa May. Also on today's podcast, Proinsias O'Mahony on the Bitcoin bubble and Barry O'Halloran on Ryanair's industrial relations woes.

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Chief economist at Davy Conall Mac Coille joins Washington correspondent Suzanne Lynch, Cliff Taylor and Ciarán Hancock to discuss the failed Brexit talks, US tax reform and what it might mean for Ireland. The panel also look at the exchequer returns for the first 11 months of this year and what they tell us about the health of the Irish economy.

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Today we're excited to introduce a new monthly feature on Inside Business: The Business of Sport. Together with Mick O'Keeffe, CEO of communications company Teneo PSG and former Dublin footballer, we'll be examining the stories where sport and business interact. Joining us for the our first instalment of The Business of Sport is Paraic Duffy, Director General of the GAA. He talks to Ciarán and Mick about getting to grips with the vast machine that is the modern GAA, what missing out on the Rugby World Cup bid means for development of gaelic stadia, and the future of GAA broadcasting - could RTÉ lose more games to rivals?But first Ciarán talks to Cliff Taylor about the Central Bank's relaxation of some of the macroprudential rules governing lending to prospective homebuyers. Some good news for first time buyers at last?

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In today's episode, Deputy Chief Executive of Retail Excellence Ireland, Lorraine Higgins and Irish Times consumer affairs correspondent Conor Pope go head-to-head on the merits of Black Friday.And, in the second part of the show, Denis Staunton joins Ciaran Hancock and Cliff Taylor on the line from London, where the Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond delivered the UK’s autumn budget earlier this afternoon.

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Are landlords are leaving long-term rentals, switching to the more lucrative short-term market? What's going on with a potential personal data breach at INM? And what are the latest developments in the tracker mortgage scandal? Fiona Reddan, Mark Paul and Joe Brennan join Ciarán Hancock to discuss.In the second part of the show, Peter Vale, tax partner at Grant Thornton, is in studio with Deputy Business Editor Dominic Coyle to talk about the “Single Malt” tax loophole, which companies are now turning to after other structures were shut down in recent years.

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