The Business

Founders such Bill Gates and Elon Musk swear by the power of optimism, yet Paul Howard discusses the importance of finding a fine line between hope and horsepower.

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This week, Pascal Donohue announced that he was standing down as Minister for Finance in order to take up a prestigious new job at the World Bank. Chief Economics Correspondent of the Financial Times, Martin Wolf, joins Richard to discuss Donohue's international reputation and what he can expect from his new role.

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You've trained together and you've toiled in the trenches together, but what do you do when you're work 'bestie' moves on? Writer Fiona Looney shares her advice.

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Yet another video of President Trump went viral this week as he told a female reporter 'quiet piggy.' Margaret E. Ward, Leadership Consultant, joins Richard to discuss whether women still deal with name-calling in the workplace, and if things are getting better or worse?

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Richard visited Sam Moffett at his factory in Monaghan to discuss the long line of inventors and entrepreneurs in his family, and how he struck out on his own to set up his company Moffett Automated Storage.

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Professor Thomas Donaldson, one of the world's leading experts on ethics, joins Richard to discuss where business standards and ethics lie in our increasingly volatile world.

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Earlier this week, Catherine Connolly was inaugurated as the tenth president of Ireland. Yet at the inauguration, quite a few people were caught peeping at their phones rather than starting conversations with one another. Siofra Mulqueen reports on whether we've lost the art of small talk.

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In 2005 Terry Hughes set up Pivotal, a cash in transit and cash management business. A native of Belfast, Hughes joins Richard to discuss the beginnings of Pivotal, how he's dealt with armed robberies, and his past as a champion kickboxer.

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Richard and Denis Staunton, Irish Times Asia Editor, take a look at some of the stories making the headlines about China's economy. While the country is powering ahead on electric vehicles and AI, the intense competition between companies has caused prices to fall so much that many aren't making any money.

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The Irish team's unexpected success against Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal team on Thursday night took even the most optimistic commentators by surprise. Professor Ian Robertson, neuroscientist and author of 'How Confidence Works', joins Richard to discuss just how good a surprise win is for the brain.

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