The Business

This week, financial institutions such as The Bank of England and JP Morgan warned that AI stock has reached bubble levels. Adrian Weckler, technology editor with the Irish and Sunday Independent, joins Richard to discuss whether AI investments will meet a similar fate to the 1990s dot com boom and bust.

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Bryan O'Sullivan, a world leading interior designer, joins Richard to chat about his family influences, his path into design, and work-life balance. Originating from Kenmare in County Kerry, O'Sullivan has designed high end residential projects in Paris, The Berkeley and Claridges hotels in London, and even the odd yacht or two.

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An excerpt in remembrance of Manchán Magan, who wrote an Ode to Local Shops for us coming out of one of the lockdowns. Magan was a rare storyteller who truly brought Ireland's heart and soul to life and we were deeply saddened to hear of his passing. Manchán Magan, 1970-2025.

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Sinéad O'Sullivan, defence economist, aerospace engineer and author of Good Ideas and Power Moves: Ten Lessons for Success from Taylor Swift, shares how we can learn from Swift in life and business.

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Elaine Carey, chief executive of Three Ireland, joins Richard to discuss how she made the leap from answering calls in the call centre to now calling the big shots in the same building, sharing the lessons she learnt along the way.

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Síofra Mulqueen reports on how to succeed in jobs interviews, which may well be useful for the presidental candidates as they prepare for upcoming debates with less than three weeks to go till election.

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Author of Punishing Putin: Inside the Global Economic War to Bring Down Russia, Stephaine Barker, offers an analysis of the impact of the West's sanctions on Russia since the beginning of the war in Ukraine.

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David O'Sullivan, EU Sanctions Envoy, continues the conversation on sanctions and their wider impact, offering insights from Dublin's International Trade- The Challenges Ahead conference at which he gave the keynote address.

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Sean Crescenzi and Jamie McCarthy of Hera, Juno, Crudo, and Achara, share their recipe for success in the tough food business industry, having set up four restaurants in the past four years.

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Michael Grynbaum of the New York Times discusses the fascinating story of the Condé Nast magazine empire. With household titles such as Vogue, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair, Grynbaum captures the history of Condé Nast in his recently published book Empire of the Elite: Inside Condé Nast, the Media Dynasty That Reshaped America.

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