The Business

Elon Musk has announced his successor as CEO of Twitter. Former head of advertising at NBCUniversal Linda Yaccarino is set to take on the role in the coming weeks. What will this mean for the business Twitter? And will this mean that Elon will take a step back and focus on his other business interests? Executive Director of Digital Action Liz Carolan joins us in studio now to discuss.

PwC is in hot water in Australia after it emerged that the firm used confidential government tax plans to advise tech clients. Accountancy Correspondent with the FT Michael O’Dwyer joins us to discuss. In a statement PwC said "we expect PwC member firms to meet the highest standards of professional and ethical behaviour. This situation presents a clear violation of our Code of Conduct. It is unacceptable and goes against our culture and values."

Well from Twitter developments to more old school technology - the telephone. It’s been reported that some firms have started to give extra coaching to their young recruits due to their lack of communication skills. Younger generations like millennials and Gen Z have apparently become allergic to speaking on their phone. Recent studies found that 75 percent of millennials dislike phone calls because they’re time-consuming, while 81 percent suffer from anxiety before they manage to make a phone call. Our own Millennial Siofra Mulqueen has been finding out more

Speaking of Gen Z, a lot of us will have heard the words “I’M BORED” come from their mouth at some point! Lipreaders claimed during the week that King Charles said “This is boring” at his own Coronation. But should the new king embrace boredom, should we try to incorporate it into our everyday lives, if we have the time ? Professor of Psychology at Trinity College Dublin and author of ‘How Confidence Works’ Ian Robertson

Our first guest this morning’s story is definitely one of resilience, Helen Cody has spent the past three decades at the very high end of high fashion. And while her business has had highs and lows, her life story too has followed a similar thread. We popped into her studio in Dublin to find out more.

Let's look at the whole practice of companies providing housing for employees. In Victorian times it’s something that happened fairly regularly, for example the likes of Cadburys, and the Guinness family. With the vast profits that some companies are making, is it time now for companies to engage in that practice again? We’re joined by Valerie Mulvin, Director at McCullough Mulvin Architects and Alfonzo Bonilla Director at Maremoto Architects.

Later in the programme we’ll be looking at the housing crisis. But first for a different take on that. The Village of Mullan in Co.Monaghan is an old Victorian Village. It was formed around a thriving mill in the 1800s, with free houses for employees close by. Later it was a shoe factory. But during the Troubles the village was abandoned and lay derelict until the Treanor family bought the mill. It’s now a thriving village, with the Mullan Lighting Factory at the centre of it. Mike and Edel Treanor own the company, with a turnover of 8 million euro, they export their lights all over the world. So what’s it like to build a business and rebuild a village at the same time? We caught up with Mike and Edel in Mullan.

Now it’s a storyline that sounds like it’s straight out of a Hollywood movie - China’s Men in Black step up security of foreign corporate sleuths. But it’s not a blockbuster script, it’s a story that the Financial Times has been reporting on. To tell us more we‘re joined now by Primrose Riordan, South China Correspondent with the Financial Times.

Now, from China’s men in black to what’s likely to be a colourful coronation kicking off soon in London with plenty of Union Jacks flying in honour of King Charles III. While many will be glued to proceedings, there are others that would much rather avoid it. David Pegg, Investigative Journalist with The Guardian joins us now.

Well the Monarchy is a family business after all. And with that in mind, we decided to ask some Irish family businesses how the handover works between generations. Is a long apprenticeship needed? What’s the most important advice the older generation can pass on? Taylor Mooney has been checking it out.