The Business

You’ll be familiar with Gary O Hanlon ’s face from various TV shows. Now the Executive Chef of The Condor at Chateau du Coudreceau - a luxurious estate in France that costs 25,000 euro a night to stay - he has been thriving in the hospitality sector for nearly 30 years. He joins us now.

A big find was on the minds of the Kenny’s Bookshop family in Galway this week when they discovered two solid gold coins in the spine of an old prayer book. But what other valuable finds can be found in bookshops? Siofra Mulqueen has been finding out.

Earlier we heard about what’s happening in the construction sector, but let’s look at some stories that spell out the reality of the rental market. Ciarán Mulqueen, a teacher who also runs the Crazy House Prices Instagram page, joins us now.

What is causing the shortage of apprentices in the construction sector? We’re joined by Colin Donnery, Group CEO at FRS Network, and Assistant General Secretary of Connect Trade Union Brian Nolan to discuss.

Our news feeds are constantly full of the latest musings of Elon Musk - whether he buy Twitter this week or not - as well as blether about Jeff Bezos and other billionaires. But author and journalist Patrick Freyne is not convinced that their lives are all that they’re cracked up to be...

Many of us are itching to jet off some place sunnier this summer, but others are happy out to stick with the simple mobile home and caravan options. Esther O’Moore Donohoe has been finding out why...

Who is profiting the war in Ukraine and the arms trade? We’re joined by Andrew Feinstein, Founding Director of Shadow World Investigations and author of The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade, to discuss.

As the future of the Northern Ireland Protocol looks uncertain, how likely is a trade war between the UK and EU and is now the worst possible timing? We’re joined by Dr. Martina Lawless, Research Professor with the ESRI.

Bobby Idogho arrived in Ireland from Nigeria aged seven. Three years ago he co-founded Radically Digital, a London and Lisbon based company that is expected to have a turnover of seven million pounds this year. He tells us his story.

Flipdish is an online directory of Irish restaurants and food businesses designed to act as an alternative to food marketplaces. The company was founded by brothers Conor and James McCarthy and is the latest Irish tech company to earn unicorn status. They tell us their story.