The Business

This week The Irish Times reported that the average pay of eight of the top ten CEOs in Ireland is nearly double what it was pre Covid, with the CEOs earning millions each year. But is anyone worth that kind of money? We’re joined by economist Colm McCarthy and Economist and Assistant Professor of Social Policy at UCD Mícheál Collins

Helen and Howard Pau set up the Asia Market on Drury Street in Dublin selling to restaurants and takeaways all over the country. It’s now a multimillion euro business with 160 employees. That baby, their daughter Eva Pau studied IT, swapped it for a career in finance in Hong Kong, but eventually came back to the family business where she now works as commercial director.

As the government considers giving homeowners money to house Ukrainian refugees, many of our hotels have been welcoming those fleeing the war . 4,000 hotel bedrooms are currently being used to house refugees. Some are concerned about how this could impact the tourism industry in the long term. But we're joined by Hotelier Lorraine Sweeney and Ivanna Ibragimova, who are involved in this area already.

Under the Digital Services Act the likes of Meta and Google will be forced to combat misinformation, police their platforms for illicit content and restrict the targeting of minors with certain ads - or risk billions of dollars in fines. So can we expect an end to online hate speech, terrorist propaganda of other material defined as illegal by the EU? We’re joined now by Johnny Ryan, a privacy-rights campaigner and senior fellow at the Irish Council for Civil Liberties and Elaine Burke, Editor of Silicon Republic.

From religious symbolism to a multi-million chocolate industry, Aifric O'Connell of 2fm delves into the history of the Easter Egg.

Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter for $43 billion dollars, all in the name of free speech. To dissect whether a social media platform should be in private ownership, we are joined by Liz Carolan, Executive Director at Digital Action, and Mark Paul of the Irish Times.

Susan Spence left school to complete a secretarial course and is now the President of SoftCo, a hugely successful software company providing finance solutions to the likes of Microsoft, Primark and Lloyd’s Bank. She joins us now to chat about her career.

Earlier this week, the US announced that it would sanction members of the Kinahan gang and offer a reward of 5 million dollars for evidence leading to their prosecution. But do rewards really work? We’re joined by John Dean-O’Keeffe, a Lecturer in Criminology & Forensic Psychology in Plymouth and at the University of Oxford.

Many of us will be familiar with the lip sync videos, pranks and dance moves synonymous with the social media site of the moment - TikTok. But more and more people are attempting to make money from the app. Siofra Mulqueen finds out more...

After Marine Le Pen closed the gap on Emmanuel Macron in the French election polls, has she a chance of winning? With her warm ties to the Kremlin, what would a Le Pen victory mean for the future of the European Union? Brigid Laffan, Emeritus Professor at the European University Institute, joins us to discuss.