The Business

Over the last few weeks, we’ve been hearing of the battle faced by employers to try to coax staff back into offices. Our next guest, "the Undercover Economist" at the Financial Times, Tim Harford, is a big believer that employers could learn from previous bad office design to entice people back. He join us now.

The reintroduction of COVID restrictions in China meant congestion the country's ports reached an all time high this week. Meanwhile, the war in Ukraine is also causing issues with supplies. To look at how it’s all playing out in the air and on the high seas, we’re joined by Graham Parker, VP Sales at Kontainer.com.

Our next guest always has time on his mind. Stephen McGonigle is involved in the very high end of watchmaking in his business, McGonigle Watches. Before setting up his company, he worked in the industry for years making watches for other businesses. He joins us now.

We’ve all heard about the satellite space race, with the likes of Elon Musk leading the way. Satellites are now dotted across our skies, but are they ruining the stargazing experience? Siofra Mulqueen spent this week finding out...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has thrown a spotlight on their intelligence services, leaving us all wondering just how the business world of spies work. We are joined by spy novelist and former MI6 intelligence officer, Matthew Dunn.

With more and more staff testing positive for COVID-19, businesses have been left with empty offices. The pressure is piling on management and colleagues, so what are the best ways of avoiding burnout? Author and psychotherapist, Siobhan Murray, and Louise Campbell of Robert Walters Recruitment join us to share their thoughts.

According to new ESRI figures, inflation in Ireland is likely to surge to more than 8% in the coming months. Is there a solution? We’re joined now by Philip Lane, Chief Economist of the European Central Bank.

In the week where we celebrated all things Irish, we remember emigrants of generations past who made their name in the business world overseas. Siofra Mulqueen has been finding out about some of them...

The Batman has surpassed $500 million dollars in the box office since its release, causing theatres in the US to up their ticket prices - the first time since The Godfather! Rory Cashin, Entertainment Editor for Joe.ie, has been exploring inflation at the movies.

Flooring Porter crossed the finish line in first place at Cheltenham this week for the second year running. The horse was bought by a four man syndicate in the West of Ireland after seeing an ad on Facebook. Joining us now are Ned Hogarty, one of the members of that winning syndicate, and Amber O’Grady of Horse Racing Ireland.