Breakfast Business

Before the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, few people in Western Europe at least gave much thought to further EU enlargement and other countries wanting to join the bloc. But now that war has reached our continent again, admitting new members has become a live issue. But should we? Ian Bond is a director at the CER and joined Joe on Breakfast Business this morning.

Planning permission has been granted this week to create some of the biggest infrastructures to harness on and off shore wind power in Ireland. Once constructed in County Wicklow, the new distribution facility will link the proposed wind farm just off the coast of Arklow. Is this the start of the green revolution that we have been waiting for? Barry Kilcline, Director of Offshore Development Ireland at SSE Renewables  joined Joe on the show this morning.

Business Editor Joe Lynam takes a look through some of the business stories in today's newspapers and websites.

Technology may be the biggest single component of the Irish economy but financial services are probably the third biggest part. But its reputation hasn't fully recovered from the calamity of the financial crisis nor helped by tracker mortgage scandals in recent years nor by the fact that banks here charge twice the eurozone for mortgage interest rates. All issues for the new Director of Financial Services Ireland (FSI) Group, Patricia Callan who spoke to Joe on Breakfast Business this morning.

Food production is a vital part of the Irish economy though far less important than it was 30 years ago. But with a war disrupting distribution, self-reliance on food - especially dairy products has become more salient. The Irish Dairy board reckons that food could be the new gold and that’s why they've rebranded as Or Nua meaning ‘new gold’ John Jordan is the Chief executive of Ornua joined Joe this morning on the show.

Business Editor Joe Lynam takes a look through some of today's business stories and market news.

India has declined to impose sanctions on Russia after the invasion of Ukraine and pitted itself against America and the West. Are they being foolish or very clever? For more on this Joe spoke to Krish Nandakumar is a Harvard-educated India-born International lawyer specialising in South Asian affairs, currently completing master's in international relations from DCU.

Dublin airport is probably the single most important piece of infrastructure in Ireland. But do we have a bigger, wider problem with our infrastructure and why can we not build the so-called ‘grand projects? Colm Mccarthy is one of the most renowned and respected economists in Ireland and someone who has written many reports for governments and Colm spoke to Joe on the show this morning.

Business Editor Joe Lynam takes a look at some of the business stories in today's business pages and websites.

A new experiment aims to measure how much more engagement the right accent can get from ad viewers Shane Brennan, Creative Director, FOE joined Gavin this morning to discuss.

As the ECB gears up to hike interest rates in July, what will be the impact on mortgage brokers and what should borrowers do? For more on this Gavin spoke to Joe Sheahan, Head Of Credit at MyMortgages.ie.

Deputy Business Editor Gavin McLoughlin takes a look at this mornings business stories and markets.

As Dell Technologies reports very strong results, the Managing Director of its Irish business Jason Ward joined Gavin on the show this morning to discuss how the company is faring here, plus outline how Irish firms can improve their resilience to cyber attacks.

Irish entrepreneur Colm Lyon CEO, Fire Financial Services spoke to Gavin this morning to discuss how his fintech business hopes to win customers from the departure of two of the main banks.

Deputy Business Editor Gavin McLouglin takes a look through today's business pages and latest market developments with Aidan Donnelly from Davy.

Ireland has some of the best fashion designers around these days- whether it’s Philip Tracey or Paul Costelloe or Louise Kennedy. There’s also a new batch of exciting young designers. They include Joanne Hynes whose fashion collection within Dunnes stores is doing well. How much of an industry is the fashion business in Ireland?  Joanne Hynes Designer joined Joe this morning on the show to discuss.

Six months ago the cost of producing a litre of milk by Irish farmers was around 20 cents. It’s now closer to 50 cents. For farmers and food producers, it’s turning into a really testing crisis. Pat O’Toole-the political correspondent of the Irish Farmer's Journal spoke to Joe on the show this morning.

Business Editor Joe Lynam takes a quick run through some of the main business stories in this morning's business papers and websites.

The circular economy is increasingly important whereby we reuse or refurbish things rather than buy them new. We’ve had refurbished mobile phones but now you can buy a refurbished great games console. One company Refurbed.ie which originally started in Austria has launched in Ireland its Marketing manager Pádraic Power joined Joe this morning on Breakfast Business.

It was established to reassure Germany in the run-up to creating the Euro in 1999. It’s been flouted by most member states of the Eurozone and its nickname was the ‘Stupidity’ pact which was the Growth and Stability pact. . But is the Growth & Stability pact defunct in light of pooled borrowing and bailouts? Benoit Lallemand from Finance Watch in Brussels joined Joe on the show this morning.