Breakfast Business

Ryanair has just published its results for the past 12 months. The Dublin and London listed giant airline made a LOSS of €355 million. That’s a decent improvement from the loss of more than €1 billion a year ago.  Traffic figures are vastly improved from lockdowns a year ago but it is still 35% below pre Covid levels.  To discuss the results further Joe spoke to  Neil Sorahan  CFO of Ryanair. Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Business Editor Joe Lynam takes a look through Monday's business websites and newspapers. Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

It’s exactly 50 years since Ireland voted overwhelmingly to join what was then the EEC and is now the EU. Back then Ireland’s main trading partner was Britain by a country mile. 50 years later and one of its main trading partners is Germany. Joe was joined on the show this morning by German Ambassador to Ireland Cord Meier-Klodt. Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

you are interested in crypto currencies like bitcoin, then you will have noticed that the market has collapsed in recent days and weeks. From an all-time record high of almost $70,000 last year, BitCoin is now trading at around $27,000.   One less well known cryptocoin - the Terra Luna token - fell from a high of $118, last month, to $0.09 on Thursday. Is this the end of cryptocurrencies at a risk hedge? Joining Joe this morning was Gavin Blessing from ICM Capital research which launched its own crypto-only fund last year. Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.  

Aidean Donnelly from Davy Stockbrokers joined Joe this morning to take a look through Friday's markets and business news. Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.  

The bounce back in tax receipts from the lockdowns of 2020 and 21 has been astonishing.  Chairman of the Revenue Niall Cody spoke to Joe on the show this morning. Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Briefing on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

This isn’t news to any house buyers out there but the difference between the asking price for properties these days and the actual sale agreed price has no reason to 9%. Many people would say that the market is completely dysfunctional, especially with soaring inflation and an economy recovering from lockdowns.Eddie O’Driscoll  from the online estate agents auctioneera.ie joined Joe on the show this morning. Breakfast Business Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.  

It’s been a year since the global online payments platform and devices Square, which is also partly owned by the Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, opened its first outlet in Ireland.  Now that lockdowns have ended Joe spoke to the head of their European business  a man from Portlaoise  Jason Lalor  about the new products that are being launched and whether we would stay off using folding money. Breakfast Business Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.  

Business Editor Joe Lynam takes a look through today's business pages and websites. Listen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.     Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.  

Food production and sales are very important parts of the Irish Economy. That’s why packaging and what your product looks like on the shelf and the material that you wrap your goods in, also matter. Import prices are up 20% for packaging and that's feeding soaring inflation. To discuss further Joe spoke to Lorcan Bannon - Associate Director for Food and Agribusiness at IFAC . Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Joe Lynam takes a look through some of the business stories feature in today's papers and websites.   Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Almost exactly a year ago, something pretty significant happened. A group of cybercriminals probably emanating from Russia effectively switched off the Irish public health system - the HSE. A year on what have we learned? Joe was joined on the show by Stuart Davis from  Crowdstrike. Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

It ooks pretty likely that the federal right to an abortion is coming to an end in the United States. For corporate America, it leads to a number of challenges. Joe spoke to corporate behaviour professor Mohammad Elahee from Quinnipiac University and asked him what companies would do if Rowe v Wade is overturned.  Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.   

Last month, the government announced that Ireland would be creating its first statutory auto-enrolment scheme for the workplace. Joining Joe to discuss that and a number of other issues facing human resource managers is John Mercer is the Chief Executive of Mercer Ireland, Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Business Editor Joe Lynam takes a look through the business stories featured in today business papers and websites.   Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

No matter how small your company, change is coming due to some of the ambitious climate change rules and targets we’ve set ourselves.  If you're in the dark, there’s a free masterclass in Dublin for any business at which they’ll walk you through what your company could do to slash its carbon consumption and the lady hosting it is Sue Garrard, a former EVP of Sustainable Business at Unilever and currently a sustainability strategy advisor to leading global firms and Sue spoke to Joe this morning. Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Newstalk's Business Editor Joe Lynam takes a look through Monday's business papers. Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

The NASDAQ listed company Horizon Therapeutics will formally open its new Global Headquarters on St. Stephen’s Green in Dublin today. s. David Caraher who is the Site Lead in their Dublin Global Headquarters Giants spoke to Joe on the show this morning. Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Volkswagen, the world’s second-largest electric vehicle manufacturer by volume, has “sold out” of battery-powered models in the US and Europe for this year. Why has this happened, and are we seeing an electric car shortage in Europe?   To discuss further Emmet spoke to Shane O’Donoghue, Editor with completecar.ie Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

The Reputations Agency will today announce the results of the Ireland RepTrak 2022 study, the largest and longest running study of reputation in Ireland. Which organisations came out on top? To discuss further Emmet was joined on the show by  Niamh Boyle MD and founder of the Reputations Agency. Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.