Breakfast Business

Whether you work in a small lab, a giant pharmaceutical company, academia or other research facilities, you’ll be aware of the strict rules surrounding how chemical waste needs to be disposed of. Kevin Walsh witnessed a chemical accident when the wrong chemical waste was mixed with a highly volatile substance and it encouraged him to set up a company to ensure other labs don’t make the same mistake. His company is called Chemishield and it announced last week that it’s employing a further 50 people to expand their business globally. Kevin Walsh is the Chief Executive of Chemishield and joined Joe in studio this morning.

Tuesday's business headlines with Joe Lynam.

All Monday's business news and markets with Russ Mould from AJ Bell. 

The Land Development Agency is designed to develop and build affordable housing on state owned lands. Although a relatively new agency, it has discovered recently that often the biggest obstacle to construction is other semi state or government-controlled bodies. Joining Joe on the show was Phelim O’Neill the Director of Development with the Land Development Agency. 

Kealan Lennon is the Chief Executive of CleverCards which is a fintech company, which provides prepaid credit cards - increasingly preferred by companies as a way to reward their staff without exposing them to Benefit in Kind.   He’s also very aware of the changing banking habits by Irish consumers which he thinks is happening quicker than the big traditional banks appreciate.

Joe is joined by Siobhan Casey, Brand Manager at Bulmers Ireland, to explain why cider sales are falling despite strong overall volumes and what’s next for the brand.Listen here.

Eoin Byrne, Cluster Manager at Cyber Ireland, joins Breakfast Business to outline how firms across the island are cooperating to counter rising cyber threats and overcome regulatory differences.Listen here.

Lisa Brankin, Chair of Ford in Britain and Ireland, joins Breakfast Business to explain how the company is recovering from recent recalls and its strategy to regain a top-five market position.Listen here.

Joe Lynam goes through all the biggest business news on Thursday for Breakfast Business.Listen here.

Kilian Finane of Finline Furniture joins Breakfast Business to talk about restoring furniture, manufacturing in Laois, and why the circular economy earned him Repak’s Green Businessperson of the Month.Listen here.

John Eason, Retail Director at B&Q Ireland, joins Breakfast Business as the company opens new stores in Navan, Waterford and Letterkenny. What’s behind the expansion — and how are customers responding?Listen here.

Get all the latest business news with Joe from this morning's papers.Listen here.

John Ryan, founder of Healthy Place to Work, joins Joe Lynam to explain how employers can create physically and mentally healthy work environments — and why it matters for performance.Listen here.

Babak Hodjat, Chief Technology Officer for AI at Cognizant, joins Breakfast Business to explain how Agentic AI could be a disruption to jobs.Listen here.

Patricia Callan, Chief Executive of Financial Services Ireland, joins Breakfast Business to discuss the threats and opportunities facing Ireland’s financial services workers. From AI disruption to a global tariff war and unlocking €100bn in dormant savings.Listen here.

All the biggest business news stories on Tuesday, 3 June with Joe Lynam.Listen here.

Mortgage approvals continued to grow in April as first-time buyer activity reached new highs, that’s according to latest figures from the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland.Chief Economist at the BPFI, Ali Ugur joined Emmet to discuss these figures .

Bord Bia’s Bloom Festival is underway and will run until 2pm on Monday. Emmet was joined on the show this morning by Bord Bia CEO, Jim O’Toole to talk how sustainability takes centre stage this year. 

We get all the latest in the Markets with Aiden Donnelly from Davy and Emmet Oliver.

A new report reveals that 67% of businesses frequently experience payment system issues with over half saying refund processing problems have directly cost them customers.   To discuss with Emmet was is Alex Marsh, Chair of SALAD, and Non-Executive Director of the Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology.