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A run-through of some of the business stories today with Newstalk Business Editor Joe Lynam.

Astonishingly, less than half of retailers in Ireland, have a shopping cart or buy online facility on their websites. Also only a fifth of retailers use ad tracking to follow whether the customers are responding to advertising or not. That’s all in the latest web health report from the domain people Dot.ie and retail excellence.  Oonagh McCutcheon, Chief Communications Officer at.IE joined Joe on the show this morning to discuss the findings of this report.

Do you remember when you used to argue with your mates about who won the 1976 All-Ireland final or who was at Number one in the week you were born? No one does that any more thanks to a company which was founded 25 years ago.  With her thoughts on the progeny of Google, we spoke to Newstalk Technology Correspondent, Jess Kelly

A look at today's business papers and markets with Aidan Donnelly from Davys.

The BPTM this month knows how to marry sustainability with teaching and running a business.  She took over the large suburban farm Airfield in Dundrum co Dublin this year, which had been run by 2 sisters for generations into a way to enjoy a meal that was mostly grown on that farm.  It also demonstrates how real food is made and how to make a profit along the way too.  She’s Claire McEvilly from Airfield Estates in Dundrum and she’s our BPTM for August.All with thanks to Eversheds Sutherland. 

Catherine Day, used to run the EU civil service as its Secretary General of the European Commission between 2005 and 2015.  She oversaw the accession of a dozen former communist nations into the bloc and managed the eurozone crises. She’s now set to become the 2nd recipient of The Padraig Ó hUigin Award For Financial Services for her contributions to Ireland’s financial industry. Catherine spoke to Joe this morning on the show. 

A run-through of some of the business stories today with Joe Lynam.

IBEC has made calls for more government spending on infrastructure and social investment to keep up with Cork’s growing population. Speaking to Emmet this morning was Fergal O'Brien, Executive Director of Lobbying and Influence in IBEC. 

A run-through of some of the business stories today with Emmett Oliver.

Almost 100,000 people have come to Ireland over the past year most of them fleeing the war in Ukraine.  They also bring skills with them but may often need some sort of retraining in order to fill the glaring vacancies that many employers have in this economy.  The online marketplace giant eBay is working with the Irish Refugee Council to help with interview skills as well as providing more mundane items such as nappies and kids’ toys. Speaking to Joe this morning Siobhan Curtin is eBay Ireland’s Director. 

A run-through of some of the business stories today with Newstalk Business Editor Joe Lynam.

Should we be worried about the health of the world's second-largest economy - China?  It’s officially in deflation and interest rates are going down in order to stoke up a very weak economy that is facing a huge property crash thanks to a mountain of debt.  If it plunges into recession it would almost certainly affect the rest of the world. To discuss further Joe spoke to the former Goldman Sachs Strategic Adviser Jens Nordvig who now runs a think tank called Exante.

Irish pyjama company, JimJams has announced a partnership with an Indian Social empowerment programme for women #ProjectThrive  Deirdre Adams, Founder of Irish Pyjama Company JimJams joined Jonathan this morning with more on the new partnership.

Over the weekend, the EU Digital Services Act came into force.  The law is designed to curb potentially harmful practices carried out through online service providers and large social media platforms such as Amazon, TikTok, and Facebook.    With more details on this Jonathan spoke to Deirdre Clune, Fine Gael MEP.

A run-through of some of the business stories today with Jonathan Healy.

There are a lot of Americans in town this weekend.  Most of them are here for American football but a few are also here to take part in a big Cybersecurity Symposium starting today. Attending the Symposium Prof Mitch Kajzer from the University of Notre Dame has carried out a specific initiative to train students to start combatting the swarm of cyber attacks that threaten companies and consumers with increasing regularity.   

This week the Central Bank of Ireland admitted that some people had information held about them on the Central Credit Register for up to 3 months longer than it should have.  It means that up to 20,000 people may have had an adverse credit rating which has underlined the importance of the CCR for all of us.  With more on this Joe was joined on the show by Denis Eustace from Progressive Financial Services.  

A look at today's business papers and markets with Joe Lynam and Austin Hughes – Independent Economist. 

An estimated 40,000 American tourists are set to land in Ireland this weekend just to see a game of football their kind of football.  Notre Dame University takes on the US Navy in a spectacular match to be beamed all around the world.  It’s a jamboree of sport but also promotion and expect a few business deals will be haggled between quarters. Speaking to Joe this morning was Padraic O’Kane, Co-Founder and Director of the Aer Lingus College Football Classic.

The expansion of legal practices in Ireland over the past few years has been phenomenal.  Much of it is due to the surge in investment here from global companies and some of it is down to Brexit and UK lawyers hoping to use Ireland as a springboard to continue selling services into the Single market.  Joe caught up with Alan Connell the managing partner of Eversheds Sutherland who is also the sponsor of our Business Person of the Month, and began by asking him what role Brexit was playing in the rising number of legal practitioners here.