Breakfast Business

The PM Group builds giant manufacturing facilities or research labs or even distilleries. They will say there’s hardly a big project they can't design and build. Its annual results are just out Revenues came in at €612m and operating profit was €44m. Although headquartered here, the PM Group is rapidly expanding in the US where it hopes to gain from the massive green construction projects supported by the federal government. Dave Murphy is the chief executive of the PM Group in Ireland spoke to Joe this morning on the show.

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

A major scandal is enveloping the consultants PwC in Australia. One of its senior partners left the firm and was doing paid work for the Australian federal government but he was also feeding highly secretive and valuable information back to old colleagues who used it to bid for lucrative contracts elsewhere. 20% of PWC total income came from government contracts and now it’s been forced to sell that business for the princely sum of AUS$1. The scandal is now shining a bright light on all the big auditing and consulting firms. Speaking to Joe on the show this morning, Henry Belot is a correspondent with the Guardian newspaper in Australia.

Many schools break up for the summer this week and many families will head off somewhere nice straight away. But what if you had to change your plans after booking a lot of stuff. According to the online insurance aggregators Peopl.ie, a third of travel insurance claims happen when customers have to change their travel plans and cancel. With more on this, Joe spoke to Paul Walsh is the boss of Peopl.ie online insurance. aggregator

Business Editor Joe Lynam takes a run through of some of the business stories today.

An astonishing 64.3% of all mortgages approved last month were for First time buyers. That means that only a third of mortgages granted go to people moving homes. It follows a 72% decline in switching or re-mortgaging over the past year. What does that tell us about the health of the home loan market amid soaring interest rates? Speaking to Joe this morning was Brian Hayes the Chief Executive of the Banking & Payments Federation of Ireland.

Clare Island just off the mayo coast has a population of only 160 people. It’s pretty remote -even in the summertime and so the government is working alongside Cisco to deliver healthcare via drones. But it’s not just drones dropping prescriptions. It’s also a much bigger tele-health project involving robots performing triage which aims to make the island one of the healthiest in Ireland. Brian Jordan, Head of Innovation and Industry Solutions at Cisco Ireland

A look at today's business papers with Newstalk Business Editor Joe Lynam.

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

We’ve spent the whole weekend following the tidbits of information coming from within Russia without having a full grip on what’s going on. One thing is clear: the Wagner group is posing the biggest ever threat to the nearly 23 years in power for Valdimir Putin. But what happens to Russia if Prigozin topples Putin and what might it mean for the global economy and the war in Ukraine? Speaking to Joe on the show this morning was Ian Bond a former diplomat and now Director for foreign policy at the Centre for European Reform.

Ireland has one of the strictest defamation rules in Europe but reform might be on its way. That's one of the topics being dealt with today at a special conference for the legal profession. Also on the agenda will be GDPR rules and how to handle online abuse and disinformation. Michael O'Doherty is a media law barrister and Vice-chair of the Law Society and joined Joe Lynam on Breakfast Business this morning.

7 years ago today the British electorate voted to quit the EU. They had been promised an easy and painless exit in which very little would change. The talks lasted years and were fraught. The EU side was led by Michel Barnier and his handpicked team included Stefaan de Rynck who has a new book called: ‘Inside the Deal - how the EU got Brexit done’ about those Brexit negotiations. I caught up with him and began by asking about the solidarity shown by smaller states to the plight suddenly faced by Ireland...

Business Editor Joe Lynam was joined by Dan Moroney of RBC Bewin Dolphin to take a look at today's business papers and websites.

Cities are not dead – but they are in trouble. That’s the message in a new book 'The Age of The City' from Tom Lee-Devlin who is The Economist’s global business correspondent and co-host of the Money Talks podcast on business. And the data seems to suggest that demand for urban offices might be waning as many of us get used to a new hybrid way of working. Tom Lee-Devlin joined Joe Lynam on Breakfast Business this morning.

Narendra Modi meets Joe Biden today in Washington and it comes as India becomes the 5th largest economy in the world. It surpassed China in terms of population last month. It’s passed out France and the UK as the 5th largest economy and there are now more than 60,000 Indian-born nationals working in Ireland. So what links does Ireland have with this emerging superpower? Prashant Shukla is chairman of the Indian Irish Council and joined Joe Lynam on the show this morning.

A look at today's business papers and websites with Business Editor Joe Lynam.

Last year Financial Services Ireland established its Women in Finance Charter. The aim was clear: boost the number and the proportion of women in banking, insurance, and financial services. One year on, how has the industry fared? Well one woman who has certainly succeeded is, Patricia Callan, Chief Executive of Financial Services Ireland who joined Joe Lynam on Breakfast Business.

Yesterday afternoon, the government agreed on a new Cybersecurity policy for Ireland. After the attack on the HSE two years ago, and the constant threat from agents operating freely within Russia, Ireland is often seen as the soft underbelly when it comes to cyber safety. What will the new policy be tough enough? Ossian Smyth, Minister for Cybersecurity at the Department of the Environment joined Joe Lynam on the show this morning.

A look at today's business papers and websites with Business Editor Joe Lynam.

We’ve almost forgotten that most of the world’s aircraft were grounded for 2 years amid the pandemic. They're back in the skies and the cost of flights has soared as there simply aren't enough planes out there to meet demand. It’s all great news for the biggest plane manufacturers in the world who gather this week for the Paris Air show to sell their wares. On top of that the war in Ukraine has led to a surge in demand for military aircraft. Theo Leggett, BBC Business correspondent is at the Le Bourget for the Paris Air show and joined Joe Lynam on the show.