Taking Stock

On this month's Techscape, with thanks to Renault, Susan talks to Helen Coffey of The Independent who had a very unusual job interview.

This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes talks to renowned writer Simon Kuper about why Donald Trump does not actually meet the criteria of being called a 'fascist'. In the monthly 'Techscape' slot Susan talk to Helen Coffey of The Independet about her experience of being interviewed by an AI recruiter.Plus, Susan is also joined by Claer Barret of the FT and by Jennifer Loftus of the Acorn Life Group to talk about the growing number of people who don't want to retire.

Following several high-profile management sackings in the English Premiership of late, this week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton looks at the economics behind football managers at Premier League clubs when she talks to Chief Sports reporter for The Times UK, Martyn Ziegler and football finance expert at the University of Liverpool, Kieran Maguire.What now for Global Oil following the crisis in Venezuela? Susan is joined by Jamie Smyth who is the US Energy Editor at the Financial Times.Plus, in the run up to CAO deadline, Susan asks why more people don’t consider ‘apprenticeships’ when she talks to Gemma Lawlor who is Guidance Counsellor at Tyndall College Carlow.

This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton looks at how much you might save when you go ‘dry’ for January. She talks to Conor Pope of the Irish Times about what he has found.Susan also talks to aviation expert Jeff Wise about the possible return of ‘supersonic’ flight.Plus, we ask what impact Trump’s Tariffs are having on American citizens. Susan talks to Jordyn Dahl of Politico.

This week on a special Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton talks to some of her regular contributors about their favourite 'non-fiction' books of the year. Expect some surprises.

This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton looks at how Christmas is celebrated around the world and the different ways different nations spend their money and their festive season when she talks to Emma Howard Economist at TU Dublin.In this month’s ‘Techscape’, with thanks to Renault, Susan talks to Newstalk’s own John Fardy about the ‘cinematic’ scale of the battle between Netflix and Paramount to buy Warner.Plus, is the European Single Market dead? Susan talks to Ben Hall and Henry Foy of the Financial Times about the declining belief in the market among European economies.

This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton looks at the projection by the WHO that global obesity levels will double by 2030 when she talks to Eric Finkelstein, Professor of Health Services Research and Population Health at Duke-NUS Medical School.Staying with health she is joined by Conor Pope of the Irish Times to look at why more people are taking out health insurance despite the rising costs.Plus, who are ‘Generation Alpha’? Susan talks to Professor Joe Nellis, economic adviser to Baker Tilly Ireland, about the generation born since 2010 and how they differ to all who have gone before.

This week on Taking Stock, Susan Hayes Culleton looks at the financial and legal implications of deciding to separate. Keith Walsh of Keith Walsh Solicitors & Nick Charalambous, Managing Director with Alpha Wealth, join Susan to discuss.Is cryptocurrency the new bellwether for problems in the stock market? Joining Susuan to discuss is Kate Martin, Markets Columnist at the Financial Times.Plus, Katy Balls, Washington Editor and Columnist with The Times and Sunday Times, outlines how Donald Trump’s biggest problem is sitting in the data centres of Silicon Valley.

This week on the monthly 'Techscape' slot on Taking Stock with thanks to Renault, Susan is joined by tech journalist Andy O'Donoghue to look at how AI is changing the business of coding.

This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton looks at Night-Time economies here in Ireland and elsewhere around the world when she talks to Ray O’Donoghue, Dublin’s Night-Time Economy Advisor and Jo Cox Brown, CEO of Night Time Economy Solutions.In the monthly Techscape slot Susan talks to Tech Expert Andy O'Donoghue about how we are now in a 'low-code/no-code' world where AI is capable of doing lots of our coding. Plus, with the news of Pascal Donohoe is to take up a new job at the World Bank, Susan talks to economist Jim Power about what the Bank actually does and what its value is.