Down To Business

Bobby was out & about at the Fitzgerald Woodlands House Hotel & Spa in Adare, co. Limerick. There he caught up with Mary Fitzgerald, Elaina Fitzgerald Kane, and David Fitzgerald to find out more about the legacy of the business as well as how the industry, in general, is holding up. Listen and subscribe to Down to Business with Bobby Kerr on Apple 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'.

Bob Hamilton is a former banker who is now making a business out of selling memorials to the Irish diaspora across the world with his business 'Irish Urns'. Bob joined Bobby to discuss. Listen and subscribe to Down to Business with Bobby Kerr on Apple 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'.

Joining Bobby in the Executive Chair is Laura Dillion, Managing Director & Head of the Irish Team at Waterland Private Equity Investments. Listen and subscribe to Down to Business with Bobby Kerr on Apple 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'.

For this week's Out & About Bobby paid a visit to Asia Market on Drury Street in the heart of Dublin city. He was joined by Eva Pau, Commercial Director of Asia Market to discuss the long history of the store which has been in operation since 1981. Listen and subscribe to Down to Business with Bobby Kerr on Apple 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'.

Economists can often be labeled pessimistic, and yet they would counter that they are being realistic. With that in mind, in last weekend’s Sunday Times, Cormac Lucey dared to use the word "recession" in his weekly column so Bobby thought he'd find out just what the prognosis is for the Irish economy in the coming months. Listen and subscribe to Down to Business with Bobby Kerr on Apple 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'.

When you hear about personal insolvency, more often than not it’s some multi-million write-off that you’ve read about in the papers. But what about the everyday working business people who can’t pay off their debts? How does the whole insolvency issue get resolved and what are the usual outcomes?  Joining Bobby to shed some light on this area is:  Alan O’Kennedy of Mitchell O’Brien’s Office in Dungarvin part of IRS Ireland  Eugene McDarby - UHY Personal and Corporate Insolvency Solutions Limited  Tara Cheevers - Managing Director & Owner of ACO Financial & Business Solutions Ltd Listen and subscribe to Down to Business with Bobby Kerr on Apple 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'.

Many companies put huge amounts of money into training their sales teams. But when it comes to getting the most out of your team - how can you better coach and nurture the potential you see in them? Mark Garrett Hayes is a Sales Coach and author of ‘Sales Coaching Essentials: How to Transform Your Sales Team’ - he joined bobby to discuss. Listen and subscribe to Down to Business with Bobby Kerr on Apple 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'.

We all know about increased prices in seemingly every sector of our lives - not least in our shopping baskets - but what about the people who actually make and process our food and drinks? To discuss the impact of inflation on this area, Bobby was joined by Roisin O’Shea, Head of Food & Drink Sector with Bank of Ireland. Listen and subscribe to Down to Business with Bobby Kerr on Apple 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'.

Joining Bobby in the Executive Chair is Colm Kelleher - Managing Director of LHK Group. Listen and subscribe to Down to Business with Bobby Kerr on Apple 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'.

From inflation to energy supply issues, there have been some ill winds blowing across Ireland for some time now. Economist, Dan O'Brien joined Bobby to chat through some of the issues faced by the Irish economy over the last few years and to try to find some light amongst the gloom. Listen and subscribe to Down to Business with Bobby Kerr on Apple 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'.