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Apr 19, 2025 • 20min
The Business Pages
Norah Casey, broadcaster and businesswoman, and James Loutit of Impactful Ltd join Down to Business to review the week’s biggest business stories and what’s making the headlines in today’s papers.Listen here.

Apr 19, 2025 • 6min
How Will the UK Deal With Trump's Tariffs
Dominc McGrath of the Business Post sits down with Bobby to go through how the UK will cope in the face of President Trump's tariffs.LIsten Here

Apr 12, 2025 • 18min
Industry Review: Performance Arts
The performance arts help us to foster creativity, communication, and collaboration while also providing a platform for self-expression and community building. We here in Ireland have a strong tradition in this space, and so Bobby wanted to get a sense of how the next generation of dancers, actors, and musicians are coming along.Joining Bobby to discuss is:Will Wollen, Director & CEO of Gaiety School of ActingAidan Curran, Music Director with the School of Rock Samantha Lyons, Artistic Director with The College of Dance

Apr 12, 2025 • 11min
Executive Chair: Eamonn Brennan
Joining Bobby in the Executive Chair is Eamonn Brennan, former Chief Executive of the Irish Aviation Authority,

Apr 12, 2025 • 12min
The Power Trap: How Leadership Changes People & What to Do About It
Power is something that most people strive for in their lives, but it can also be a difficult and sometimes toxic partner that changes everyone who holds it. So, how can we better understand it and have a healthier relationship with it? Nik Kinley, author of 'The Power Trap: How Leadership Changes People, and What to Do About It', joins Bobby to discuss.

Apr 12, 2025 • 7min
What's going on with TikTok in the US?
Tech guru Andy O'Donoghue joins Bobby to chat about the looming sale of TikTok’s US operations.

Apr 12, 2025 • 12min
Making sense of Trump’s tariffs u-turn
Defying the logic of decades of economic trade policy, Donald Trump had been doubling down on his hugely damaging reciprocal tariff plans. But, in an unforeseen turn of events and with the exception of China, a 90 pause has been initiated, which has given markets a welcome reprieve. Joining Bobby to make sense of it all is Peter Goodman, Global Economic Correspondent with The New York Times & author of ‘How the World Ran Out of Everything: Inside the Global Supply Chain’.

Apr 12, 2025 • 23min
Bobby's Business Roundup with Gina London & Robert Whelan
Joining Bobby to go through the main business stories from the Saturday papers is Gina London from The Language of Leadership & Robert Whelan of Rockwell Finance.

Apr 5, 2025 • 16min
Executive Chair: John F Concannon
Joining Bobby this morning in the executive chair was John F Concannon CEO JFC Group

Apr 5, 2025 • 8min
Out and About: Food Futurist Charles Banks
Joining Bobby this week out and about was food futurist Charles Banks.


