Down To Business

Emmet Oliver is joined by Marc Woods, author of Best Teams: Creating and Maintaining High-performing Teams.

Joining Emmet Oliver in the Executive Chair is Steve MacNicholas, CEO for Ireland at Ekco.

For this week’s Industry Review, Emmet Oliver dives into the booming world of sports travel - a business that sits right at the crossroads of adventure, competition, and tourism. Joining Emmet is:Sean Baird, Business Development Manager with Killester TravelMarty Carr, Founder & Chairman of Carr Golf TravelFrancis Roche, Managing Director of Marathon Sports Travel

What began at her kitchen table during lockdown, designed between nap times and night feeds, has grown into a thriving Irish brand now stocked in Carrolls stores across the country and sold online to over 40 countries. SnooZip is a clever, family-focused sleepwear brand whose creator, Aisling Ryan, joins Emmet Oliver in studio to discuss

Down to Business has a long association with the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, and over the next few weeks, we’ll be hosting discussions around some of the issues faced by entrepreneurs with some of this year’s finalists and alumni of the programme. Joining Emmet Oliver to look at sustainability and how to keep it a concern while also turning a profit are two of this year’s finalists:Seamus Fahy of ICS Medical DevicesDavid Corcoran of SoltecRose Hyde of Ballymaloe Food

Joining Emmet Oliver to go through the main stories from the Saturday business pages is Susan HayesCulleton, presenter of Taking Stock here at ewstalk & Ronan Reid of Cantor.

We all know AI is a challenge that most of us look at with fear and trepidation. Mike Wright, co-writer of The 14 Behaviors Driving Successful Digital Transformation in the Age of Gen AI, joins Emmet Oliver to look at some behaviors that might help us succeed.

Joining Emmet Oliver in the Executive Chair is Brendan Nourse, Managing Director of Image Supply Systems Audio Visual.

Vinyl is back, and it’s not just down to some passing trend or nostalgia. Across Ireland, record players are being dusted off, and a whole new generation is discovering the magic of the album. Emmet Oliver is joined by Chris Keena from Anthem Vinyl, Ireland’s only record pressing plant; Ray O'Brien, owner of Music Zone in Togher, Cork; and Enda Gogarty from Spindizzy Records in Dublin to talk about the vinyl revival, what’s behind it, and why it’s here to stay.

In a world full of uncertainty, we love to cling to control and systems. Dr Margaret Heffernan thinks that if we embrace uncertainty in the way artists and creatives do, we might find solid ground to walk towards the future. Dr Heffernan joins Emmet Oliver to discuss.