Down To Business
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Join Bobby Kerr for Ireland's premier business show covering all enterprise-related topics from personal finance to business news.
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Episodes
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Jul 26, 2025 • 13min
Executive Chair: Aisling Hassell
Former Airbnb executive Aisling Hassell now leads Daha Wellness. She sits down with Bobby to talk about leaving the corporate world behind and building something with purpose.Listen here.
Jul 26, 2025 • 21min
Industry Review: Remote Working
Aidan O'Shea from Otonomee, Caitlín McConn, Operations Manager at Grow Remote, and Dee Coakley, Co-founder and CEO of Boundless, join Bobby to explore how remote working has evolved from a pandemic fix to a permanent fixture.What will employers' new approach to work mean for productivity, culture, and the future of business?Listen here
Jul 26, 2025 • 11min
Robot Taxis in Silicon Valley
Rafe Uddin of the Financial Times joins us to explain how autonomous taxis are gaining ground in Silicon Valley and what it might mean for cities around the world.Listen here.
Jul 26, 2025 • 12min
Allsorter – Fighting Fake CVs
Declan Murphy, Founder and Chair of Allsorter, talks about how AI-generated CVs are flooding recruitment and how his company is helping separate fact from fiction.Listen here.
Jul 26, 2025 • 9min
Éist Coffee
Bobby is out and about to visit Éist Coffee in a Glenegeary to find out if coffee and commuting really go hand in hand — and what it takes to run a business in a unique location like a train station.Listen here.
Jul 26, 2025 • 24min
The Business Pages
Lorcan Allen of Keating & Associates and Joan Mulvihill, Digitisation Lead at Siemens, join Bobby to run through the top business headlines from the weekend papers.Trump tariff talks continue, and Intel's troubles are among the stories in the headlines this weekend.Listen here.
Jul 19, 2025 • 12min
Executive Chair: Luke Hanlon, MD of SuperValu & Centra
Joining Bobby in the Executive Chair is Luke Hanlon, Managing Director of SuperValu & Centra.
Jul 19, 2025 • 10min
We Need New Leaders: Mastering reputation management to reshape the C-Suite
Charlotte Otter is the author of 'We Need New Leaders', a book that helps aspiring CEOs from diverse backgrounds land and keep the top jobs. Charlotte joins Bobby to discuss.
Jul 19, 2025 • 12min
Conor Pope on Lidl's 25 years in Ireland
This week marks the 25th anniversary of Lidl's arrival in Ireland. Conor Pope joins Bobby to discuss the impact Lidl has made on the Irish supermarket sector and more.
Jul 19, 2025 • 21min
Industry Review: Digital Marketing
For this week's Industry Review, Bobby is joined by three leading voices in Ireland’s digital marketing and transformation space. Caroline Dunlea is the CEO and Co-Founder of Core OptimisationJane McDaid is the Founder of ThinkhouseSeamus White, Co-founder & Head of Digital Marketing at Granite DigitalTogether, they explore how their companies have evolved in recent years, how they’re responding to changes in client needs and consumer behaviour, and where the digital marketing landscape is headed next.
