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The emissions associated with heating, cooling and lighting our buildings amounts to 24% of all emissions and is a major cause of climate change.  And so to combat this, the EU’s Energy performance Buildings Directive is on its way and could have a major impact on how we buy and sell property.There’s a major vote on this in Strasbourg in the European parliament this week and the key MEP for these new rules is our own Ciaran Cuffe MEP who joined Joe on the show this morning.

Inflation pressure will come from domestic pressures and not from global factors according to the latest Quarterly economic bulletin from the Central Bank of Ireland.  It also said that modified domestic demand, which is a better measure of Irish economic wealth, will grow by a more sustainable 2% on average over the coming years.  And wages are set to grow in real terms over the next 2 years.    Speaking to Joe was Robert Kelly is the Director of Economics and Statistics. 

A look at today's business stories and websites with Joe Lynam.

No one likes paying tax but there are ways of limiting how much you have to pay ways that many PAYE workers might not be aware of.  Speaking to Joe this morning was Nick Charalambous, Financial Advisor and Managing Director of Alpha Wealth. 

We’ve spoken before on this show about the impact of the slew of new costs on restaurants such as holiday and sickness pay as well as higher minimum wages. But the same rules also apply of course to hotels some of whom are struggling.  They also come as many hotel beds are no longer available to tourists and visitors because they are being used by the State to house asylum seekers and Ukrainian refugees.     Michael Magner, President of the Irish Hotels Federation gave his reaction to Joe this morning.

A look at the international business stories this morning with Joe Lynam and Russ Mould from AJ Bell.

On International Women's Day Joe was joined by a panel of Women in business. Joining Joe in studio was Shirley Coulter- chief executive of Society of Chartered Surveyors in Ireland, Alice Mansergh, the Chief Executive of Tourism Ireland and Deirdre O'Neill Compass Ireland Managing Director.

A look at the international business stories this morning with Joe Lynam and Kate English a Director with Deloitte. 

Skoda Ireland and Certa have today launched a new joint campaign aimed at encouraging owners and would-be buyers of new diesel cars to use HVO biofuel to lower their motoring carbon emissions by up to 90%.   Speaking to Jonathan this morning to explain more about their campaign was John Donegan is Brand Director at Škoda Ireland.

€100 million was invested by venture capital firms in Irish women founders in 2023.  That’s according to new research from Enterprise Ireland and Pitchbook published this morning.  We speak to Jenny Melia, Executive Director of Enterprise Ireland.

A look at today's business stories and websites with Jonathan Healy.

Zero Day Con Dublin 2024 kicks off at The Convention centre today. To hear more about what will take place at the convention was   Ken Sheehan, Operations Manager at Smarttech247.

Small hospitality businesses in Ireland could see costs rise by up to 19 per cent over the next two years ahead of forthcoming increases to the living wage, a government report into recent legislative changes has concluded.   To discuss further Jonathan spoke to Lorraine Sweeney, Hotelier. 

A look at today's business stories and websites with Jonathan Healy.

This March, Guaranteed Irish, the not-for-profit membership organisation celebrates 50 years supporting businesses in Ireland. To mark this occasion, they have published a new report and have launched a number of new and exciting initiatives.. To tell us more, we spoke to Guaranteed Irish CEO, Brid O'Connell. 

Stark differences in women’s and men’s approaches to work/life balance and finances, has been revealed in PTSB’s new ‘Reflecting Ireland’ research. Leontia Fannin, Head of corporate affairs and communications at PTSB explained the findings to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

A look at today's business markets with Aidan Donnelly from Davys.  

OOHPod, a leading innovator in smart locker services has just announced the appointment of former C&D Foods CEO Philip Reynolds as its new Chairman.  OOHPod CEO, John Tuohy joined Emmet this morning on the show.

Small and medium sized companies in Ireland and the UK plan on investing €500 thousand each per annum over the next three years on digital transformation.    That’s according to PwC’s latest Digital Procurement Survey canvassing views of around 1,000 procurement and business leaders in nearly 60 countries.    Speaking to Emmet this morning was Mark McKeever Procurement and Supply Chain Director, PwC Ireland. 

A look at today's business stories featured in today's newspapers and websites.