The ieBusiness Podcast

Eoin McGettigan recaps this year in business

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 02:00:00 GMT

Former CEO of Musgrave, Lifestyle Sport, and the Port of Cork, Eoin McGettigan sits down with business journalist Emer Walsh in this finale episode of this season's ieBusiness Podcast to look back on some of this year's more quirky business stories. Tune in to hear why the sale of sports jerseys may be a recession indicator, why BAM may not be the issue when it comes to the Children's Hospital, and why the value of a company tumbles when its CEO gets a new house.

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Cork Opera House must remain 'first choice' against new event centre, says CEO

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 02:00:00 GMT

Chief Executive and artistic director of Cork Opera House Eibhlin Gleeson sits down with Irish Examiner business journalist Emer Walsh to discuss the highlights of the venue's busy 2025 schedule, the key events that drive the opera house's revenue and the opportunities for young graduates in the performing arts.

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Cost of operating Cork International Film Festival up 240% since the pandemic, says CEO

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 01:00:00 GMT

Chief executive and festival director of Cork International Film Festival Fiona Clark sits down with Irish Examiner business journalist Emer Walsh to discuss the soaring costs of operating the long-running event, the rise in home-grown acting talent and the Ireland's growing audiovisual industry, which now contributes €1bn annually to the national economy

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Munster Rugby CEO Ian Flanagan on the current landscape of Irish rugby.

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 02:00:00 GMT

The sports leader on the club’s various revenue streams, player dynamics and the its recently opened centre of excellence in Cork.

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The ieBusiness Podcast: Maker of Bare by Vogue and LUNA by Lisa Kieran Walsh discusses Ireland's growing beauty industry

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 01:00:00 GMT

Irish Examiner business journalist Emer Walsh sits down with founder and CEO of National Beauty Distribution, Kieran Walsh, the man behind Bare by Vogue and LUNA by Lisa. In this episode, Kieran discusses his company's aggressive expansion, the trajectory of the Irish beauty and cosmetics industry, and what it takes to produce a best-selling brand.

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The ieBusiness Podcast: Strategist Sarah Harte on the rise of misogyny in the era of AI and the need for legislation and action from big tech companies

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Irish Examiner columnist and strategist Sarah Harte joins Business Journalist Emer Walsh to talk about the rise of misogyny in the era of AI, the inherent biases of language models and their impact on users and the need for comprehensive legislation and action from big tech companies to protect women from malicious actors.

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The ieBusiness Podcast: Budget 2026 assessment with PwC's Nicola Quinn and Irish Examiner's Alan Healy

Sun, 12 Oct 2025 16:00:00 GMT

Partner and Tax Practice Leader at PwC Nicola Quinn joins Irish Examiner Business Editor Alan Healy and business reporter Emer Walsh to unpack the myriad of measures announced in this year's Budget. How Budget2026 compares to previous years, if the Government has done what it has been advised to do, and what this year's Budget means for you, the taxpayer.

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The ieBusiness Podcast: UCC Finance lecturer John O'Brien calls out EU's 'weak' approach to US trade deal

Sun, 05 Oct 2025 16:00:00 GMT

UCC lecturer in finance and accounting John O'Brien talks to Irish Examiner Business Journalist Emer Walsh about the EU/US Trade deal in the wake of Donald Trump's punitive tariff measures and the unintended consequences of the EU's soft-handed approach to negotiations.

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The ieBusiness Podcast meets Cork publican Benny McCabe.

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 05:00:00 GMT

Veteran publican Benny McCabe talks to Irish Examiner Business Journalist Emer Walsh about the evolving landscape of Cork City as a political and business hub, the long-standing issues impacting Ireland's hospitality industry and his growing portfolio of pubs and bars that have become a staple of Cork City's thriving night-time economy.

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The ieBusiness Podcast meets Michael O'Flynn, Chairman and CEO of the O'Flynn Group.

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 05:00:00 GMT

Cork property developer Michael O’Flynn believes the growing deficit of homes has yet to be addressed by the Government, with the current problem in housing “spiralling out of control.”

Speaking to host Emer Walsh on the Irish Examiner’s ieBusiness Podcast, the CEO and chairman of the O’Flynn Group said that he did not feel enough was being done to solve growing deficits in housing, adding that the Government was “going nowhere.”

“Take one message from this. We can fix housing if we are involved and if we are allowed to," Mr O'Flynn said.

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The ieBusiness Podcast meets Tom Ryan, Managing Partner of SF Bloodstock in Kentucky

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 20:00:00 GMT

Tom Ryan, Managing Partner of SF Bloodstock and Racing Manager for SF Racing talks about his career in horse racing that has taken him all over the world before he settled in Lexington, Kentucky where he works at the heart of the horseracing industry.

A native of Wexford, Tom’s love of horses has seen him working in Australia and Japan before he headed to the US. However, an accident involving a horse – a stallion bit off his right thumb – caused him to re-think his role in the industry and led him to focus on bloodstock and investments. The thumb was successfully reattached, but the career trajectory had changed for good.

Talking to Emer Walsh of the Irish Examiner Business desk, Tom discusses the horse racing industry from breeding to racing, management and decision-making. He discusses the fall-out of the recent US election and explains why he believes lives will improve in the US under a Trump presidency.

Reflecting on the role of the Irish in America, Tom believes that Irish people have a head start when they arrive in the States which he describes as the ‘land of opportunity’.

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The ieBusiness Podcast meets George McGarry, founder of McGarry Construction

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 08:00:05 GMT

In this week’s ieBusiness Podcast, George McGarry of McGarry Construction, talks about building his construction business in Australia and the challenges facing newcomers to the country

Passage West native George McGarry studied cabinet making and worked in Cork for six years before emigrating to Australia where he worked in carpentry before eventually starting his own construction business over 10 years ago.

In this episode of the ieBusiness podcast, George reflects on his journey from being a contractor building extensions and renovations to running his own construction business in Sydney. He discussed how the business has expanded to handle multimillion euro projects that run over a year and a half and how he hopes to focus on the developing market for sustainable builds in Australia.

Speaking to reporter Emer Walsh from a “toasty” Sydney, George also has plenty of advice for would-be emigrants to the country he has made home.

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The ieBusiness Podcast meets Ciaran O’Donnell, founder of Virtual FD

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 20:00:00 GMT

Armed with his accounting qualification, Ciaran O’Donnell headed to London soon after his graduation and from there he built a varied career in the corporate world before he decided to jump ship and set up his own business working as a Virtual FD for start ups and early stage companies getting off the ground.

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The ieBusiness Podcast meets Shayne Murphy, founder of SDM Performance

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 20:00:00 GMT

The ieBusiness Podcast in association with PWC delves into the journeys of Irish business leaders who have achieved remarkable success on the global stage.

In this episode Shayne Murphy, from Cork has worked with the world's top football clubs and is bringing his expertise to Ireland's business world

Wanting to work at the elite level of sports science, Shayne Murphy took a leaf from Roy Keane's book as a young man and wrote to every club in the Premier League asking for a role.

He went on to spend more than a decade in England and Scotland working for the world's top clubs including Liverpool and Manchester City.

Shayne returned to Ireland in recent years to found ADM Performance where he is applying his learnings in sport to the business world.

In this episode of the Irish Examiner’s ieBusiness Podcast, in association with PwC, he spoke of the importance of the overall aim and direction of an organisation.

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The ieBusiness Podcast meets Mark Garvey, chief financial officer of Glanbia

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 20:00:00 GMT

Mark Garvey has witnessed two managing directors take the helm of Glanbia and its expansion into a nutritional giant particularly in the US.

By Cáit Caden

Mark Garvey splits his time between Chicago and Ireland as Glanbia continues to build its presence across the US, especially with its protein powder products.

On this episode of the Irish Examiner’s ieBusiness Podcast, in association with PwC, Mark spoke about witnessing the company evolve over time, how consumer trends and global economic volatility continue to shape the company and how he manages his time between two timezones.

Mark also spoke candidly to business journalist Cáit Caden about his family ties to the US and how large Irish diaspora’s in places like Chicago make it easier for Irish businesses to tap the market.

Mark joins the list of other guests on this season of The ieBusiness Podcast that that delves into the journeys of Irish business leaders who have achieved remarkable success on the global stage.

Each episode will feature an in-depth interview with a different leader, exploring their background, career trajectory, key challenges, and insights into the business world in their adopted country.

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The ieBusiness Podcast meets Laura Modi, founder of baby formula company Bobbie

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 20:00:28 GMT

Laura Modi went from being a buyer of baby formula to creating Bobbie, the third-largest manufacturer of infant formula in the US.

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The ieBusiness podcast meets Luke O’Connor, founder of vintage jersey shop KitLaunch

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 19:00:00 GMT

Luke spoke about going from a corporate job with Morgan McKinley to selling vintage jerseys out of his own store in Barcelona.

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The ieBusiness Podcast meets Deirdre O’Neill, co-founder of fertility company Hertility

Mon, 14 Oct 2024 19:00:00 GMT

Deirdre O'Neill tells Cáit Caden about why she left her career in law to establish Hertility with her fellow founders, building the business in the UK and creating a presence in Ireland.

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The ieBusiness Podcast meets Prague based Paul Dubsky, founder of Ulysses Whiskey x Art

Mon, 07 Oct 2024 16:00:00 GMT

Paul Dubsky talks about why he decided to base his new whiskey business in Ireland despite the vast amount of regulatory red-tape required compared to the Czech Republic where he said you can sell items from “the boot of your car”.

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Special Budget 2025 ieBusiness Podcast

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 20:52:53 GMT

Irish Examiner Business editor Alan Healy is joined by guests Political Deputy Editor Paul Hosford, economist Jim Power and PWC Tax Partner Nicola Quinn to discuss Budget 2025.

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ieBusiness talks to Samantha Barry, editor-in-chief of Glamour magazine

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 05:00:42 GMT

In our second series of ieBusiness podcasts, Irish-born business leaders who have achieved remarkable success on the global stage tell their stories. In this first episode we talk to Cork born Samantha Barry, editor-in-chief of Glamour magazine New York.

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The ieBusiness Podcast meets WeddingDates founder Ciara Crossan

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 07:00:21 GMT

Ciara Crossan is the single mother who made a business out of Ireland's love for weddings. Her company has survived the 2008 crash, a pandemic and a cost-of-living crisis but Ms Crossan said her biggest challenges along the way were more personal ones.

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The ieBusiness Podcast meets Conor Buckley, the CEO of Granite Digital

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 07:00:31 GMT

Chief executive of marketing and tech services firm Granite Digital Conor Buckley talks to business journalist Cáit Caden about the Cork company's ambitious growth journey so far, eyeing up expansion in the US and how firms are coping with migrating online.

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The ieBusiness Podcast meets CEO of 4 Day Week Global Dr Dale Whelehan

Thu, 23 Nov 2023 07:00:10 GMT

Dr Dale Whelehan is the Irish man on a mission to change the traditional working week around the globe. In this podcast, he talks about his own journey from being an physio student to becoming the chief executive of a non-profit trying to tackle burnout in the workplace.

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The ieBusiness Podcast meets Cork site leader of Dell Technologies Bob Savage

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 07:00:04 GMT

Bob Savage began working with Dell Technologies as an engineer almost 40 years ago. Now he is vice president regional CIO for EMEA and site leader of Dell Technologies in Cork. In this interview with business journalist Cáit Caden, Bob talks about witnessing the company change over the years, is the government doing enough for small firms as well as multinationals and some of the best pieces of advice he has received in his career.

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The ieBusiness Podcast meets Lucinda Kelly, founder of fertility support start-up Be Like Water

Thu, 09 Nov 2023 07:00:26 GMT

Lucinda Kelly's latest venture Be Like Water, which is expected to offer fertility support services in the workplace, is still in its infancy but this is not her first rodeo in the start-up arena. Ms Kelly previously founded Popertee, used by retail businesses to set up pop-up shops, but the business met its demise during the pandemic. Ms Kelly talks about the lessons she learned from this and more in the latest episode of The ieBusiness Podcast.

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The ieBusiness Podcast meets Irish designer Aoife McNamara

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 07:00:58 GMT

Aoife McNamara recently secured a B Corp cert for her eponymous company, making her business the first Irish fashion brand to receive the globally recognised sustainability accolade. In this episode, she talks about how the business has changed, the impact of inflation and her plans to scale further.

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The IE Business Podcast meets Lauren Duggan, co-founder of period product company Riley

Thu, 26 Oct 2023 01:00:35 GMT

Lauren Duggan built an impressive marketing career working with tech firms including Microsoft and London-vased Smartology until the Cork native returned home to co-found the sustainable period products company Riley in 2021.

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The ieBusiness Podcast meets AwakenHub

Thu, 19 Oct 2023 06:00:19 GMT

Mary McKenna and Sinead Crowley are two out of the five friends that created AwakenHub to help grow the number of women led-business in Ireland. The organisation offers mentorship and funding to business across the island of Ireland. In this candid conversation with Cáit Caden, they talk about why men wear failure as a badge of honour and women don’t, expanding their reach into Europe and the US and providing education about financial reliance for women entrepreneurs.

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Renewable energy firm Statkraft's Donal O'Sullivan talks to The ieBusiness Podcast

Thu, 12 Oct 2023 06:00:12 GMT

In this episode of The ieBusiness Podcast, in association with PwC, Statkraft Ireland VP for wind and solar development Donal O’Sullivan discusses the chronic planning delays impacting development, the growing and sometimes controversial relationship between renewable energy and Big tech and why the latest State auction for onshore projects casts an ominous shadow for future auctions.

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Corporate lawyer turned distiller June O’Connell joins The ie Business Podcast.

Thu, 05 Oct 2023 07:00:07 GMT

Kerrywoman June O’Connell built an impressive career in corporate law before she decided to go back to her home village of Cahersiveen to create premium spirits from an old textiles factory. On this episode, June spoke about why she decided to establish the SkelligSix18 distillery, how her legal knowledge proved useful in her new venture, and why the Irish don’t talk about whiskey the way the French talk about wine.

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The ieBusiness Podcast meets data protection commissioner Helen Dixon

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 07:00:06 GMT

In this candid interview, data protection commissioner Helen Dixon talks to Cáit Caden about serving out her last year in the job of regulating some of the biggest tech firms in the world, receiving criticism for being too soft when it comes to fines and what advice she would give to her successor.

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Ernest Cantillon sits down with The IE Business Podcast

Thu, 21 Sep 2023 07:00:27 GMT

Ernest Cantillon, the Cork publican and restaurateur behind Sober Lane and Electric, candidly speaks with Irish Examiner business journalist Cáit Caden about knowing when it’s time to walk away from a business, being sober in the alcohol trade and why he would want his kids to follow in his footsteps and work in hospitality.

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The ieBusiness Podcast trailer

Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:25:22 GMT

The ieBusiness Podcast brought to you by the Irish Examiner. Employers, entrepreneurs and industry experts share their insights about working across the Irish economy.

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