Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam

Thursday's business headlines with Joe Lynam.

Amid this lovely heatwave, demand for chilled, filtered water is higher than ever. Culligan Ireland is one of the biggest suppliers of water coolers and domestic filtration units in Ireland. The company delivers 11m litres of filtered water to offices in Ireland every year. Speaking to Joe all about the business with John O’Connor, MD of Culligan Ireland.

Up until 18 months ago there were only 3 private health insurance providers. But Level Health, which is backed by Aviva, is hoping to nibble away at the big boys by offering a range of 5 health cover plans and from a standing start it already has 40,000 customers. On the show this morning with Joe was Jim Dowdall is the Chief Executive of Level Health.

Ireland has one of the largest economic zones in the EU because of our surrounding seas and oceans but only 9% of the fish caught there is by Irish fishermen. John Shine was a fisherman in Killybegs but now he sells tinned salmon, mackerel, sardines and tuna.
John Shine Founder Shine’s Seafood spoke to Joe on the show this morning.

The law changed this year when it comes to commercial disputes or disputes between employees and their employers. Now a judge can order rowing parties to undergo mediation to solve disputes in the hope of avoiding expensive court cases. What is mediation and how much does it cost?
Joe was joined on the show by Joe Coleman is the Founder of LetsMediate.ie.