Presented by Newstalk's Business Editor Joe Lynam, this 30-minute programme focuses on the key business stories from home and abroad, market analysis, new busin...
Monday's big business stories along with Joe Lynam.
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2:37
Something worrying is underway in Irish tourism
Something worrying is underway in Irish tourism. The number of visitors to this country in February was down a whopping 30% on the same time last year. And those who did come spent less as well. The great and the good of the tourism sector meets in Killarney this week as part of the ‘Meitheal conference’ and one of the key speeches will be from the Tourism Ireland chief executive is Alice Mansergh who joined Joe on the show this morning.
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8:11
Mark Watson the Chief Executive of Nua Money
Nua Money is a non bank mortgage lender, which has been in the home loan market for less than a year. Alongside normal home loans, Nua has also just launched a new Freedom product which can release so-called ‘mortgage prisoners’. Now with interest rates falling Nua might be able to steal some market share from the pillar banks. Speaking to Joe this morning was Mark Watson the Chief Executive of Nua Money.
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8:36
Datavant creates 125 new jobs
Datavant is an American health data platform which helps companies in the healthcare sector to process the terabytes of data garnered every year from patients and hospitals. Now they are opening in Galway and creating 125 jobs in the first phase. Datavant adds to the growing Medtech cluster in the West of Ireland which already includes Medtronic, Boston Scientific and Aerogen. Ciaran O’Toole is Datavant Vice President, Engineering and Galway Technical Lead and joined Joe Lynam on the show this morning.
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7:47
Retail insolvency falls
The number of companies going into insolvencies fell in the first quarter of this year. And according to PwC creditors are more patient these days than banks or the taxman. They are just 2 of the findings in the latest insolvency report, which also found that not as many retailers went bust this year than last year just after Christmas. Ken Tyrell is the Business Recovery Partner with PwC and joined Joe Lynam on the show this morning.
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