Down To Business

With the summer economic statement this week, Bobby is joined by economist Austin Hughes to make sense of Ireland's economy in the context of domestic and international matters.

This week’s Industry Review, we’ll be hearing all about the medical professionals who keep us eating well, Dietitians.
We’ll ask how to tune out social media fads, what the differences are between dietitians and nutritionists, and much more.
Joining Bobby are three CORU registered Dietitians: Sarah Keogh, Gabriella Cruz, and lecturer in nutrition at SETU WaterfordAoife Hearne

It’s a technophobe’s worst nightmare. A piece of technology seems to have more powers than its inventors thought, and, in modern parlance, it goes rogue. In the age of AI, the fear becomes more real. Earlier this month, a test by OpenAI seems to have done just that. It went beyond the parameters set for itself and launched a cyber attack on what it was testing. The scion of science here in Newstalk joins Bobby to calm our nerves. Jonathan mccrea, presenter of Futureproof

Joining Bobby to go through the main business stories from the Saturday papers is Ronan Reid of Cantor, and Linda Daly, business reporter for the Sunday Times Ireland.

Bobby is joined by the UK's speaker of the year 2026, Robin Kermode, to discuss the value of effective communication in business.