Taking Stock

This week on Taking Stock, Susan looks at the economics of failure and asks - have we completely misunderstood the importance of not getting it right? Emma Howard, Economics Lecturer at TU Dublin; Bernie Bulkin, author of 'Why Start-ups Fail'; and Kevin O’Loughlin, CEO Of Nostra, join Susan to discuss.
Plus, the science, economics, and pitfalls of using wearable technologies with Stephen O Rourke, Clinical Specialist & Musculoskeletal Chartered Physiotherapist at the Mater University Hospital.

This week on Taking Stock Susan looks at the effect that hit tv shows are having on tourist destinations like Paris and Belfast, when she talks to Travel Writer Joan Scales. Susan also talks to Peter Campbell of the Financial Times about how Low-Cost airfares might be under threat given all that's going on in the world. Plus, China Expert Leo Austin talks to Susan about the strange status of Taiwan and why the country is so important for the security of the globe.

This week on Taking Stock, Susan is joined by Gillian Knight to talk about how recruitment is changing and how people want non-monetary benefits these days.
Darragh Gaffney, Head of R&D Incentives at Leyton Ireland, explains the R&D tax credit, and how it is being used as a tool to encourage and incentivise R&D in Ireland.

Plus, Soumaya Keynes, economics columnist for the Financial Times, on her new book ‘’How to Win a Trade War’.

This week on Taking Stock, Susan is joined in studio by author, columnist and OBE Gillian Tett, who looks at how global markets are surging despite war.
Susan speaks to Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager of Colorado State University about how Europe needs to forge a new and old alliance in the age of Trumpism.
Plus, Christ Stokel-Walker looks at the showdown between the world’s biggest tech bros.

This week on Taking Stock, Susan speaks to Larissa Feeney, CEO Kinore Finance & Business Services, about whether remote working, not AI, is to blame for weak junior hiring.

Three of the most valuable private companies in the world are set to make their stock market debuts. Ronan Reid, Non-Executive Director of the Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland Group joins Susan to discuss.

Plus, Russell Vickers, Co-founder and CEO of Future Mobility Campus Ireland joins Susan to discuss how close we really are to a future where cars drive themselves.