Inside Business with Ciaran Hancock

Ryanair is making headlines for all the wrong reasons for a second week running, with 400,000 customers set to be affected by further flight cancellations over the winter period.On the latest Inside Business podcast, Barry O’Halloran says Michael O’Leary’s airline could have been forgiven for an isolated mess up that led to last week’s PR disaster and the cancellation of two per cent of its flights over a six week period, but this latest crisis gives the impression of an organisation that is stumbling.He is joined by consumer affairs correspondent Conor Pope who says Mr O’Leary’s announcement that Ryanair is to “grow more slowly” over the coming months due to “sensible schedule changes” is a nicer way of saying that he doesn’t have enough pilots or crew to cover shifts.In the second half of the show presenter Dominic Coyle speaks to CEO of Hospitality Ulster Colin Neill, Adrian Cummins of the Restaurants Association and Irish Times business affairs correspondent Mark Paul, about the thorny issue of the hospitality sector VAT rate, either side of the border. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's been a week of uncharacteristically poor PR management at Ryanair with the airline forced to cancel 2 per cent of its flights over the next six weeks, due to a cock-up concerning pilots holidays.Irish Times Consumer Affairs correspondent Conor Pope says Michael O'Leary is clearly raging over the blunder but it's unlikely to have any lasting impact on the brand.He joins business reporter Barry O'Halloran to discuss the crisis affecting more than 300,000 of the airline's customers.In the second part of the show Business Affairs correspondent Mark Paul hits the National Ploughing Championships to take the pulse of Ireland's agriculture sector and find out what farmers are most concerned about with Brexit just around the corner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Teeling has been in the mining business since 1969. Since then he says he has had "two or three big winners, that's all" but he has made more money than more he has lost.John Teeling has been in the mining and exploration business since 1969 and says he has had "two or three big winners, that's all" throughout his career, but he has made more money than he has lost.In the second part of the show, Fiona Reddan has the details of Lidl’s foray into High Fashion with a new clothing line in stores next week designed by the German supermodel Heidi Klum. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Fiscal Advisory Council and the Irish Tourist Industry Confederation both launched pre-budget submissions this week. FAC chairman Seamus Coffey urges caution and tells presenter Ciarán Hancock that the body will be watching with interest to see what Leo Varadkar and Paschal Donohoe will do with their first budget.In the second part of the show, Irish Tourist Industry Confederation chief executive Eoghan O’Mara-Walsh explains why the State should spend €60 million each year for a decade on developing new visitor attractions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's podcast, Eoin Burke-Kennedy on the ongoing social housing shortage and Joe Brennan has the details of new Irish property venture, Oaktree, which hopes to list on the Irish stock market.In the second half of the show, Mark Paul and Martin Wall are in studio to talk about WRC hearings relating to working conditions for grooms and exercise riders at Ballydoyle racing yard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Irish Times journalists discuss the big business stories of the week. This week: Mark Paul on INM's boardroom battle, Barry O'Halloran on Cerberus's moves against debtors in the courts and Sean Quinn's move into online betting, and Fiona Reddan on the massive increase in rents - bad news for tenants, but a big opportunity for homeowners with a spare room. Hosted by Ciaran Hancock. Produced in association with Irish Life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"An absolutely magnificent idea", is how economist Jim Power views the prospect of Athlone City. He joins Destination Athlone Chairman John O'Sullivan and Irish Times business journalist Mark Paul to discuss the Westmeath town's push to be designated a regional city under the State’s new spatial plan.In the second part of the show, Cliff Taylor and presenter Ciarán Hancock go through the UK's Brexit border position paper with a fine tooth comb. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

According to a new economic outlook from Goodbody Stockbrokers this week, Ireland’s economy is returning to its “previous peak” with close to full employment and domestic spending back at 2007 levels. So, has Ireland's economy really emerged from a "lost decade"?Irish Times business journalist Fiona Reddan joins presenter Laura Slattery and deputy business editor Dominic Coyle to discuss the report’s findings, while Barry O’Halloran has the details on the departure of Breon Corcoran as CEO of Paddy Power Betfair and what’s to become of the former Irish Central Bank building on Dublin’s Dame Street. In the second part of the show, tech columnist Davin O'Dwyer has the latest on Google’s sexism row, sparked by an employee’s 10-page letter about gender at the company. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

President of the Irish Exporters Association Nicola Byrne explains why Ireland is “way ahead of the posse” in preparing for Brexit.There is still a lot to do, but there is also a “huge amount that can happen in the right direction” for Ireland after Britain leaves the European Union, she tells presenter Cliff Taylor.They are joined by associate research professor at the Economic and Social Research Institute Martina Lawless, who outlines what the worst-case scenario could be when it comes to tariffs and barriers, and why paperwork may be a bigger concern for many Irish exporters post-Brexit.In the second half of the show, Irish Times business journalist Fiona Reddan takes us through some of the ideas being mooted by the department of finance’s tax strategy group, including the prospect of abolishing relief on family homes from capital gains tax when they are sold. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The wheels are starting to come off the German auto industry, with the country’s five biggest car makers facing allegations that they have engaged in cartel-like behaviour for more than a decade. Speaking on the latest podcast, Irish Times Berlin Correspondent Derek Scally says the industry, worth around €400 billion to the German economy annually, is too big to fail, but if the latest allegations are proved to be true then the diesel emissions scandal at Volkswagen will prove to have been just the opening act.In the second part of the show, Laura Slattery has the background on the row over the gender pay gap at the BBC and what the spill-over might be for RTÉ. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.