Sunday Business Show
by Today FM
Sunday morning, and it's business as usual. That means Conall Ó Móráin taking you through a lively, fast-paced hour of Irish business news and features, including hard-earned insights from people who've been there, plus regular "Famous Shout Outs" to help new micro-businesses get heard on a nationwide platform.
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#teamsbs take a look back!!
We look back on some of the many enjoyable years of interviews on The Sunday Business Show and some of the great people that make the show what it is. Thank you to all of the listeners and all who have taken part in The Sunday Business show over the past 18 years to make it what it was. We loved...
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ISME on the future for SMEs in Ireland
Ciaran Murtagh chair ISME joined Conall this morning to talk the future of SMEs in Ireland and the challenges that they are currently facing, Ciaran talked about education and upskilling being essentials for entrepreneurs and employees. Ciaran Murtagh is Managing Director of Shay Murtagh Precast…
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The Dublin Liberties Distillery set to open in October
Joining Conall this morning was Master Distiller at The Dublin Liberties Distillery, Darryl McNally. The new craft distillery will open in October creating up to 20 jobs. The announcement was made as three enormous three tonne copper stills arrived at the distillery over the weekend, following a...
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Tuath Irish Whiskey Glass..making Whiskey taste better!
Rosi Goswell, founder of Tuath Irish Whiskey Glass joined Conall in studio this morning, she is on a mission to establish an official Irish whiskey glass. With the re-birth of Irish Whiskey production, the development of new world class distilleries, visitor centres and The Irish Whiskey Tourism...
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Changing it up!!
Joining Conall on the panel of change were three inspirational women on positive change – Sinead Brady, Career Psychologist and founder of A Career to Love on taking positive steps in your career change and move forward. Susan Hayes, The Positive Economist, Author: Savvy Women & Positive…
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Get to your Local Enterprise Office!
If you are starting a business, the best place to get advice is your Local Enterprise Office. Oisin Geoghegan has been appointed as the new Chair of the Network of Local Enterprise Offices, he is also the Head of Enterprise at the Local Enterprise Office Fingal and told Conall what is available…
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Freezin Fresian
Freezin' Friesian is a Waterford based hand-rolled ice cream and frozen yoghurt company. Inspired and created by three brothers David, Ivan and Tom Kiersey, Freezin' Friesian is a Waterford based hand-rolled ice cream and frozen yogurt company, located at Ballyhussa Farm, Kilmacthomas. Here's…
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Mobile Escape Rooms
Escape Rooms have become massively popular around the world in recent years. For the few who don’t know, these involve guests having to solve a range of puzzles and challenges to escape a room in a set time limit. While there are many of these based all around Ireland, Mobile Escape Rooms is the...
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Nova Leah
Nova Leah recently picked up the Grand Prix Startup of the Year Award, scooping a €10,000 cash prize, at the National Startup Awards 2018 powered by Bank of Ireland and Enterprise Ireland. The Dundalk-based company has developed a cybersecurity risk analysis system, which provides an automated...
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ECI Lighting
ECI Lighting was establishing in 1960, making it one of Ireland's oldest lighting companies. They provide a valuable service of replacing your old lights with the latest low energy LED bulbs. The company is set to invest €25 million into their business to fund a new energy services business....
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Business Behind The Brand - Debenhams
Department PLC is the company behind the well known department store chain, selling their own brands of fashion, beauty and homeware products. The company has recently been struggling to compete with the likes of online stores, resulting in shares falling 10.7%. Laura Devoy of Goodbody…
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Fidelma McGuirk talks Payslip and PR
Payslip CEO, Fidelma McGuirk was one of the many speakers the Ladies who Launch event earlier this week. At the event she shared a number of stories of how she did her own PR when no one would take her on for a launch campaign, and how she did reach her target market. Fidelma McGuirk,...
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Inspirefest
Inspirefest is a unique international festival, which deals with everything from technology, and science to design and the arts. This year's conference takes place on June 21st and 22nd, in the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre and will feature over 50 speakers. Inspirefest, CEO Ann O'Dea joined Conall on...
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Parkpnp Are Back!
Garret Flower, Co-Founder and Global CEO of Parkpnp was back on the Sunday Business Show this week to talk about the business, which has recently expanded into The Benelux region. This came after a €400,000 financial injection and are they are also looking to crowdfund an additional €200,000....
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Airsorted - Making Airbnb Hassle Free
Airsorted gives those who own property in Dublin the opportunity to list a vacant property on notable travel websites including Airbnb, Booking.com and HomeAway. The company services all bookings to a property on behalf of the owner for a small percentage of the property’s earnings. Rachel Moore,...
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Business Behind The Brand - Merlin Entertainments
Merlin Entertainments is the company behind well known theme parks and attractions, such as Legoland, Alton Towers, The London Eye and Madame Tussauds. Bernard Swords of Goodbody Stockbrokers joined Conall on the Sunday Business Show to discuss the business behind the brand of Merlin...
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The MountMellick Development Association
Mountmellick Development Association (MDA) is a voluntary community development organisation which supports local, integrated, social, cultural and economic development. In recent year's they have opened a Commercial Kitchen Unit with 4 fully functioning Commercial Kitchens, with all the bells…
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The Junior Einsteins Club
On this week's Sunday Business Show, Conall was joined by Tracey Jane Cassidy, Founder of the Junior Einsteins Club. The Irish Business was crowned Voom champions by Sir Richard Branson himself and took home a share of the €1 million prize fund. The winners of the competition were selected after...
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Ladies Who Launch with Sarah Friar
As Chief Financial Officer of Square, the payment company founded by Twitter boss Jack Dorset and Board Member of Wallmart, Sarah Friar is currently the most senior Irish born woman in corporate America. She is also the keynote speaker at the upcoming Ladies Who Launch event taking place in…
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Why are women underrepresented in business?
Figures from EU studies suggest that women are half as likely as men to own their own business. While the number of women setting up their own businesses in Ireland has grown in recent years, women are still under represented in entrepreneurship activities. Helen Fullen, Pre Accelerator Leader at...
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Business Behind The Brand - Fifa
With the world cup around the corner it's an important time, both for all the countries competing and the brands associated with them. On this week's Sunday Business Show, Conall was joined by Alan Breen of Cator Fitzgerald to discuss the business behind the brand of international football...
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Bibby Financial Extends SME Funding by €25 Million
Mark O'Rourke, MD of Bibbly Financial Services joined Conall to speak about their additional €25 Million in funding for SMEs. You can listen to the interview in full by pressing the 'play' button in the image above the headline. (or at the bottom of the page)
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Sliabh Liabh Distillery
James Doherty, MD of Sliabh Liag joined Conall to discuss their very popular Gin distilled in Donegal, which will feature at the Bloom Festival this weekend. You can listen to the interview in full by pressing the 'play' button in the image above the headline. (or at the bottom of the page)
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Hashtag Media
Pam Finn and Jacinta Collins, Founders of Hashtag Media joined Conall in the studio to talk about Social TV and the future of Social Media. You can listen to the interview in full by pressing the 'play' button in the image above the headline. (or at the bottom of the page)
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Keeping a sense of humor in business!
Author, Comedian and Entrepreneur, David Nihill was back in the studio to talk to Conall about how businesses can use humor to make their content more engaging. You can listen to the interview in full by pressing the 'play' button in the image above the headline. (or at the bottom of the page)
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Business Behind The Brand - Inditex
You can listen to the interview in full by pressing the 'play' button in the image above the headline. (or at the bottom of the page)
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This is Seaweed
NovaUCD is a growhouse for entrepreneurs and has recently added three new early stage Start-Ups to their group. The community of entrepreneurs at University College Dublin’s Centre for New Ventures and Entrepreneurs now has over 25 companies, employing some 200 people. The 3 latest spin-ins to...
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Terra Liquid Minerals Win Big!
This week on the Sunday Business Show, Conall was joined by Tom and Padraig Hennessy, Founders of Terra Liquid Minerals. The Kildare brothers business won big at the 2018 National Enterprise Awards taking home the overall title. Their business developed an automated mineral dosing system for...
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Bloom in the Park
Bord Bia's Bloom Festival is back for again this year celebrating its 11th anniversary. The Dublin event, based in Phoenix Park, is the largest of its kind in Ireland promoting family, food and gardening. Kieran Rumley, Executive Director of Love Irish Food joined Conall in the studio to talk…
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Abodoo - Helping to make home working work!
With constant contact and an ability to access almost all forms of work from anywhere that suits, more and more people want to work from their own homes, or while on the move. Irish Start-Up, Abadoo is a company which is helping people to do just that. Co-Founder of the company, Vanessa Tierney...
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Business Behind The Brand - Vestas
With sustainable energy on the rise, there are more and more wind turbines popping up around the country. Who is maker of these turbines you might wonder. The answer to that is most likely Vestas, a Danish company, which is the largest wind turbine company in the world. Over the past five years,...
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CoderDojo and the Coolest Projects Awards
TeamSBS members the CoderDojo Foundation have been on the Sunday Business Show a number of times over the years and their work with young people and digital entrepreneurship is always something we admire. The General Manager of the Foundation, Rosa Langhammer joined Conall on the show this week…
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Reflex Pillow
This week on the Sunday Business Show, Conall was joined by the makers of the perfect pillow. Reflex Pillow is a uniquely designed pillow which has been tested on thousands of patients over 15 years and is said to combat against everything from insomnia and snoring to neck and back pains. Conall...
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Music Discovery Connecting Artists to Industry
Anderson are a new Dublin based start up developing a music discovery app to connect musicians, A&R Talent Scouts and other industry folk. The platform for undiscovered musicians uses cutting edge analytics and audio AI to allow labels, managers, and agents to discover the talented but unsung...
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The Business of Songwriting
Hamlet Sweeney is a music hit factory who has worked with the likes of Meatloaf, Status Quo and UB40. His latest project The Nucleus is the first Irish company to bring the modern model of collaborative songwriting to Ireland. The business provides somewhere where creative talents, such as...
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Business Behind The Brand - Circle K
Who owns all the petrol stations and convenience stores? Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. which recently bought the Topaz brand, is one of the largest convenience stores operators in the world with around 15,000 stores. One of the brands they operate under is Circle K. This week on the Sunday…
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How to have those difficult work conversations!
At some point in your career you are definitely going to have to ask a difficult conversation or address an awkward topic with a boss or colleague. These awkward conversations can certainly be...awkward. This week on the Sunday Business Show, Conall spoke to Dawn Metcalf, Author of The HardTalk...
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CogniKids Are Back!
CogniKids is a designer and manufacturer of products supporting the natural developmental stages of babies. Founder and CEO of CogniKids, Ollwyn Moran joined TeamSBS two years ago after featuring on Dragons Den, where she turned down an offer from Gavin Duffy. Since then her business has gotten...
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Is your business ready for GDPR?
As the GDPR is just around the corner, this week Conall spoke to Professor Theo Lynn from the DCU Business School, who is also the Principal Investigator for Irish Centre for Cloud Computing and Commerce. With May 25th being the deadline businesses need to be ready and have everything in order....
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Skunkworks Surf Company
Skunkworks is a Northern Ireland Surfboard company, founded by brothers Ricky and Chris Martin. The unique selling point of Ricky and Chris's surf business is the performance and life span of the boards, which has brought the global interest and over 100 investors to the company. In just one week...
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Business Behind The Brand - Twitter
For this week's Business Behind The Brand Conall was joined in the studio by David Bergin of Goodbody Stockbrokers. David spoke to Conall about the business of TeamSBS's favorite social media platform, Twitter. It seems the company hasn't been flying high lately, with shares falling from $69 in...
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Meet the Man Behind the Alpaca Craze
Looking for something to do on a sunny bank holiday weekend? How about trekking with a heard of Alpacas! K2Alpacas is a truly unique business, based in Newtownmountkenndy, Co.Wicklow and run by banker/alpaca farmer, Joe Phelan. After all Joe's kids left home he starting looking for a new hobby to...
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Unlock Hidden Space with Smart Storage
Smart Storage is a Wicklow based company which provides innovative modular under stairs storage systems. The company was originally established by CEO Paul Jacob in 2011. Paul told Conall that it was a growing ‘shoe crisis’ in his home which led him him and his wife Clodagh to developed the...
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Bi Polar Bear Wear
BiPolar Bear Wear are an Irish start-up clothing brand with a mission to "promote happiness and awareness of not-so-happiness". Co-Founder of the company, Stephen Considine joined Conall on this week's Sunday Business Show to talk about the business and they create both awareness and funding for...
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Helping Businesses to Improve City Life
Smart Dublin is an initiative of the four Dublin Local Authorities to engage with smart technology providers, researchers and citizens to solve challenges and improve city life. In partnership with Enterprise Ireland, the initiative are launching five Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)...
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Business Behind The Brand - Tesla
For this week's Business Behind The Brand on the Sunday Business Show, Ronan Reid from Cantor Fitzgerald joined Conall in the studio to talk about Elon Musk's electric vehicles company, Tesla. While thousands of people have made down payments and are queing out the door to get their hands on a...
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Success For Nasal Medical
Founder of Nasal Medical and former winner of AIB Start Up Academy 2016, Martin O'Connell has become a regular guest on the Sunday Business Show and was back again this week with more news about his business. For those who don't know, Nasal Medical produce devices which combat sleeping disorders...
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Maternity Coaching
Returning to work following a maternity leave can be a huge challenge for some women. Whether returning to the same role or finding a different job, neither is easy, especially for someone who has also just become a mother. To help women overcome these challenge Geraldine Gallagher and her…
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Cloudberry Bakery
Family run business Cloudberry Bakery was set up by Maureen and Sam Harrison in 2010 making high end wedding cakes. Since then their business, based in Castlemaine, Co. Kerry, has pivoted from cakes to spreads. Sam told Conall how their sea salted caramel was the filler for many cakes and was in...
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What Facebook Changes Mean For Marketing
Following the recent scandal involving Facebook and Cambridge Analytica it has been announced that changes are on the way for the social media platform. These changes may have a big impact, especially on small businesses who use Facebook as their main marketing source. To discuss this impact and...
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Sunday morning, and it's business as usual. That means Conall Ó Móráin taking you through a lively, fast-paced hour of Irish business news and features, including hard-earned insights from people who've been there, plus regular "Famous Shout Outs" to help new micro-businesses get heard on a nationwide platform.
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