Hotels, Yachts and Private Jets: An Interview with Interior Designer Bryan O'Sullivan

Justin Urquhart Stewart, international financial and investment commentator, joins Richard to discuss concerns over the health of regional banks in the United States, following Donald Trump's suggestion yesterday that heightened tariffs on Chinese imports may not last.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While Artificial Intelligence continues to replace human workers, Fiona Looney wonders if there are certain jobs that only an Irish person can do that are beyond even AI's capability.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, an article in The Telegraph described how industry Chief Executives were shocked when they visited factories almost entirely staffed by robots in China. Managing Director of Kuka Robotics Ireland Brian Cooney joins Richard to discuss China's advances in robotics and whether the West, and indeed Ireland, are keeping up.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Michael D. Higgins and Sabina prepare to return home as the race to elect the next President of Ireland enters its final week, Dave McArdle reports on whether a house that comes with a job can ever become a real home.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Walsh first joined us on the show nearly ten years ago, when he was scaling his security enterprise Netwatch in the States. Today, he rejoins Richard to discuss the process of building up his second company Halo Care and the lost of his wife Beatrice Pembroke Walsh. https://www.idonate.ie/cause/20206678See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the return of the Trump Administration, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also known as ICE, raids are being conducted throughout the country. Lori Flores, author of Awaiting Their Feast: Latinx Food Workers and Activism from World War II to Covid-19, discusses the impact of these raids on food production.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, financial institutions such as The Bank of England and JP Morgan warned that AI stock has reached bubble levels. Adrian Weckler, technology editor with the Irish and Sunday Independent, joins Richard to discuss whether AI investments will meet a similar fate to the 1990s dot com boom and bust.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With billons being poured into anti-aging research and Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping recently caught discussing the possibility of living well into their hundreds, writer Paul Howard shares his thoughts on why people are so obsessed with immorality.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Siofra Mulqueen reports on a younger generation's passion for restoration and the growing popularity of older trades.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bryan O'Sullivan, a world leading interior designer, joins Richard to chat about his family influences, his path into design, and work-life balance. Originating from Kenmare in County Kerry, O'Sullivan has designed high end residential projects in Paris, The Berkeley and Claridges hotels in London, and even the odd yacht or two.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.