Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam

How many times have journalists, lawyers or consultants wanted to know the timeline of a legal case but been swamped with rulings, appeals, referrals and determinations. Gavin Sheridan founder VizLegal.com  is pulling all the main Irish legal databases together. Including those of the European Court of Justice into a single easy to follow platform.

Research has found that more often than not AI chatbots will recommend a non-Irish company.   ChatGPT recommends Irish fashion brands only 8% of times. While for Grok the local company gets recommended way more at 70% of the time. Irish eCommerce companies averaged at only 35% which is worrying just ahead of Black Friday. Conducting this research was Lisa Byrne is the Founder CMO.ie. 

Thursday's business headlines with Joe Lynam.

Glenisk makes its own dairy products including cheese, Kefir and goats milk and all of them without artificial additives. The Offaly based company has acquired the coveted environmental badge of B-Corp. Speaking to Joe this morning was Vincent Cleary, Managing Director of Glenisk. 

The economy probably needs far fewer lawyers and journalists and far more young people to consider careers in science, technology, engineering and maths. Aine McCarthy is the Chair of STEM South West is hoping to persuade young people in Cork and Kerry to consider STEM careers and remind them of the opportunities of remaining in the South West.

Wednesday's business headlines with Joe Lynam.

Before the arrival of Trump’s tariffs, exports from the Irish alcoholic drinks sector rose by 91% between 2015 and last year.  The sector employs 6000 people directly in drinks manufacturing and around 30,000 in the hospitality sector.  But younger consumers are turning away from the sector and alcohol accounts for most people being treated for addictions.    A lot to discuss with Cormac Healy is the Director of Drinks Ireland.  

Last week the vulnerability of crypto currencies or digital assets was cruelly exposed when Binance was hacked. At least $1.5bn in digital wallets were compromised by North Korean groups.  ? Dean Hughes, Head of Risk with Baker Tilly says that Quantum computing will accelerate that vulnerability and may make the HTTPS at the top of URLs valueless. 

Tuesday's business headlines with Joe Lynam.

Monday's business headlines with Joe Lynam along with Russ Mould from AJ Bell.