Political Budgets, Credit Suisse Crisis and Navigating the Blur
With less than a month to go to Budget 2024 Mandy Johnston takes stock of the warnings, wish lists and promises that we have been hearing all summer long with…
The Long and Winding Story of Brexit
This week on Taking Stock Joe Lynam is in for Mandy Johnston and he looks at the tangled narrative of Brexit when he talks to author Josh White whose book…
The Never-Ending War on Drugs.
Tackling the supply side of the drugs market will never be enough; that's the conclusion of the Currency who have been looking into the issue of drug use in Ireland.…
Congressman Brendan Boyle, New Boundaries and Germany’s Self-Doubt.
This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston is joined by Congressman Brendan Boyle, rising star in the Democratic party to talk about his recent trip to Ireland where he addressed…
Converting office spaces into homes, bolstering Ireland’s engineering sector & just who is Keir Starmer?
Coming up on this week's Taking Stock Podcast: Your home may have become your office thanks to the pandemic, but could empty office space become new homes? Shane Duffy, Director…
The enduring value of gold, Ireland’s infrastructure woes & bumper banking profits
On this week's Taking Stock Podcast: Cliff Taylor of the Irish Times explains why mega projects like the MetroLink and the Children's Hospital take so long and cost so much…
On the Record Newspaper Panel August 6th
Hugh O Connell, Deputy Political Editor with the Irish and Sunday Independent and Aileen Hickey Barrister and CEO of Parentline join Mandy Johnston for the top stories hitting the headlines…
National Hydrogen Strategy, Road v Rail & Radicalised America
Hannah Daly, Professor in Sustainable Energy and Energy Systems Modelling at UCC joins Mandy to discuss the government's National Hydrogen Strategy. In the political arena, the debates surrounding rail and…
Irish Stock Exchange Woes, Putin’s Troubles and What Next for Spain?
As a raft of big companies leave the Irish Stock Exchange, this week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston asks why they are leaving and explores the importance of having a…
Trump’s Never-Ending Indictments.
This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston talks to the Financial Times’ Legal Correspondent Joe Miller about Donald Trump’s latest possible Indictment. Linda Daly of the Sunday Times chats to…