What’s going at the Irish Stock Exchange as some of the biggest companies leave Ireland for the UK and the US? This week on Taking Stock Mandy talks to the man in charge, Daryl Byrne CEO of Euronext Dublin, who explains why some of our biggest companies delisted last year.  Housing is still the only game in town, Aoife Brennan is Head of Research and Development at Lisney takes Mandy through their housing and commercial property predications for 2024.  And finally – a pathfinder and a...

This week om Taking Stock Mandy Johnston takes a deep dive into the state of American Politics and European politics.  She is joined by Simon Tisdell Foreign Commentator with the Guardian who looks at the divided state of American and UK politics. Mandy also chats to Naomi O’Leary the European Correspondent with the Irish Times who details the growing movement of Far-Right parties across Europe. Back home in Ireland Jennifer Kavanagh Law Lecturer tells us about the various referendums and...

This week on Taking Stock Mandy has some festive fun when she is joined by Newstalk 'Family' Jess Kelly, Henry McKean and John Fardy to chat about the best-selling toys, songs and movies of all time.

This week on Taking Stock Joe Lynam stands in for Mandy and looks at everything from Online Disinformation, reforming planning laws and Rishi Sunak’s eventful week.

Christmas came early at the Department of Finance as exchequer figures revealed a bounce back in corporation tax take - Cliff Taylor of the Irish Times gives us his assessment and looks at the wider economy as we end the year. Best-selling author and New York Times journalist, Rob Copeland, joins Mandy to talk about his book 'The Fund' which looks into the notorious hedge-fund giant Ray Dalio. Caroline Vakil, Campaign Reporter with The Hill talks us through this week’s Republican presidential...

Our dilemma over Data Centres continues - with some warning that Ireland risks a ‘Brexit moment’ as companies look elsewhere for their base. This week on Taking Stock Mandy John talks to John Collins of the Currency about the emotive issue of how many Data Centres Ireland should have. What the world wants! – there’s a new global study of consumer behaviour.  Mark Curtis, Global Head of Innovation and Thought Leadership & Sustainability Lead for Accenture Song looks at  the new 2024 Life...

This week on the Taking Stock Podcast: Mandy speaks to freelance journalist, Josefina Salomon about the election of Javier Milei, Argentina’s new far-right president; Over the last few days Everton football club was hit by a 10-point deduction after an independent commission’s ruling, Mandy is joined by Martin Lipton, Chief Sports Reporter at The Sun to explore the implications for the club and for the Premier League as a whole; and OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman has announced his return to...

David Cameron was catapulted back into British politics this week; what does it say about Rishi Sunak/s leadership struggles and what now for the embattled Tory Party? This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston talks to Sir John Curtice about the state of the British Government. Ireland is struggling to cut emissions to say the least. But what can be done? David Mc Gee from PwC and Muireann Lynch from the ESRI share their views. And ‘Buying Silence; How Oligarchs, Corporations and Plutocrats...

Trump on Trial; this week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston talks to Joe Miller of the Financial Times to hear what it was like in court in NYC this week. Things sound like they are ‘Maxed-out’ at Dublin Airport and likely to stymie airlines’ growth in 2024; Mandy looks behind the facts and figures with Ellie Donnelly of the Business Post Plus, the ‘WeWork’ story; Mandy looks at what it says about the cult of the CEO and about office culture in 2023 when she chats to Elliot Brown Co-author of...

This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston asks are we really trying to get away from Fossil Fuels? With news of a Mega Oil deal in the US Mandy asks what does it tell us about the transition to green energy when she talks to Energy Editor at the Financial Times Jamie Smyth. As comic legend John Cleese takes up a role with GB News and Boris Johnson set to become a presenter soon, we look at the people and finance behind the controversial opinion-led station when Mandy talks to Professor of...

This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston takes a look at the eventful first year in power for Italian PM Giorgia Meloni when she chats to Mark Lowen the BBC News Southern Europe correspondent. Mandy also looks at the use and misuse of social media in the Israel/Palestine conflict when she talks to Sophia Khatsenkova the Tech and Disinformation Correspondent for Euronews. And with more and more people eschewing typical ‘retirement’ Mandy talks to Michael Skapinker a leadership educator and...

Last week, a political bombshell dropped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced his independent run for the US Presidency in 2024 and this week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston talks to Michael Wendling of the BBC about what it means for the race. With businesses all around the world facing many difficult global tensions companies are turning more and more to former diplomats, politicians, and civil servants for advice at the board level. Could this trend be linked to the growing number of politicians...

With the sad passing of Chuck Feeney this week on Taking Stock Mandy Jonston examines the life and generosity of the billionaire who gave away a fortune, much of it here in Ireland when she speaks with former Diplomat Ted Smyth. Is the Taxman about to get tough on debtors? Jon Ihle of the Sunday Times tells Mandy how the Revenue are cracking down on a blasé attitude to tax that took hold during the pandemic. As hostilities in Israel and Gazza intensify, Mandy examines the origins of the...

This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston looks at the British Party Conference season which never fails to entertain and this week was no different. Lucy Fisher who is the Financial Times Whitehall Editor tells us all about the Tory Party conference this week. Crypto Goes on Trial as Sam Bankman-Fried Faces his reckoning and we hear the latest from WIRED’s Joel Khalili. There were unprecedented scenes in the House of Representatives as their speaker is unceremoniously sacked and Mandy is...

This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston delves into the geopolitical landscape as Poland heads into an election. The war in Ukraine has cast a long shadow over the political arena and Mandy asks if Ukraine is being used as a political pawn and the implications that might hold. We hear from Joe Millar of the FT in New York who gives us an exclusive preview of what's in store for Donald Trump's upcoming court hearing next week. And there’s also the topic that's on everyone's minds – housing....

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 Business Post Editor Daniel Mc Connell & Economist Jim Power. A new book claims that many of us are walking around in a state of BLUR and that information overload is much more acute than we think. The author of that book - BLUR: Clear the Way Ahead - Susan Ford Collins joins Mandy. Credit Suisse has been in the news a lot recently...

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 ‘Goodbye United Kingdom: Descent into Chaos 2015-2022’ chronicles the Brexit crisis and all that that it has meant since. With Minister for Finance Pascal Donohue telling people they are free to deposit their money in foreign banks for better interest rates we take a look at what’s available and how easy or hard it is when Joe talks to...

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. This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston is joined by Thomas Hubert to take us through what they found.   Now we know that culture eats strategy every time, Frank Devine, specializes in creating a High-Performance culture and he talks to Mandy about his new book ‘Rapid Mass Engagement’.   And finally - Elon’s at it again. As...

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 Dail Eireann and he’ll be giving us his take on the US political landscape as they prepare for Primaries.  Boundless changes in boundaries this week as the Electoral Commission sets out the map for the next election and while it may not be a starting gun the bullets are now loaded. Gary Murphy of DCU and Jennifer...

This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston talks to Veteran Journalist Dermot Murnaghan ahead of his appearance at the Kennedy Summer School next week and talks to him about his long life in journalism covering some of the defining moments of our time.   Rudy Giuliani has turned himself in to authorities at a jail in Atlanta, Georgia this week. But who is Rudi Guiliani? Mandy looks at one of the most divisive American political figures of our time when she talks to Llyod Green,  a New York...

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 of Office Agency with Savills joins Mandy to discuss the possibilities. Who is Keir Starmer? Oliver Eagleton, author of 'The Starmer Project' joins us to shed some more light on the man tipped to be the next UK PM. And, Engineering Industries Ireland (EII) has launched its Budget 2024 submission, calling on the...

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 in Ireland. Nigel Doolin, co-founder and managing director at Core Bullion joins Mandy to explain the value of holding your money in gold and why is it one of the most stable assets to have. And the banking sector in Ireland has revealed massive profits in recent weeks, Sean Keyes of the Currency takes us through their...

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 road options have caused much debate leaving both policymakers and the public in a state of confusion. Mandy gets the insights of Edgar Morgenroth, Professor of Economics at Dublin City University Business School. We discuss new research that discloses an alarming trend in the United...

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 stock exchange here in Ireland with Donal MacNameee from the Business Post. While Vladimir Putin was clearly prepared for the initial economic impact of the war in Ukraine, the conflict has dragged on far longer than he expected. As Putin runs out of options Mandy talks to Melissa Lawford of The Daily Telegraph about what it...

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 Mandy about why Approved Housing Bodies might be the future of home building in Ireland. And finally Mandy talks to James Mayger, China Economy Editor at Bloomberg about China’s economic wobble.