This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton looks at how agentic AI is changing and maybe making customer service a lot poorer when she talks to Elaine Burke of the ‘For Tech’s Sake’ Podcast and Ecommerce expert Vinny O’Brien.

With an eventful week for the Murdoch Family, Susan talks to Hannah Miller of Bloomberg about their new ‘succession’ plan.

Plus, in a week where the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council tells government to slow down on spending, Susan talks to IFAC chairman Seamus Coffey.

This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton convenes a panel of some of Ireland’s busiest entrepreneurs when she talks to Pat McDonagh of Supermac’s, Lorriane Heskin of Gourmet Food Parlour and John Purdy of Ergo. We hear what they think the government needs to do to improve the landscape for indigenous Irish companies.

Plus, with a possible IMF bailout being mentioned in France, Susan talks to Sarah Collins of the Business Post in Brussels about where France is heading.

This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton talks to Darina Allen of Ballymaloe Cookery School and Jack Spillane of Spillane World Markets about the economics of Farmers and Food Markets.

Susan also looks at the economic impact of Ireland’s rising population when she talks to planning expert Conor Skehan and Professor of Geography at Maynooth University Mary Gilmartin.

Plus, with the news that Germany are going to start giving each child 10 Euros to invest every month Susan talks to Olaf Storbeck of the Financial Times about Germany’s faltering economy.

This week on Taking Stock, Susan HayesCulleton speaks to Reuters reporter Ann Saphir about what’s going on at Jackson Hole and why the annual event is so important for global economics.

With Electric Picnic coming into focus, Susan lifts the hood on the economics of music festivals with Conor Hughes, Business Director at Core Research.

Plus, as 'The Economist' bluntly claims, Ireland is not rich. Susan gets the perspective of Kate English, Chief Economist with Deloitte Ireland & economist Jim Power.

This week on Taking Stock with Susan HayesCulleton:

- Across Europe, defence spending is surging to levels not seen in decades. Declan Power, Security and Defence Analyst, joins Susan to discuss where defence spending goes, what it is preventing, and explore what the economic and policy implications may be for the bloc in the coming years.

- We hear from Miri Rodriguez, the co-author of The Women of Microsoft: Stories of Innovation, a collection of voices from across the company that shine a light on resilience, creativity, and the ongoing challenges women face in tech.

- Plus, as the Premier League kicks off, we’ll be diving into the macro and micro economics of one of the world’s biggest sporting juggernauts with James Reade, Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Reading.

This week on Taking Stock with Susan HayesCulleton:

- Following the publication of Revenue’s Taxation of Income from Social Media and Promotional Activities guidelines, Susan is joined by Mairead O’Driscoll, professional tax advisor, aka The Tax Nerd & Mark Corcoran, Marketing Manager at Taxback, to find out what it all means for content creators in Ireland.

- We’ll be finding out how your brain and body hold the keys to leading smarter, not harder with Dr. Scott Hutcheson, author of Biohacking Leadership: Leveraging the Biology of Behavior to Maximize Your Impact.

- Plus, we find out why online daters are swiping left on the whole idea of dating apps like Tinder & Bumble with Dr. Kathryn Coduto, Assistant Professor of Media Science at Boston University.

This week on Taking Stock with Susan HayesCulleton:

Sarah Collins, Brussels Correspondent with the Business Post & John Fitzgerald, Professor in the Department of Economics at Trinity College Dublin, join Susan to give their views on this week’s EU-US trade deal.

Susan looks to find out more about the next phase of the EU AI Act that comes into force this week with John Callahan, President and CTO of Partsol.

Plus, Aidan Donnelly, Head of Equities at Davy, talks US inflation, equities, and the dollar outlook.

This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton talks to David M Walker, a former Comptroller General of the United States, about the current state of American economics. Susan also looks at the economics of ‘food labelling’. Plus, Jamie Smyth of the Financial Times talks about Big Oil’s possible pivot back to fossil fuels.