Irish business news, tested against real costs.
Irish Times Inside Business treats business news as something felt at pumps, workplaces and boardrooms. Recent episodes move from tariffs, oil prices and pensions to Dublin housing, tourism, beauty retail and the St Patrick’s Festival.
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Irish Times Inside Business is a business and economics show with a distinctly Irish frame. Its central habit is translation. A global event is rarely left as a market headline; it is brought back to exporters, households, savers, employers, commuters or companies trying to plan. Recent episodes follow that pattern closely. Tariffs are discussed through Irish trade exposure and a Leitrim drinks business selling into the US. Conflict in the Middle East becomes a question about oil, gas, petrol pumps, inflation and winter bills. A government fuel package is tested not only as relief, but as a bet on how quickly a crisis might pass. The show is comfortable with uncertainty. It asks for numbers, timeframes and examples, then sits with the awkward parts: delayed freight, opaque fund fees, housing trade-offs, tourism costs and policy measures that are easy to introduce but hard to unwind. It also has room for enterprise stories. Amy Connolly’s account of building Sculpted by Amy gives the programme a founder-level view of product launches, South Korean supply chains, US ambitions and the strain of running a fast-growing brand. Other episodes widen the lens to pensions, savings, health insurance, remote work, Dublin development and the economics of staging a national festival. The conversations are interview-led and brisk, but not breathless. Analysis is paired with people who are close to the practical consequences, from Irish Times voices to business leaders and sector specialists named in the episodes. The tone is sober without being dry for its own sake. It is especially useful when policy language needs to be tested against ordinary costs and business decisions.
Made for: For listeners who follow Irish business, markets and policy but want the household, workplace and company-level consequences made clear. It suits founders, exporters, professionals, savers and anyone tracking how global shocks reach Ireland.
What sets it apart: The show’s strength is its Irish translation layer: tariffs, oil prices, pensions and housing are judged by who pays, who benefits and what changes on the ground. It blends newsroom analysis with guests who can speak to operational detail.
A weekly look at business and economics from an Irish perspective hosted by Irish Times Business Editor Ciarán Hancock. Produced in association with EY. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
It connects global market shocks and Irish policy debates to practical consequences for households and companies.
Ciaran Hancock turns large market and policy stories into pointed questions about their consequences in Ireland. Conversations move from tariffs, oil shocks and cyber attacks to pensions, savings policy, tourism costs and the mechanics of scaling a beauty business.
Ciaran Hancock asks why your petrol price seems to rise faster than it falls.
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