BREAKFAST BUSINESS - May 26th, 2021 - 6:30 AM-7:00 AM

There is good and bad news about how much money venture capitalists are pumping into Irish start-ups and scale ups.  The good news, they invested more than ever in the previous quarter.  The bad news is that they appear to be investing less in smaller start-ups that arguably need seed capital than before.  Nicola McClafferty is with the Irish venture capital association joined Joe on the show this morning. Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Ryanair has just published its results for the past 12 months. The Dublin and London listed giant airline made a LOSS of €355 million. That’s a decent improvement from the loss of more than €1 billion a year ago.  Traffic figures are vastly improved from lockdowns a year ago but it is still 35% below pre Covid levels.  To discuss the results further Joe spoke to  Neil Sorahan  CFO of Ryanair. Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Business Editor Joe Lynam takes a look through Monday's business websites and newspapers. Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

It’s exactly 50 years since Ireland voted overwhelmingly to join what was then the EEC and is now the EU. Back then Ireland’s main trading partner was Britain by a country mile. 50 years later and one of its main trading partners is Germany. Joe was joined on the show this morning by German Ambassador to Ireland Cord Meier-Klodt. Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.