Growth in the Asia-Pacific region is expected to help drive global airline revenue over US$1 trillion for the first time in 2025, according to a paper published today by Avolon.

Speaking to Emmet this morning was Jim Morrison, the Chief Risk Officer of Avolon.

The Consumer Electronics Show took place in Las Vegas earlier this week. One of the 4,000 companies exhibiting at the biggest tech of event of the year were Irish company Kuma Bikes. Newstalk’s Technology Correspondent, Jess Kelly was there and caught up with the founder, Kevin Lacey.

Friday's business news and markets with Kate English from Deloitte along with Emmet Oliver.

It’s been clear that the Irish property market is running very hot at the moment with asking prices rising at annual rates of almost 10%. But these figures often mask underlying trends.

It comes 2 years after the Central Bank of Ireland relaxed its lending rules and the evidence suggests that average lending multiples are inching up towards the maximum permitted. Speaking to Joe this morning was Conall Mac Coille the Editor of the MyHome.ie survey.

It’s nail-biting time for the thousand or so secondary school students who are displaying their scientific and technological prowess at the BT Young Scientist and Technology exhibition this week. That’s because the winners will be announced tomorrow. The exhibition comes as Ireland’s dependence on technology comes into sharp focus - ahead of major policy changes when Donald Trump assumes power.

Joining Joe this morning in studio was Shay Walsh the Chief Executive of BT Ireland .

Joe Lynam takes a look Thursday's business news headlines.

We were all locked down and forced to work from home almost 5 years ago. Many people found it liberating not to have to commute to work every day and legislation was even passed to provide workers with the legal option of flexible or hybrid working.

But a new study from the Compass Group says that working from home leads to exclusion and problems with Socialisation. Needless to say, opinion is divided.

Joe discusses the report findings further with Yvonne Mulally from Compass Group.

The outgoing energy Minister Eamonn Ryan said last week that there shouldn't be any more new data centres until such time as the electricity grid was beefed up and able to sustain the extra qualities of energy needed to cool these data warehouses.

That message will have sent a chill down the backs of those trying to make Ireland attractive for technology companies in general and AI in particular. But was the minister right to say that building more data centres puts the horse before the cart if the grid is not ready or able to deal with surges in demand? Joe discusses this with Garry Connolly, Founder of Host in Ireland.