Conall Bolger, chief executive of the Irish Solar Energy Association, gives his Five Degrees of Change, including scaling up solar energy, aiming for 100 per cent renewable electricity on the grid, and empowering citizens to reap the benefits of DIY energy production.

Lynn Boylan is a Sinn Féin senator with a background in environmentalism and experience working in Europe as an MEP. 

For her Five Degrees of Change, Boylan spoke about lowering the voting age to 16, making ecocide a crime, exiting the Energy Charter Treaty, making space for nature in her garden, and trying to use her car less. 

Ed Brophy worked as a government advisor to three different Irish governments over the last decade, with a front row seat to inner workings of a our political system. He has a unique insight into the state managing crises, as he was present for the fallout of the financial crash, the consequences of Brexit and most recently the pandemic.

Brophy's Five Degrees of Change included making climate change a key tenet of macroeconomic policy, making climate change part of the curriculum, and getting cars out of cities.

Michelle Ní Longáin, the new President of the Law Society, joins the podcast to discuss her plans. English barrister Paul Marshall tells us about hundreds of criminal convictions that may have arisen from a computer error. We discuss recent case law, and how courts can establish whether handwriting has been forged.

Law on Trial is presented by Peter Leonard BL, Mark Tottenham BL, editor of Decisis.ie, and Catherine Sanz, legal correspondent of the Business Post. 

Hannah is one of Ireland's leading energy analysts. She has become a regular feature of radio and newspaper media as Ireland has begun to wrestle with the scale of the energy transition that lies ahead. For her Five Degrees of Change, Hannah chose to install safe walking and cycling infrastructure near schools, to divise a national land use and food production strategy, to set a national curriculum at secondary and third level for climate change, and to change her diet and fossil fuel habits. 

Norman Crowley is a serial clean energy entrepreneur. He has several successful businesses in the clean energy and climate action space, from helping large manufacturers reduce their energy waste, to running a climate change exhibition at the Powerscourt estate in Wicklow, to retrofitting expensive classic cars with electric engines .

For his policy changes, Norman chose to ensure data centres use their power generation assets to support the electricity grid, to create a regulatory framework to allow electric cars feed power from their batteries back into the grid, and to incentivise research for cellular lab grown meat and make Ireland a leader in the future of lab-grown meat production

For his personal changes, Norman discussed how he eats less meat and how he drives electric most of the time.

This bonus episode of Five Degrees of Change comes from Glasgow on November 11th, just as the COP26 negotiations reach their critical point. We speak with three Irish experts attending the conference about what changes they would like to see come out of COP26.  

UK legal commentator David Allen Green discusses the constitutional significance of the Good Friday Agreement, and the implications of Article 16 of the Northern Ireland protocol. Gemma McLoughlin Burke from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties advocates the abolition of the Special Criminal Court. We discuss the centenary of the first women to qualify as barristers. And recent case law on: proving copy wills; whether a golfer could sue his club after his subscription had lapsed; and whether asylum seekers are entitled to hold Irish driving licences.

Law on Trial is presented by Peter Leonard BL, Mark Tottenham BL, editor of Decisis.ie, and Catherine Sanz, legal correspondent of the Business Post. 

Catherine Sheridan spent many years working in Ervia, where she experienced the politics and the practicalities of building out and recasting critical Irish infrastructure such as gas and water networks. She is now chief operations officer with EI-H2, which is planning to build Ireland's first green hydrogen facility in Cork. For her Five Degrees of Change, Sheridan chose a national hydrogen strategy, decarbonising the gas grid, and takin a whole of energy system approach to climate action, as well as living a minimalist lifestyle, and taking an approach of imperfect pragmatism to her personal environmentalism. 

Fraser Stewart is a PhD student researching local renewable energy systems at the University of Strathclyde. As well as giving a preview of COP26, Fraser discussed his Five Degrees of Change, including scaling up local and community owned renewable energy, using more public transport, and getting more working class voices into the energy and climate policy space. 

Angela Denning, chief executive of the Courts Service of Ireland, joins the podcast to discuss the short-term and longer-term changes in the Irish court system. Construction law expert Deirdre Ní Fhloinn BL is interviewed on the Mica controversy, and the government's compensation scheme. Also on the slate: we discuss recent cases concerning personal injuries, anchor tenants in shopping centres and the selection of a jury in a pending US trial. And we count down the 'hit parade' of the top five most cited judgments in the past ten years. 

Michael Peart, the first solicitor ever appointed as a High Court judge, talks about his career in his family firm, his decision to apply for the bench, and why he had a 'blast' during his 17 years on the superior courts. Katherine McGillicuddy BL talks about the pending litigation in the Court of Justice of the European Union concerning Graham Dwyer's mobile phone records. And is Mr Justice Max Barrett paving the way for the clearer use of English in written court judgements, by writing directly to the litigants?

Gwendolen Morgan of the Workplace Relations Commission talks about public hearings and evidence on oath in employment disputes. Ronan Lupton BL discusses the €225m WhatsApp fine for data protection breaches. Also, the new Texas abortion law, sentencing for possession of a stolen lawnmower, and litigation over the Sex Pistols' intellectual property. Law on Trial is presented by barristers Peter Leonard and Mark Tottenham, with Business Post legal correspondent Catherine Sanz.

Welcome to the Business Post's new podcast series on legal affairs in Ireland and beyond. In this new series, hosts Peter Leonard and Mark Tottenham, joined by Catherine Sanz, legal correspondent of the Business Post, shine a light on legal topics and offer interviews with high profile figures from the legal world. 

Saoirse McHugh is a political activist who has made a big impression in the two years since she first ran for election. In this week's episode, Saoirse gives her Five Degrees of Change, including shutting Ireland down as a tax haven, stopping flying, going vegan and establishing a Department of Food. 

Michael E Mann, one of the world's best known climate scientists, gives his Five Degrees of Change for a better relationship with the planet. Michael explains why he has taken to the front line of the climate war, and how the forces of "inaction" are changing their tactics from outright climate denial, to deception, distraction and doom mongering. 

Sinead Mercier gives her Five Degrees of Change, including ensuring a just transition, only buying second hand clothes, and greater public ownership of our energy system. 

Eamon Ryan, leader of the Irish Green Party and current Minister for Environment, Climate, Communications and Transport gives his Five Degrees of Change for a greener world. From growing our offshore wind industry, to getting Ireland's district heating system off the ground, to eating better for his health and the environment, Ryan displays a deep knowledge and passion for environmental policy.

Following the Irish last general election, the strained arithmetic of a three-way coalition between Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Green Party meant Richard Bruton lost out on a cabinet seat, despite being broadly recognised as having led an energetic reform agenda at the Department of the Environment over his term in office. His Climate Action Plan represented a sea change in Irish climate policy, and will serve as the framework for Irish climate action in years to come. In this episode, Richard gives his five degrees of change for a greener world. 

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Marie Donnelly, Chair of the Climate Change Advisory Council gives her Five Degrees of Change. The Climate Change Advisory Council advises the Irish government directly on climate policy and is instrumental in holding the Irish state to account for its climate progress. 

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David Connolly of Wind Energy Ireland discusses three policy changes and two personal changes for a greener world in his episode of Five Degrees of Change.

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Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for the European Green Deal discussed his three policy changes and two personal changes for a greener world. 

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Welcome to the latest episode of the Connected AI Podcast, a fortnightly podcast presented by Charlie Taylor, the Business Post's technology editor, and Elaine Burke, one of our leading contributors.

The Connected AI Podcast, which is brought to you in association with Expleo, aims to cut through the hype and get to the heart of AI for business, with expert guests offering their advice, and the hosts giving their take on big developments in the space.

In the latest episode we're talking to Dan Hobbs, co-founder and chief executive at Protex AI, workplace safety platform that has raised over €50m in funding in just three years. Dan will be talking on computer vision, how AI can be used in health and safety, scaling a big business from Ireland, and more.

In addition, Charlie and Elaine are chatting on the cost of Gen AI subscriptions, the corruption of AI platforms by a Russian disinformation network, the sale of Irish firm Getvisibility, and a backlash against a startup called Optifye.ai.

They also demo a new app that uses the Google Vision API to see how much can be inferred about you from a single photo.