The tiny island of Bermuda in the North Atlantic is home to some of the largest insurance and reinsurance companies in the world. They pay for much of the Bermudan economy which has the fourth highest GDP per capita in the world on paper. While we think our corporation taxes are low at 12.5%. They are a cool and easy to remember Zero in Bermuda.

David Burt is the Premier and Finance Minister of Bermuda and is visiting Ireland as part of a tour of Europe and spoke to Joe Lynam this morning.

Merck has been active in Ireland for decades making products for hospital environments as well as life sciences. Now Merck Group, which is based in Germany and not to be confused with the American company of the same name, says that it will be creating the world’s first climate neutral manufacturing facility in Cork. It comes as all pharma giants are being pressured to move their plants to America.

Mark Dunphy, Managing Director and Head of Cork Operations, Merck Life Science, Ireland.

The Irish Management Institute is worried that senior Irish executives are falling behind their international rivals because they lack some of the leadership attributes to drive competitiveness. It also believes those charged with Change management are being increasingly overburdened with all sorts of responsibilities nowadays and is hosting a conference about leadership attributes on Thursday in Sandyford. All to discuss with Shane O’Sullivan of the Chief Executive of the IMI.

Tuesday's business news review with Joe Lynam.

Just over a week ago, Heathrow and Brussels were among a slew of European airports disabled by a cyber-attack. The origins of the attack aren’t clear but fingers point at Russia. It takes a lot of effort and resources to take down Europe’s busiest airport but that is what these fraudsters and criminals apparently have. So, what can smaller companies do in the face of these attacks?

Gavin Millard, VP of Intelligence at Tenable joined Joe Lynam on the show.

The proposed Digital Euro gives spending power for those without banks and to have a Currency which bypasses the giant American card companies such as Visa and American Express. It’s only an idea at the moment but we could all be spending digital euros before the end of the decade. But do we need it?

Atze Faas is a payments adviser to EuroCommerce which represents Europe’s retailers and joined Joe Lynam on the show this morning.

Kathleen Brooks from XTB looks at today's business news headlines along with Joe Lynam.

Kate English - Deloitte looks at today's business news headlines along with Joe Lynam.