Repak has been around since 1997 way before climate change policies and the Green deal were ever heard of.  The idea was to get companies that produce a lot of packaging to think long and hard about how the packaging gets disposed of once the customer is finished with the product.  Repak was around well before many of its similar agencies were established in Europe.

Joining Joe this morning in studio was Gary Browne a Packaging Technologist, with Repak which is sponsoring the Green Business person of the Month. 

Thursday's business news headlines along with Newstalk's Business Editor Joe Lynam.

Wednesday's business news headlines along with Newstalk Business Editor Joe Lynam.

In our highly connected world where it’s not unusual to have dozens of devices using the internet at any one time in many households. The biggest scourge is often not broadband speeds but the so-called ‘Not spots’  - those corners of the house which wifi can't reach.  Eir claims that its latest wifi technology called wifi 7 may have solved that conundrum. Speaking to Joe this morning on the show was Susan Brady Managing Director of Consumer and small business with Eir - and began by asking about its new concept of Wide-fi.  

Tuesday's business news headlines with Newstalk Business Editor Joe Lynam.

Every day is a Musk news day. Meanwhile sales of his Tesla cars once prized among the emerging middle class have plummeted by up to 75% in some European nations as would-be owners are frightened away by his lurch to the far right.  So what is eating Elon Musk? To discuss Joe spoke to Liz Carolan is the publisher of theBriefing.ie the newsletter about technology and politics, through an Irish lens. 

On the 3rd anniversary of the invasion EU foreign ministers agreed a 16th package of sanctions against Russia targeting oil shipments this time.  But previous sanctions have not collapsed the Russian economy in 3 years, then why bother with even more?And what happens if the US unilaterally lifts sanctions, but Europe doesn't? 

All to discuss with David O’Sullivan the EU’s Special envoy for monitoring sanctions on Russia. 

Russ Mould from AJ Bell joined Joe this morning to run through Monday's business headlines.

The centre right CDU party won the most seats in the German election yesterday with the far right AFD party second on just over 20% percent. Now the question is who the CDU leader Friederich Merz will form a coalition government with in order to kick start a moribund economy,Europe’s most important.

But the backdrop to this vote is the awful anniversary of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine exactly 3 years ago and the geopolitical upheaval of Donald Trump.  So to discuss what all this means for the European economy Joe spoke to Monika Bickauskaite-Aleliune formerly with the German Marshall Fund and currently the public policy director at the Key Elements Group along with Matthew Karnitschnig The Editor In chief of Euractiv. 

Kate English from Deloitte  joined Joe this morning to look at the markets and to discuss the latest business news.