Joe Lynam brings us Wednesday's business headlines and news.

In Norway 9 out of every 10 new cars bought last year was an EV.  Meanwhile in Ireland sales of electric cars are down 25% on last year. It’s a testament to the waning trust in the latest technology and possibly to a lack of charging points. Either way EVs are here to stay and EU law will phase out the traditional combustion engines by 2035. 

Joining Joe on the show was Ronan Flood the Managing Director of Kia motors which is now the 5th most popular brand in the country. 

Things are moving very fast in the world of social media.  X is soon to be embedded in the White House and openly in support of extreme far right groups in Europe. And Meta is radically scaling back its content moderation policies meaning fewer people to protect users from extreme voices.

It all poses a challenge to the brand new agency set up only three months ago to arbitrate on decisions to take down or leave up content user might not like. It's’ called the The Appeals Centre Europe and Joe spoke to its Chief Executive Thomas Hughes.

Tuesday's business news headlines along with Joe Lynam.

According to the dictionary, Greenwashing is the behaviour or activities that make people believe that a company is doing more to protect the environment than it really is. Given the fact that most of us cannot measure carbon emissions or how to reduce it, greenwashing has become a major issue.

There is an Irish start up which verifies whether your green claims are justified or not.  She’s Laura Mora who has advised the UN and now she’s the Managing Director of EcoVerify 

Elon Musk is throwing his weight around politically and economically worldwide and now Mark Zuckerberg has completely diluted the moderation policies of his companies and thrown out its diversity and equality programs. What does it mean for us in Europe where rules are in place agreed to by 27 sovereign governments? 

Adam Schwarz is a Political Commentator on Populism and politics and used to advise the UK government. Joe asked Adam what he made of the sudden change of mind by Meta? 

Kathleen Brooks from XTB Research brings us through some of the international business news stories this morning.

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.