Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam Newstalk

A lot has changed since Twitter changed owners and became X.  For a start half the press office and content moderators were fired.  Secondly, having a blue tick has now become something that users might NOT necessarily want and now you may well see a lot more naked flesh on your twitter feed after X said that users would have to expressly opt OUT if they don't wanna see porn in their timeline. 
Jess Kelly, our technology correspondent looks at the changes brought in by X.
All with thanks to PwC.

We were preparing for the new millennium and listening a lot to Robbie Williams and Westlife.  It also saw the emergence in this country of the now famous German discounter Aldi. Famed for its lack of frills and selling goods still in their cardboard boxes, Aldi claims to have spent €10bn buying goods from Irish suppliers since then and paid €1.3bn in wages. 
Joe caught up with Niall O’Connor the Group Managing Director of Aldi Ireland. 

A look at the main business stories today with Joe Lynam and Austin Hughes.

Concrete accounts for 8% of global Co2 emissions and cement is one of the key ingredients in concrete. Meanwhile buildings & construction as a whole account for 2 fifths of nasty emissions. So if we want to get our overall emissions down, we need to look at better forms of concrete.
Well one company is launching a new greener concrete and it’s called Ecocem. Joining Joe this morning was Susan McGarry is the Director of Public Affairs and Sustainability at Ecocem. 

A look at today's business stories and websites with Newstalk's Business Editor Joe Lynam.

It’s decision day for the European central bank and it’s more than the tea leaves which point to a Cut in interest rates.  They stand at 4% at the moment  up from zero 2 years ago. But what does it mean for consumers?  They've seen soaring inflation and borrowing costs over the past 2 years.  What should they do with their money?  To discuss with Joe was Denis Eustace an Independent Financial Adviser with Progressive Financial services.