Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam

There are more Android smartphones in the world than Apple iOS phones and Samsung is the biggest smartphone maker in the world. Its latest Galaxy phone is out and will doubtless put it up to Apple which has been accused of issuing new phones with only minor changes over the past few years. It comes also as Apple posts its annual results later today - something that will be closely watched by consumers and the markets Jess Kelly is Newstalk’s technology correspondent and presenter of Tech Talk on Saturdays at 5pm joined Joe this morning with more on this.

There’s a new piece of significant EU legislation coming down the tracks for companies. It’s called the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. It’s a new obligation for businesses to audit the impact of everything they do - not just on their immediate environment but also on their supply chains. The idea is to prevent abuse and even human trafficking anywhere up or down the supply chains. Barry Andrews MEP is the rapporteur or ‘the lead’ for one of the key committees of the European Parliament and he’s proposed some changes which will increase the number of companies impacted by these new rules. Barry spoke to Joe this morning on the show.

A run-through of some of the business stories today with Joe Lynam.

Business conditions in Ireland's manufacturing sector were stable in the first month of 2023. That’s according to AIB’s Manufacturing PMI and to discuss further Emmet spoke to Oliver Mangan Chief Economist at AIB.

A run-through of some of the business stories today with Emmet Oliver.