Anyone who has ever painted anything or played a musical instrument or even dreamed of being a designer, will probably have noticed Apple’s much vaunted new advert for its new very expensive iPad. Dozens of items in the creative process are physically crushed and destroyed revealing the new thinnest ever iPad in its wake. The backlash was quick and stinging from many quarters from people who demanded that Apple withdraw the advert.

Someone who has seen plenty of adverts which metaphorically crush the opposition is our Technology Correspondent Jess Kelly who joined Joe this morning.

2024 has probably been the worst year for Boeing‘s reputation since the company was founded almost 80 years ago. A door blew out mid-air in January and only this week it emerged that safety inspectors at the planemaker didn’t carry out their work on the new 787 Dreamliner aircraft.

On top of that the BBC has spoken to whistleblowers outlining corners being cut at companies which supplied Boeing. And the business correspondent who has been across this story for months is the BBC’s Theo Leggett. Theo spoke to Joe this morning on the show.

Aidan Donnelly from Davys joined Joe this morning to run through the main business stories this morning.

The amount of money laundered around the world is an estimated $3.6 trillion or nearly 4% of global GDP. Only 1% of that ever gets recovered. It’s hard to fathom that so much money can be ‘cleansed’ from illicit origins and yet so little ends up in the hands of taxpayers. So what can we do to curb money laundering that’s not already being done.

Ireland lost out to Frankfurt in March to be the home of the EU Anti Money Laundering Agency but we do have plenty of experts in this field. Speaking to Joe this morning was David Lewis is the Managing Director and Global Head of Anti-Money Laundering with Kroll & Co.

Vertigo is usually associated with a fear of heights but it’s a lot more than that and can affect 1 in 20 in older people. Treating it is complicated but an Irish startup is working on a device to help with that. It’s called Vertigenius and today joining Joe was Mark Barry is the Chief Executive who has just secured €2.1m to expand R&D.

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

Ireland’s largest chain of pharmacies, Lloyds with 80 shops, has just merged with McCabe's to make it a formidable group with 112 stores. The entire group is now owned by a company called PHX which is a wholesale as well as retail business throughout Europe.

Paul Reilly from PHX Ireland which now includes McCabe's pharmacies joined Joe this morning in studio.

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