<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com</link><atom:link href="https://www.irishtimes.com/arc/outboundfeeds/feed-business/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 16:00:37 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic suspends latest AI models after US blocks access to foreigners ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/13/anthropic-suspends-latest-ai-models-after-us-blocks-access-to-foreigners/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/13/anthropic-suspends-latest-ai-models-after-us-blocks-access-to-foreigners/</guid><description><![CDATA[Trump administration issued directive to company due to national security concerns]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 15:35:34 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EDKL6CM3OARZR52TR7ELJY4PPM.jpg?auth=0baa6a75b4cbb116fce605f16625f8b3a637e91c815429f1f71db1b6f231f204&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dario Amodei, the co-founder and chief executive of Anthropic: the company has withdrawn access to two of its most powerful AI models. Photograph: Karsten Moran/New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Dario Amodei, the co-founder and chief executive of Anthropic, in New York, Dec. 3, 2025. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Karsten Moran</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grafton chief bets on ‘PIIGS’ boom as northern European markets stall]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/06/13/grafton-chief-bets-on-piigs-boom-as-northern-european-markets-stall/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/06/13/grafton-chief-bets-on-piigs-boom-as-northern-european-markets-stall/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ireland has replaced Britain as Grafton’s main earning market in recent years and group has high hopes for Iberian air conditioning investments
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:42:08 +0000</pubDate><category>Markets</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Q2TD7MFQR5BOJEHNNIZ7JZJYEY.jpg?auth=9a83f387d0368dbc77ebde7d20925dfe02e60f0e297e1ed86e15f8c1240f3fab&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Eric Born, chief executive of Grafton Group, represented Switzerland in judo at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Grafton Chadwicks]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[KPMG the latest firm to be caught out using AI]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/13/kpmg-the-latest-firm-to-be-caught-out-using-ai/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/13/kpmg-the-latest-firm-to-be-caught-out-using-ai/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Top consultancy apparently used artificial intelligence to source parts of a report extolling virtues of AI]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7NFYZBLKZ5AUVL5NRX3DUCBEJE.jpg?auth=b71e66b02d466d54542b995c73460112666055f5ddff82d5d921ff221f4b5484&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[KPMG has pulled a report that appeared to include numerous AI hallucinations. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[KPMG Australia office at 727 Collins St in Docklands, West Melbourne, VIC, Australia.]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">JHVEPhoto</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian tech group OpenText to create 400 jobs in Ireland over three years]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/13/canadian-tech-group-opentext-to-create-400-jobs-in-ireland-over-three-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/13/canadian-tech-group-opentext-to-create-400-jobs-in-ireland-over-three-years/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Business investing €105m to grow presence in Ireland as it expands its agentic AI and sovereign cloud capabilities in Europe ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BDYHJ3TYK5GV3D7MMJO4X66SZU.jpg?auth=57d7c3d985f8df2891abee5ebc580540859a18fb2039d04b1e29891759071992&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[At the announcement of 400 jobs at Opentext were: Anne Marie Tierney Le Roux, head of technology at IDA Ireland; Michael Lohan, chief executive of IDA Ireland; Taoiseach Micheál Martin; Tom Jenkins, Opentext chairman; and Shannon Bell, chief digital officer and chief information officer at OpenText. Photograph: Maxwells]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[OpenText]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">TONY MAXWELL</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just one third of new homes go on sale on open market]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/13/private-buyers-squeezed-out-as-state-and-investors-take-growing-share-of-new-homes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/13/private-buyers-squeezed-out-as-state-and-investors-take-growing-share-of-new-homes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killian Woods]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Private buyers squeezed out as State and investors take growing share of new homes]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SJVCIBUF3NCFLG7GLBHWYSUEN4.jpg?auth=18d63591232d70203d9924ae11ebb6996b707aca85a7846ee3c51bd7f38f433f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sherry FitzGerald research has shown a long-term decline in the proportion of homes coming to the private market. Photograph: Getty Images ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Business]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ian Dyball</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish industrial gas giant faces criticism over energy spending]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/13/irish-industrial-gas-giant-faces-criticism-over-energy-spending/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/13/irish-industrial-gas-giant-faces-criticism-over-energy-spending/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry O'Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[BOC Gases spends €18m a-year on electricity in Ireland, says climate group]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SNC2HUVNJ2FW2KSFPUK657IMJ4.jpg?auth=3b9ef054691773e8f7682e4652ec83ec40c129ab547f28664e88eb0d045cb307&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[BOC Gases Ireland consumes enough electricity in a year to power all homes in Dubin for two months, according to Action Speaks Louder. Photograph: EPA]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Oil refinery in Southern France, Fos Sur Mer - 14 Apr 2026]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Guillaume Horcajuelo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roy Keane among owners in Dublin 4 complex making six-figure gains from flipping luxury apartments]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/13/roy-keane-among-lansdowne-place-owners-making-six-figure-gains-from-flipping-luxury-apartments/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/13/roy-keane-among-lansdowne-place-owners-making-six-figure-gains-from-flipping-luxury-apartments/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killian Woods]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Recent purchasers of homes backing on to new US embassy site are earning smaller profits from quick resales]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FMH5NJMLHRHSRLTYVQZFB5ON2A.JPG?auth=1af699d32c4a004a4f19f971d51aab8f6e07b1046806cb938ef57aa143dea183&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Lansdowne Place apartment complex on Shelbourne Road was built by Joe O’Reilly’s development firm Chartered Land. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[ Business]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[SpaceX is now a public company worth nearly $2tn. What happens next?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/12/spacex-is-now-a-public-company-worth-nearly-2tn-what-happens-next/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/12/spacex-is-now-a-public-company-worth-nearly-2tn-what-happens-next/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Flanagan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Investing in SpaceX isn’t a bet on the company’s fundamentals, it’s a bet on Elon Musk]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:54:27 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GEMXXVGJVMWB5YMTKJWLX3JC3M.jpg?auth=a4c6f4060534dcd2219f3e2de902d021fdde51faf44d100756616c62060c9426&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[SpaceX is the world's biggest IPO to date. Photograph: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[SpaceX Seeks $75 Billion In Record IPO]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Michael Nagle</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[European shares rally on Middle East peace hopes and SpaceX IPO]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/06/12/european-shares-rally-on-middle-east-peace-hopes-and-spacex-ipo/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/06/12/european-shares-rally-on-middle-east-peace-hopes-and-spacex-ipo/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Travel stocks and financials among those to fare best as mood improves across all markets though not for Big Oil]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:45:31 +0000</pubDate><category>Markets</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/V4KDPT2IWZ7NQ3WPRVEDL53H6M.jpg?auth=e766b5a8b0c3c21354bb723a44e9f2dd52b80cd93f3d4b6340a94e0654207bc1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bret Johnsen (centre), SpaceX chief financial officer, and Gwynne Shotwell (center right), SpaceX oresident and chief operating officer, celebrate with SpaceX employees as they ring the opening bell at the Nasdaq MarketSite to celebrate the launch of SpaceX's initial public offering (IPO) in New York. Photograph: Timothy Clary / AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[US-ECONOMY-MARKETS-SPACEX-IPO]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Timothy A. Clary</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accountant who says employer ‘laughed’ when she asked about redundancy package wins €25,000]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/06/12/accountant-who-says-employer-laughed-when-she-asked-about-redundancy-package-wins-25000/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/06/12/accountant-who-says-employer-laughed-when-she-asked-about-redundancy-package-wins-25000/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Bourke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Arcades business was profitable when she was let go, accountant tells WRC as managing director says it was facing ‘extreme financial difficulties’]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:24:43 +0000</pubDate><category>Work</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZRGVWTTYBVCYDFBM33UJIWRCY4.jpg?auth=02a66ecc48c3da2b1ab82ba12622315e62ec0e82440c6dc63c431b966618ebe8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Arcade business financial controller, who says employer ‘laughed’ when she asked about redundancy package, wins €25,000. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Closeup of teenagers playing retro arcade video game]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Imgorthand</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX goes public]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/06/12/musk-becomes-worlds-first-trillionaire-as-spacex-goes-public/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/06/12/musk-becomes-worlds-first-trillionaire-as-spacex-goes-public/</guid><description><![CDATA[Shares jump as much as 25% over IPO price on first day of trading after attracting orders for more than three times the amount on offer]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:56:54 +0000</pubDate><category>Markets</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZH4VLZPEWIJ7MRVKKDME7CFRNY.jpg?auth=68f1465bb9fb9fdd7af2c099933e841c8a82a5d22b76029ef7e08fff1e663305&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Elon Musk speaks via video before the ringing of opening bell for SpaceX's debut on the Nasdaq Exchange. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[SpaceX Listed On Nasdaq Exchange]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Spencer Platt</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Currency media group continues growth path]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/12/currency-media-group-continues-growth-path/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/12/currency-media-group-continues-growth-path/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Colin Gleeson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Company behind website logged shareholder funds of €1,116,053 for the financial year, up from €790,602 12 months earlier]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:42:03 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7CWH2YE5QK73IMHGOEO3YECNOU.jpg?auth=27c6e371b0b212c80228ce09a75911ad520003c52c0ab58619b837d1f3f32199&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The company was founded by former Business Post editor Ian Kehoe and financial journalist Tom Lyons.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[ECB ready to hike rates again next month if necessary, top official says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/06/12/ecb-ready-to-hike-rates-again-next-month-if-necessary-top-official-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/06/12/ecb-ready-to-hike-rates-again-next-month-if-necessary-top-official-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander Weber]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Bundesbank president Joachim Nagel says ECB ready to respond further to inflation fears]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:20:46 +0000</pubDate><category>Economy</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L4BU3V7IRNRELC7OGRCUCZTJEY.jpg?auth=596973f8d77facbafa6eb3aaf506127634ab7faf030d1b071de60b2bf4d38653&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[“We are keeping all our options open and are ready to respond once again, should we have to," Joachim Nagel said. Photograph: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dhiraj Singh</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flutter to delist from London Stock Exchange two years after leaving Dublin for New York]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/12/flutter-to-delist-from-london-stock-exchange/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/12/flutter-to-delist-from-london-stock-exchange/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Colin Gleeson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Paddy Power and Betfair parent makes decision after analysis of the level of trading activity in its shares on the LSE and the cost of listing]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:52:25 +0000</pubDate><category>Markets</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/N2WXKB4MH2476N44WUW4OOUVWM.jpg?auth=8a47fbbf0707f8c0c98a6ca336c010d3adc3f03de9e191f994664c50891edb48&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Paddy Power parent, Flutter Entertainment, says it will delist from the London Stock Exchange later this summer. Photograph: Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Leopardstown Races]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Crowhurst</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stocks rally and oil hits two-month low on Gulf breakthrough hopes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/06/12/stocks-rally-and-oil-hits-two-month-low-on-gulf-breakthrough-hopes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/06/12/stocks-rally-and-oil-hits-two-month-low-on-gulf-breakthrough-hopes/</guid><description><![CDATA[All eyes are on the hotly awaited market debut of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which has made history with the biggest-ever initial public offering]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:54:49 +0000</pubDate><category>Markets</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HO3CH2UL5M357PWCOQRKUJY65M.jpg?auth=c904042f91489dffc7a6100d1b45c65bafcd8ddadc36475da8a6609a148b03b0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[
                        President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Thursday, June 11, 2026. Trump began the event by referring to his own announcement of an agreement on a framework of an Iran deal, which has not been confirmed by Iran. He said that the stock market “likes the deal”and that there would be a “signing” quickly. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)
                      ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[US president Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House.]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Eric Lee</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[First interest rate hike in three years and how Intel came back from the brink]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/12/first-interest-rate-hike-in-three-years-and-how-intel-came-back-from-the-brink/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/12/first-interest-rate-hike-in-three-years-and-how-intel-came-back-from-the-brink/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Flanagan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Business Today: The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:45:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/W7ZPVNGPTZPPI3RLP7DD4XAJBQ.jpg?auth=b07c86c87c9f61a9fa2c2fe3225f0b3988a529c53720255eec0cf2b4010eff8e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde annouced a first rate hike since 2023 on Thursday. Photograph: Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[GERMANY-ECONOMY-FINANCE-ECB-EUROZONE]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kirill Kudryavtsev</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ardale strikes deal to sell Wicklow site guiding at €22.5m to Cairn Homes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/12/ardale-strikes-deal-to-sell-wicklow-site-guiding-at-225m-to-cairn-homes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/12/ardale-strikes-deal-to-sell-wicklow-site-guiding-at-225m-to-cairn-homes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killian Woods]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ardale boss Emma Maye plans to reinvest proceeds into UK ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VJFZKBTVIBBJRFM76LHBIMORQQ.jpeg?auth=2be64cfa80e0d5a4e40b2b0f4d0935af5286fdf6a4bc1f30cc24f9b21fb7aa8d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Emma Maye, chief executive of Ardale, said it plans to buy two UK sites with proceeds from the Wicklow land sale. Photograph Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Business]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Higher-income Irish households benefit twice as much from fuel supports, ESRI finds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/12/higher-income-households-benefit-twice-as-much-from-governments-energy-packages-esri-finds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/12/higher-income-households-benefit-twice-as-much-from-governments-energy-packages-esri-finds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Colin Gleeson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Measures reduce immediate cost increases by about half, but do not fully offset regressive nature of energy inflation, report says]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/23FMZGYK7FFUDDRSZPOXDSJ3WM.JPG?auth=7cea6a3b40ff29d596d238b2a1218bc8432a05f94e1f313312db2fdc949cdd7f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[There have been ‘substantial price increases’ at fuel forecourts around Ireland, the report says. Photograph: Enda O'Dowd/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Petrol pumps stations in Dundalk have seen people travel across the border for cheaper fuel in recent weeks due to the war in the Middle East.  Picture: Enda O'Dowd - Story by Mark Hennessy]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Enda O Dowd
</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Intel’s remarkable comeback means for Ireland Inc, and for Leixlip]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/12/ireland-inc-looks-on-the-brightside-as-intel-turnaround-gathers-pace/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/12/ireland-inc-looks-on-the-brightside-as-intel-turnaround-gathers-pace/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Colgan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Long a touchstone for US investment in Ireland, Intel appears to be recovering from recent troubles]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/I4SVIJM455V24MUUNH3SV3SNMM.jpg?auth=17bb3aacbdce1f1442a2ae17073b8eb258300182405a448ea4ed6893321e3d51&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Intel appears to be bouncing back after years of struggle. Photograph: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin.]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Intel Collinstown Industrial Park Leixlip]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A ‘big bang’ reversal of Brexit is unrealistic and unnecessary]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/06/12/a-big-bang-reversal-of-brexit-is-both-unrealistic-and-unnecessary/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/06/12/a-big-bang-reversal-of-brexit-is-both-unrealistic-and-unnecessary/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Wolf]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Switzerland provides an alternative model for the UK]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Economy</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YP3OAL2QAFHP72OSZRRSXEV34Q.jpg?auth=e5b23f2fd5c6bb16eea4b75032d093fd5c999b9ed834235472ca87e0d73277f5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The European Union and United Kingdom cannot go back to where they were before June, 2016. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Latest poll showing that majority of British citizens want to rejoin the EU, London, United Kingdom - 05 Jul 2023]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andy Rain</media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>