<?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/business-today-columnists/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:47:21 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[The Brexit lesson guiding Mark Carney’s response to Trump’s tariffs]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/09/11/the-brexit-lesson-guiding-mark-carneys-response-to-trumps-tariffs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/09/11/the-brexit-lesson-guiding-mark-carneys-response-to-trumps-tariffs/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Burke-Kennedy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Canadian leader’s role at Bank of England during Brexit vote gives him a key insight as trade war with US escalates]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Economy</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XLQ7LYSNIRASPPQFT2MVLHPGYQ.jpg?auth=03fc4f890b14ee435e4b17d9e77bfe245b7927450e2d0fc85dcc4b3f814030bc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[EBK]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[EBK]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[ICG share price signals narrow path to approval of takeover at EGM]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/10/icg-share-price-signals-narrow-path-to-approval-of-takeover-at-egm/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/10/icg-share-price-signals-narrow-path-to-approval-of-takeover-at-egm/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Shareholders will vote on Thursday on an €8-a-share offer by management buyout team led by CEO Eamonn Rothwell]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7GAGXTKBZRBAZJKXXPR4NUNKRY.jpg?auth=08f5fd4795f8907237e4cac0ca5f62f21059e597c44c8be5b0793664af9faa12&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Irish Continental Group, owner of the James Joyce ferry, holds an extraordinary general meeting on Thursday on a takeover bid from management. Photo: Tom Honan]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Buck Moon Rising over the Poolbeg Lighthouse.]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom Honan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I paid tax on earlier gifts from my parent. Will they reduce my €400,000 tax-free limit?’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/10/i-paid-tax-on-earlier-gifts-from-my-parent-will-they-reduce-my-400000-tax-free-limit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/10/i-paid-tax-on-earlier-gifts-from-my-parent-will-they-reduce-my-400000-tax-free-limit/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joanne Hunt]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Confusion arises around a ‘tax free’ threshold that can also include amounts on which tax has actually been paid]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/X2HQHUUHIZH7VHFV6AE5XGHBWA.jpg?auth=47f53742b19917fa4922e2280a09ddf116396287fe7a150c6e12be3574e2fd1e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The great wealth transfer: billions of euro accumulated by Ireland’s retired households is set to be transferred to family and others over the coming decades. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Family three people talking living room sofa]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Diem.ph</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constant eye on innovation key to turning water leaks into a growing business]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/innovation/2026/09/10/constant-eye-on-innovation-key-to-turning-water-leaks-into-a-growing-business/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/innovation/2026/09/10/constant-eye-on-innovation-key-to-turning-water-leaks-into-a-growing-business/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olive Keogh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Keeping its foot on the innovation pedal has been central to strong growth at water technology company SmartFlow]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 01:30:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Innovation</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/647SVQBTF5AAPPSIR6HVUPZWEY.jpg?auth=cfb859f10928e5ffd57a7bbb73e469d626c8471331bbe444da92618bd46f50d1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dave Hogan, founder of water monitoring technology company Smart Flow]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Dave Hogan, founder of water monitoring technology company, Smart Flow]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big pharma exports from Ireland an impetus to euro zone growth]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/08/big-pharma-exports-from-ireland-inject-life-into-euro-zone-growth/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/08/big-pharma-exports-from-ireland-inject-life-into-euro-zone-growth/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Euro zone economy expands more than initially thought after a sharp upward revision in Ireland]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4H2HFFUFYBBYDD5FU42WJNVWJ4.jpg?auth=5f0b6b2364061b7c3720f7fd8dfbb4e8951ec885fab1d9a0042c819e009280ae&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Eli Lilly shipped $42bn of ingredients for its weight-loss drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound from the Republic to the US in the first four months of last year. Photograph: George Frey/Bloomberg via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bloomberg</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pilita Clark: The Michael O’Leary-style outspoken CEO is an endangered species]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/09/07/outspoken-chief-executives-are-not-extinct-but-they-do-seem-to-be-more-endangered/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/09/07/outspoken-chief-executives-are-not-extinct-but-they-do-seem-to-be-more-endangered/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pilita Clark]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Unvarnished views are preferable to the growing pile of pretentious AI tech industry guff]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Work</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4M3ICJFXYZEOFBCE5SATOBYZQ4.JPG?auth=b1ffdc47fda2596554db4dda82afeeecb12b6ce6ac365bdf099fc93d4620057a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary is one of a small list of forthright chief executives in a world of suffocating emptiness in corporate communications. Photograph: Alan Betson 

]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Michael O'Leary, CEO Ryanair for the business interview of the week. Barry O’Halloran]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[State must hold firm on carbon tax, which helps protect the most vulnerable]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/09/07/state-must-hold-firm-on-carbon-tax-which-helps-protect-the-most-vulnerable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/09/07/state-must-hold-firm-on-carbon-tax-which-helps-protect-the-most-vulnerable/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John FitzGerald]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Policy has effectively been dictated by small group of protesters with little concern for wider impacts on society]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Economy</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/C4ZXOFBGJJECZJGGVVX7CPXCUQ.JPG?auth=47ac24b968a0ee513abf79f2745cfc66e1c75d88489629f12fb48955e84e276e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Policy on carbon tax has effectively been dictated by small group of protesters with little concern for wider impacts on society. Photograph: Alan Betson]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Fuel protestors maintain their protest on Dublins O’Connell Street.]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Noisy headline data underlines uselessness of traditional measures for Irish economy]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/05/noisy-headline-data-underlines-uselessness-of-traditional-measures-for-irish-economy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/05/noisy-headline-data-underlines-uselessness-of-traditional-measures-for-irish-economy/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[AI boom has put a gloss on Irish economic growth this year]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WMIBE5EAJVGPVALJUVQODZNUJA.JPG?auth=1abdb96777cf77845df18b310bb0478152c44de0f2a3ba2ceee91941934cfa5a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The electrical plant room at Microsoft’s Grange Castle data centre campus in west Dublin. Photograph: Naoise Culhane]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Microsoft Grange Castle data centre technology business internet AI]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Naoise Culhane</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paddy Power’s long goodbye from betting shops accelerates ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/05/paddy-powers-long-goodbye-from-betting-shops-accelerates/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/05/paddy-powers-long-goodbye-from-betting-shops-accelerates/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Bookmaker weighs closing another 100 shops in UK and Ireland]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3LFUWY3IQ5BSDEEASTRBUKU22Y.jpg?auth=d129762fcf668aadd4602fe646ff60a61b465b9fe096635fb6ea762cfb0c22ab&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Paddy Power said this week it is considering shutting another 100 or so shops across the UK and Ireland. Photograph: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[General Economy As Ministers And Executives Closely Monitor Economic And Market Developments]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bloomberg</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former horse trainer’s surprise Dublin flotation of little help to struggling stock market]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/09/05/former-horse-trainers-surprise-dublin-flotation-of-little-help-to-struggling-stock-market/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/09/05/former-horse-trainers-surprise-dublin-flotation-of-little-help-to-struggling-stock-market/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Corporate financier Kahlil de Burca says GDL listed to comply with rules on Reits rather than to raise funds]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Markets</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YZLYKX4HWRAJNAQDOMPIHUXDM4.JPG?auth=d43a508de5fc4f8a0287abc366df48c4158c4dc6daf9ff23d1b9cb744fd44505&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[No shares in GDL Management Group, a real-estate investment trust, have traded since it listed in Dublin's Euronext on Monday. Photograph: Alan Betson ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Euronext Dublin’s Irish headquarters- Finance]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The two things that make Ireland expensive: Energy and housing ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/09/04/the-two-things-that-make-ireland-expensive-energy-and-housing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/09/04/the-two-things-that-make-ireland-expensive-energy-and-housing/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Burke-Kennedy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The drivers of Ireland’s high-cost economy are many but two stand out]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Economy</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XLQ7LYSNIRASPPQFT2MVLHPGYQ.jpg?auth=03fc4f890b14ee435e4b17d9e77bfe245b7927450e2d0fc85dcc4b3f814030bc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[EBK]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[EBK]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[From health food ‘bubble’ to €150,000 bet on cheaper groceries]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/innovation/2026/09/03/from-health-food-bubble-to-150000-bet-on-cheaper-groceries/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/innovation/2026/09/03/from-health-food-bubble-to-150000-bet-on-cheaper-groceries/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olive Keogh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Membership model makes it cheaper to buy healthy grocery products]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Innovation</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MGE6HVCSYNAE7ADGMOOEJAESUI.jpg?auth=cdd1ba1f95c8615db901df1b70619651a8c51896ad8dc9f0fe25602fb866d799&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ian Rafferty, founder of The Better Market]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Ian Rafferty, founder of The Better Market]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe looks old and broke to its lenders, but it’s not the only region with problems]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/09/02/europe-looks-old-and-broke-to-its-lenders-but-its-not-the-only-region-with-problems/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/09/02/europe-looks-old-and-broke-to-its-lenders-but-its-not-the-only-region-with-problems/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robin Harding]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lenders must choose between countries behaving like a bingeing entrepreneur, an elderly but reputable business owner and an indebted aristocrat]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Economy</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RQAYHEQDAVCSLIQEZFMCVS57VA.jpg?auth=8f8351ef23c16c47b6386cf0b1b39e8ef208d217d1c7229048e8f44664d821dd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bond yields are rising across the globe as investors worry about inflation and governments' inability to tackle worsening deficits. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Money Markets Euro coins bonds]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Duncan P Walker</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Female participation in Irish workforce jumps 90% since 2000]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/01/female-participation-in-irish-workforce-jumps-90-since-2000/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/01/female-participation-in-irish-workforce-jumps-90-since-2000/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[More than 1.3 million women were employed in second quarter of 2026]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BIDL4AU7KQGYD42TLYGZASG37I.jpg?auth=fe655b6e9f353b5837e3c518f0e0c0ccf06180af216923e31c0825bbe9e86e57&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The female participation rate has jumped since 2000. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Data gives optimistic view of Irish housing sector that few want to hear]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/01/data-gives-optimistic-view-of-irish-housing-sector-that-few-want-to-hear/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/01/data-gives-optimistic-view-of-irish-housing-sector-that-few-want-to-hear/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A glowing review of Ireland’s home-building sector presents headaches for Minister for Housing James Browne]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FCR3QPQEUBF5EZLVG5EBJVISQM.JPG?auth=f9b43f2ae4d4249478b32e7df8566fbb80be19b2c5d09a36710e419a2b15c525&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Housing James Browne will be buoyed by the latest report on the Irish market. 
Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos
]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is that David Beckham in The Gentlemen?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/01/is-that-david-beckham-in-the-gentlemen/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/01/is-that-david-beckham-in-the-gentlemen/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernice Harrison]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Campaign for Stella Artois shows Netflix letting brands into the storytelling with its latest commercial tie-in]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TVDFSW53YVHZZF7I2M563KTBVU.jpg?auth=b88a3734f3e839ead72267f0a883dd1325e5453f11b7d479335352556fa4717b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Theo James and David Beckham in new Stella Artois campaign]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Stella Artois campaign]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women make friends differently from men at work]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/08/31/women-make-friends-differently-from-men-at-work/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/08/31/women-make-friends-differently-from-men-at-work/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pilita Clark]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[They build tighter, more genuine connections that may not always be to their advantage, a new report finds]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Work</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AGBLSHGO3RFOZKY7C7EOO2EA3A.jpg?auth=ffbeaf2b049ebf2171030f41c15e4948576a09299a00e2ac49ff46eadfd0f707&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Women make friends on the job in different ways from men, according to a new study. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Businesswoman eating healthy salad during office lunch break]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Milan Markovic</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opinion: When it comes to housing, Budget 2027 should have one overriding test]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/08/31/budget-2027-must-turn-housing-momentum-into-lasting-supply/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/08/31/budget-2027-must-turn-housing-momentum-into-lasting-supply/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marian Finnegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Focus needs to be on policy initiatives that really deliver not ones offering political comfort or short-term optics
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Economy</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DZ2J46NT6ZCJRLTHP7TQOT6SXA.jpg?auth=57a3532aad6c49b4153eea74b80152f6d3f92547f41705d3f37d6185698d577c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Budget 2027 should be judged less by the number of new measures it announces and more by whether it concentrates resources on the real constraints to delivery.  Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[apartment construction]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">goncharovaia</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quality public childcare and dependable dads key to boosting fertility rates ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/08/31/quality-public-childcare-and-dependable-dads-key-to-boosting-fertility-rates/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/08/31/quality-public-childcare-and-dependable-dads-key-to-boosting-fertility-rates/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John FitzGerald]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Changing position of women in society seen to be closely connected with falling birth rates globally]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Economy</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4HBQNEHTSVAVFCYIDXRPJYL6T4.jpg?auth=822160acc2ea733030243fc9727c019adb6393449b8549def982a81824f6de33&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fertility rates are falling worldwide as women's position in society changes. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Newborn baby holding mother's hand]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">damircudic</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[NTMA prepares for bond sale amid wider market turmoil ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/30/ntma-prepares-for-bond-sale-amid-wider-market-turmoil/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/30/ntma-prepares-for-bond-sale-amid-wider-market-turmoil/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The US government bond market is in flux and threatens to spill into Europe]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7UWQWBHQYS6PXR7JMTULKXVPYQ.JPG?auth=de563b425f3077449385823051b1d9a7431f6fb29c46266cc8ed963e533ec803&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The National Treasury Management Agency has a bond auction scheduled for September 3rd. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins 


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