<?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>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:48:34 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[US airlines warned Minister that Dublin Airport cap breached treaty]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/05/us-airlines-warned-minister-that-dublin-airport-cap-breached-treaty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/05/us-airlines-warned-minister-that-dublin-airport-cap-breached-treaty/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry O'Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Industry group highlighted risks of annual 32m passenger limit, documents show  ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YKGDH6EQSEC7EBZHO5NGOZNV4M.JPG?auth=5cb69b81df163fd1c4838f0984f75954e2ad9558e1a636ed87d0d67cf9aba080&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Airlines for America chief executive Chris Sununu (left) and senior vice-president Keith Glatz at Leinster House recently. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins  ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business Post lost €2.9m in 2023, but CEO points to return of profits since then]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/05/business-post-lost-29m-in-2023-but-ceo-points-to-return-of-profits-since-then/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/05/business-post-lost-29m-in-2023-but-ceo-points-to-return-of-profits-since-then/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry O'Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Newspaper publisher and market research company will show surplus for last year, says chief executive]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/V3CQ7VVOIBNJPEIPQJNZBLJR2I.jpg?auth=3d9285d494017df2e4ff1b5c5740bbc9457ea1cc0e408d2f02003c303d2fadde&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Business Post chief executive Enda O'Coineen says the newspaper publisher earned €2 million profit last year. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times








Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Enda O'Coineen, will skipper Team Ireland's first ever entry into the Vendee Globe Challenge attempts to become the first Irish person to sail non-stop around the world pictured on the Kilcullen Voyager at Custom House Quay, Dublin.]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Donaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s strange to say to Irish people that you miss the bad weather’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/04/05/its-strange-to-say-to-irish-people-that-you-miss-the-bad-weather/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/04/05/its-strange-to-say-to-irish-people-that-you-miss-the-bad-weather/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Dillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Wild Geese: Nick O’Conor, Nice]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Work</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4DM7FPFFDRFATHADJQNF4GS4KM.jpeg?auth=d920eca652ea3827f18b9f333ca477ce5cc12512515119613a8cb85c26f9ce29&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Nick O'Conor: 'Irish investors didn’t understand what they were getting into. A very common complaint was that "it is not like that at home".']]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Nick O'Conor, Nice]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does Ireland have correct policies in place to build 50,000 homes?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/05/does-ireland-have-correct-policies-in-place-to-build-50000-homes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/05/does-ireland-have-correct-policies-in-place-to-build-50000-homes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Glenveagh boss Stephen Garvey believes the Government has got the policy mix right]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IK44QRNYRNAWLDIO5MSSTUT23E.JPG?auth=f92c2630fdbc58b15df77f5c26480f0f074495f060eb974163d425e92553a746&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Glenveagh chief executive Stephen Garvey and independent non-executive director Emer Finnan. Photograph: Barry Cronin]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Glenveagh AGM. Photographs: Barry Cronin for The Irish Times]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Barry Cronin</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inside the German state trying to break free from Microsoft]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/04/inside-the-german-state-trying-to-break-free-from-microsoft/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/04/inside-the-german-state-trying-to-break-free-from-microsoft/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Pitel in Kiel]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Schleswig-Holstein’s radical tech overhaul offers Europe a live experiment in ending dependence on US Big Tech]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GMQ6KW2TSJBKTO6RT3O3BNMAVQ.jpg?auth=a63132e74bfac60ba0e86f60de742d3e96efeeb7e5b9a8dace538f899ea2e63e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kiel, capital of Schleswig-Holstein. The German state’s bid to cut loose from Microsoft has not been plain sailing. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Berliner Platz and marina, Kiel]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">ullstein bild</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Darragh O’Brien must swiftly fill eight senior posts at airport operator DAA]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/04/darragh-obrien-needs-to-move-swiftly-to-fill-eight-senior-posts-at-daa/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/04/darragh-obrien-needs-to-move-swiftly-to-fill-eight-senior-posts-at-daa/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[State-owned airports operator needs to appoint a new CEO, chairman and a handful of non-executive directors]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:09:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NA5EC5JPMDJ6A3SXSIQHYVOB2A.jpg?auth=415f23018b914c7f51a596f926b693f360c9f7e243da712b2bbf26fe257d52ff&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Transport Darragh O'Brien needs to fill eight senior posts at State-owned DAA. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Irish Cabinet meeting]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Lawless</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Citigroup’s Irish EU hub books $124m loan charge for ‘heightened global risks’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/04/citigroups-irish-eu-hub-books-124m-loan-charge-for-heightened-global-risks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/04/citigroups-irish-eu-hub-books-124m-loan-charge-for-heightened-global-risks/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Citigroup has about 3,000 employees in Ireland ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MBCB6MFYFECMLP4Q54IVNN63YE.jpg?auth=8453b988860e126a95b6bc6eabe09dd0971f04f0863fcb321217f06189ae2d4f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Citibank Europe, which became US banking giant Citigroup’s main banking entity in the European Union in early 2016, plans to move from its existing offices (pictured) to a new location further down the Liffey later this year. ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Profits at Kilkenny Design Group surge to more than €1.1m ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/04/profits-at-kilkenny-design-group-surge-to-more-than-11m/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/04/profits-at-kilkenny-design-group-surge-to-more-than-11m/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Colin Gleeson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Company operating in environment of ‘economic volatility’ and encountering ‘headwinds beyond our control’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/P2STAUZEDFGXPEV7MEV7ID7NT4.JPG?auth=99d743051e176c6d75bc6903d7a16367d61aa1261734f30a2e6a2df40020e288&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kilkenny Design chief executive Evelyn Moynihan at the store on Emmet Place, Cork city. Photograph: Daragh McSweeney/Provision]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Evelyn Moynihan. Photograph: Provision for The Irish Times]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Pic Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ryanair chief’s looming test of crisis management amid warning of $200 per barrel of oil     ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/04/ryanairs-oleary-faces-fresh-test-of-crisis-mastery-amid-warnings-of-200-oil/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/04/ryanairs-oleary-faces-fresh-test-of-crisis-mastery-amid-warnings-of-200-oil/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ryanair entered the crisis with among the lowest exposures to the conflict regions in the Middle East]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6MCB27VDM6ZY2KMKCKVBE3YZE4.jpg?auth=76e0b2bc2a3329145259e17f509b2bd796df523d78c0ccea2f0e206f9d1d9e8f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ryanair's Michael O'Leary sees the potential for a 10-25% shortfall of fuel supplies in Europe for May and June if the war continues beyond April. File photograph: Tom Maher/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom Maher</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Gulf war economic fallout: how bad is it and how long will it last?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/the-gulf-war-economic-fallout-how-bad-is-it-and-how-long-will-it-last/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/the-gulf-war-economic-fallout-how-bad-is-it-and-how-long-will-it-last/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Burke-Kennedy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The conflict with Iran has thrown energy markets into turmoil and the global economy into chaos]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:08:26 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6IBFCNVMGPMWABYVTMWISNG5M4.jpg?auth=035e8355bbc78b3ac40ae1ead6dbdd4679a0983a615921e1870678516dc3d405&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[In Ireland, the white van man, the backbone of so many small businesses, is bleeding cash on higher diesel prices. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Global oil supply crisis sparks UK fuel and mortgage shock, London, United Kingdom - 02 Apr 2026]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andy Rain</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waterford builders’ providers told to pay its staff €48,000 ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/waterford-builders-providers-told-to-pay-staff-48000/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/waterford-builders-providers-told-to-pay-staff-48000/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Labour Court recommends providing vouchers as ‘gesture of goodwill’ in return for using new two-way radio system]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:28:20 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HOD5AFOJRBG4NNZ5PC7WWBAVT4.jpg?auth=34bf93ec1ddfa9b593183b028be48a53186c37971823d64ec2418321b615af5a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The builders’ providers should give its 80 retail staff a once-off tax-free voucher of €600, the Labour Court has recommended. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[builders' providers Close-up on a man wearing a tool belt while shopping at the hardware store]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Hispanolistic</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Easter eggs stay pricey even as cocoa prices plunge]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/easter-eggs-stay-pricey-even-as-cocoa-prices-plunge/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/easter-eggs-stay-pricey-even-as-cocoa-prices-plunge/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Susannah Savage and Philip Stafford in London]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Makers try to recoup losses after margins were squeezed by spike in price of raw ingredient]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:10:49 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UQS2IWBX6SSDZLQ3KBA6YSPOCI.jpg?auth=c3230582a3fe36b9004b9384410e399f22953f8b2378591d521e52f841a55c5a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Easter Eggs are seen on a shelf in a Sainsbury's supermarket last month in London. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA['Shrinkflation' Hits Easter Chocolate Shoppers]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dan Kitwood</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russian-owned Aughinish Alumina plant in Limerick records profits of €103m  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/russian-owned-aughinish-alumina-plant-in-limerick-records-profits-of-103m/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/russian-owned-aughinish-alumina-plant-in-limerick-records-profits-of-103m/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Accounts just filed show it  returned to the black in 2024]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:40:39 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5V7VQJOKGJFJVDWSAJK6NCEVK4.JPG?auth=4362238fe4a516bdce2bb21d67030fa05e4bac9161134e4a5cef4c1447868bec&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[05/02/2026 - NEWS - Conor Gallagher piece on the controversial Aughinish Alumina plant. The aluminium oxide refinery in Co Limerick is located close to the Shannon-estuary towns of Foynes and Askeaton and is owned by Rusal, a Russian company founded by oligarch Oleg Deripaska. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Conor Gallagher piece on Aughinish Alumina aluminium oxide refinery in Co Limerick]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Willie Walsh is that rarity in India — a foreign chief executive]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/willie-walsh-is-that-rarity-in-india-a-foreign-chief-executive/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/willie-walsh-is-that-rarity-in-india-a-foreign-chief-executive/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Krishn Kaushik in Mumbai]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[While Indians run some of the world’s biggest finance and tech companies, the country’s own aviation sector needs to import talent]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IEPAAHYPBKA7ZWY7SC7GKJECR4.jpg?auth=00b4a54aaf0410b61ae65651186b4cf81c2afaeb69d01bf04e1af3f718630e69&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Willie Walsh will take over at IndiGo, India's biggest airline.]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Aviation Industry Leaders at IATA's First World Sustainability Symposium]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Manaure Quintero</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[No ‘immediate cliff edge’ for Ireland as Trump announces 100% tariff on pharma imports]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/04/03/trump-announces-100-tariff-on-some-patented-medicines/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/04/03/trump-announces-100-tariff-on-some-patented-medicines/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominic Coyle, Colin Gleeson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Most major Big Pharma exporters from Ireland likely to escape tariffs under ‘most favoured nation’ deals with White House]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:36:18 +0000</pubDate><category>Economy</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Z2CC3XVJUABU2DLOYT2UQLCZUU.jpg?auth=b61a9797440a5f3a61d0a8ababa08ad16e710f20d502c961ef4e9106b5dff8c5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Donald Trump has announced tariffs of up to 100 per cent on medicines but most exports from Ireland look set to avoid the charges. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[US-POLITICS-TRUMP]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brendan Smialowski</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tesla shares fall as company posts one of its worst sales quarters in years]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/tesla-posts-one-of-its-worst-sales-quarters-in-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/tesla-posts-one-of-its-worst-sales-quarters-in-years/</guid><description><![CDATA[Carmaker struggling to turn around its core business in increasingly challenged electric-vehicle market]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 06:23:42 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KKJHYXL4U5A6TDG5B2GNZXXZEY.jpg?auth=52bd65374695def5f037a96366f7038368ba9df67eecc9945dc432db5dcd8587&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tesla chief executive Elon Musk has refocused on artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles and robotics. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Elon Musk Tesla]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">VINCENT FEURAY</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[DAA retail arm, ARI, takes first step into US market]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/daa-retail-arm-ari-takes-first-step-into-us-market/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/daa-retail-arm-ari-takes-first-step-into-us-market/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominic Coyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Business Digest: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:40:23 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/T7WFJ6MXYNCENN2DKR5754PDRU.jpg?auth=0f529c1345c85c1dd304cf2b653d6bc97ca688ac628212744b2539a907078f2f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A plane landing at JFK airport where Irish duty free retail group ARI has just landed its first US contract. Photograph: Johannes Eisele / AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[US-HEALTH-VIRUS]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">JOHANNES EISELE</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asian shares rise as volatile week draws to an end]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/04/03/asian-shares-rise-as-volatile-week-draws-to-an-end/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/04/03/asian-shares-rise-as-volatile-week-draws-to-an-end/</guid><description><![CDATA[Oil prices ease off highs following a report that Iran is drafting a protocol with Oman to monitor traffic through the Strait of Hormuz]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:29:46 +0000</pubDate><category>Markets</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D4WKYU74NNW3TTURFKO47B6Z7I.jpg?auth=66037a00e5f1ed6a9b6492b96eb32a094b24f5d1ac0a5f0f7c71a86ac0159052&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Morning commuters walk past a gas station in Tokyo on Friday.]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[JAPAN-MARKET-OIL]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andrew Caballero-Reynolds</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bank of Ireland chief Myles O’Grady: ‘We are seeing, on a grand scale, intergenerational wealth’ ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/bank-of-ireland-chief-ireland-is-a-relatively-young-country-and-we-are-seeing-on-a-grand-scale-intergenerational-wealth-occurring/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/bank-of-ireland-chief-ireland-is-a-relatively-young-country-and-we-are-seeing-on-a-grand-scale-intergenerational-wealth-occurring/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Chief executive’s strategy update contains a target for the group to grow its loan book by 4% a year out to 2028]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6COWYHKEVJF33AKQQL3TEKQDTE.JPG?auth=a3cfc05e58b5d6fa0e8d885f1e0681f8ae0def6e5c9ac8751c8e8ab39a60a6cf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bank of Ireland chief executive Myles O’Grady: 'I think a version of an [individual savings account] is a no-regrets decision and a no-regrets product and service to get into the market.' Photograph: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oil price rise to have deeper inflation impact than just increases at the pumps]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/oil-price-rise-to-have-deeper-inflation-impact-than-just-increases-at-the-pumps/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/oil-price-rise-to-have-deeper-inflation-impact-than-just-increases-at-the-pumps/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Colgan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Reading US intentions on Iran is proving next to impossible]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:56:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GDNQQ4ZRLFGQXLNV2WWQ5DPM4A.jpg?auth=96250e550a8c6a9a060b289b55c16959a4a38e973788d38e4da15e622dcb07fa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Energy is key to the global production system, so rapid escalation in oil and gas prices is sure to have an inflationary effect worldwide. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Oil]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>