Surging Wall Street profit forecasts fuel fears of ‘earnings bubble’
Analysts are now forecasting a 25% increase in S&P 500 company earnings for the coming year
AI: Artificial intelligence
Aughinish Alumina exports to Russia; and customers to be offered human interaction on bank calls
Plus: World Meteorological Organisation warns the El Niño weather phenomenon will intensify
Rise of AI threatens about 110,000 Irish jobs, study finds
Around 110,000 jobs in the Republic could be vulnerable to automation
AI will reshape a third of job skills by 2030. Is Ireland ready?
Upskilling has become an imperative as Ireland’s workforce faces an uncertain future, writes Peter McGuire
Why job interviews are increasingly becoming AI tests
Candidates must prove how they would use tech tools in non-tech roles
Irish tech sector continues to grow at fast pace despite waves of job cuts
Fastest expansion recorded since November, AIB index shows
BDO UK & Ireland plan to double Irish staff to more than 1,100 over five years
Merger creates international business with revenues of nearly €1.26 billion
OpenAI proposes handing Trump administration 5% stake
Sam Altman’s start-up in early talks for a public ownership deal as political pressure rises
‘Sharenting’ is riskier than ever but that probably won’t stop us
Embarrassment is just one risk when you share images of your children online in an AI-enabled world
The Million Dollar Nannies love to party. They’re more Mary Poppers than Mary Poppins
Looking after oligarchs’ children in their New Zealand bunkers is, at least, a way to survive the apocalypse
Leasing in office sector continued at ‘solid’ pace in second quarter
Two-thirds of space let is to companies relocating and expanding to new offices
Chinese tech giant Alibaba seeks staff for first Irish data centre
Chinese tech giant previously announced plans to spend €45bn on cloud facilities by the end of next year
Policy discipline needed to tackle economic pressure points
On AI, a growing reliance on debt amplifies risks, making the sector more vulnerable to abrupt corrections
Stocks and oil prices edge up as investors eye Iran peace deal
Tech shares rebound on Wall Street after last week’s sell-off
Flexible work options influencing majority of workers when considering a job offer
Flexible working arrangements ‘now part of the confidence test’ in Ireland
Irish fuel excise cuts to be phased out; and the rise of competitive socialising
Early Edition with Aideen Finnegan
How accurate are AI chatbots when we ask them a medical question?
Dr Muiris Houston: A fifth of answers in test involving ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Meta AI and DeepSeek were ‘highly problematic’
Targeted supports more critical amid a gradual economic slowdown
Marginal reduction in IT employment is probably one of the first manifestations of AI influencing the economy
I always thought most Americans sought to be fair. Lately, so much seems unfair
My dad was an Irish immigrant and so were my mom’s parents. America was fair to them, and they wanted to be fair to everyone else
A punk pub’s stand against AI and an Irish answer to sushi
Plus: enough with the AI posters already, selling sushi to the Japanese and life as an otter
Laurie Anderson on Lou Reed: ‘He said, I’ll get on a plane right now. We got married the next day’
Being back in the city where her husband gave his final concert was a reminder for the artist that there’s no demarcation between life, art, politics and love
Loveholidays CEO: ‘Ryanair thought all online travel agencies were pirates. But not us’
Donat Rétif did not fly on an aeroplane until he was 20 – now he runs a package holiday firm worth €1bn-plus
Dragon boats, ancient rituals – and a modern fear of being left behind
Amid holiday celebrations in Beijing, a friend’s stark worry captures the anxiety of a weakening jobs market
Apple increases MacBook and iPad prices by 20%, citing AI boom
iPhone maker blames cost rises on memory chip shortages
Markets rise as chipmakers boost investor sentiment
Oil prices edged higher but were still back near levels last seen before the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran
As AI enters the equation, how can maths be kept ethical and human?
The Leiden Declaration has a vision for mathematics that embraces AI tools, but where human values play a guiding role
Eli Lilly deploys weight-loss cash on ‘App Store’ for scientists
Mounjaro maker is collaborating with small biotechs on AI as a tool for drug discovery
Two-thirds of investors plan to expand in Ireland over next year, says EY
Surge in R&D investment confirms Irish shift to knowledge economy, consultancy says
DCU students named finalists of global UN policy competition with Irish-language project
The team were selected from over 1,500 applicants across 55 countries and will represent Ireland in Beijing next month
Andy Burnham will have to be brave if he wants to get Britain’s economy growing again
But UK politics is hostile to making tough and necessary choices
Office-based positions receiving 40% fewer applications than hybrid roles, says recruiter
Candidates are evaluating employers just as carefully as employers are evaluating them, says Matrix Recruitment
Nasdaq falls 2% as Big Tech leads sell-off in global stocks
Interest rate fears hit high-flying sectors as oil prices hold steady
Radio Nova cracks into AI for ‘Mad Yolk’ advertising campaign
Use of artificial intelligence in ads has proved contentious with consumers more likely to find them ‘annoying’
Dublin house prices fall, and how to defer your retirement beyond 65
Business Today: The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk
Pharmacists in Ireland would be allowed prescribe contraception under proposed new law
Increased borrowing limit for Housing Finance Agency and plans for AI Gigafactory also on Cabinet agenda
Shares slip as SpaceX rout clouds Iran deal optimism
UK shares largely shrugged off news of prime minister Keir Starmer’s resignation
Dublin-based firms are also part of the military complex
There’s been strangely little talk of the fact that Dublin is the European home of several increasingly militarised technologies
Julia is kind, sweet and plans to raise two kids with her partner. There’s just one catch
Lamar’s plan to adopt children and parent them with his AI chatbot partner challenges our most basic notions of humanness
The End of Everything by M John Harrison: A rudderless spin on the post-apocalyptic story
Sci-fi tale is a memorable, haunting work, but stop-start narrative makes it hard for readers to engage
Look under the hood. There are ‘echoes of 2006’ in the Irish economy
Trump says Iran peace deal has averted ‘worldwide depression’ but closer to home experts worry prices will continue to rise regardless
The human brain is not a machine
This common comparison invites us to see ourselves as sub-optimal alternatives to AI agents
KPMG Ireland chief on pushing for more office days and the impact of AI on head count
Managing partner Ryan McCarthy leads an all-island firm with nearly 4,000 staff and more than €600m in annual revenues
Leadership in an AI world - a fundamentally different approach is needed
Just 5 per cent of executives believe their workforce is fully prepared for more advanced forms of AI such as agentic systems
Plan to advise charities overseas how to avoid inadvertently financing terrorists
National group to tackle sanctions evasion efforts
Energy price shock to squeeze Irish wage growth this year, says Central Bank
Global oil and gas prices now unlikely to return to more normal levels despite putative Middle East peace deal
Climate justice calls for a fairer, healthier, more stable future
Shift towards climate justice is essential for our collective future
Leaving no one behind as vulnerable customers bank on accessibility
Closure of high street banks and ATMs, two-factor authentication and chatbots are unpopular among older people
How AI is shaping the future of fintech
AI has become a critical tool in the fight against financial crime, and the pace at which it is doing this is accelerating
‘I should be revising for exams. Instead I’m working with developers’: Irish teen AI founders set sights on US
Rhycon’s artificial intelligence tool does the heavy lifting on generating sales leads
We have to manage the AI revolution
There must be a global agreement on how the technology is controlled
Fianna Fáil MEP proposes AI guidelines restricting use in speeches and policy
Draft policy paper written by Barry Andrews with assistance of artificial intelligence
Amazon backs AI start-up developing models to simulate physical world
Company joins investment arms of Nvidia and AMD in €267m funding round for Odyssey ML
‘I don’t think AI is here to take my job’: Young professionals have their say on new technology
Despite fears that artificial intelligence could make jobs more scarce in certain sectors, many young people say their careers could benefit from use of new technologies
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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