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Irish Times

June 2026

Podcast: Killian Sundermann and Gavin Cooney on the World Cup knockouts

There was a time when it seemed a foregone conclusion that the likes of Germany and the Netherlands would loom large at the business end of any World Cup, grinding out wins with efficient, controlled football

Policy discipline needed to tackle economic pressure points

The tide may turn on the artificial intelligence (AI) boom and more frequent supply shocks make inflation more persistent

For those who are homeless, in addiction, or recovery — a safe place for women

We decided, because of the amount of barriers [to support] for women, we would have no referral system,
If anyone is sex working or vulnerable to being sexually exploited, they can take all of that and they don’t need to ask,
There’s a lot of different needs and the support that everyone gets is very individualised,
We find that our ladies that are in recovery get a lot out of being able to support women who are in active addiction,

How Ireland can make electricity cheap again — and cut emissions

London Climate Action Week is like Wimbledon for climate engagement, with 100,000 people coming together to share ideas on how we stop global warming

‘I looked at what drink had done to my mam, and said I’d never end up like that. But I did’

Jennifer had been in recovery for almost two years, but wanted to understand why she still had addictive tendencies, even though drink and drugs were no longer a part of her life

I was the one coming home in an absolute state. I always felt awful about it because we’d never have drink in the house. My stepdad always went to the pub.”
Jennifer (?)?
I’m happy where I am at the moment,
Jennifer (?)?
I’d be lost without this place,
I started sleeping around with strangers for drugs, just to get high, just to get drunk. I got into situations that I genuinely look back at now and go, ‘How did I even survive that?’ It was very scary.”

Asian stocks set for record-breaking quarter, oil recedes

Asian stocks surged at the end of a sparkling quarter on Tuesday, while a ‌resurgent dollar pushed the yen to a four-decade low and was headed for a fourth straight quarterly rise

Now that we have ​oil prices down, it’s reinforcing our view of more trend-like growth around the world relative to sub-trend that we were thinking about a couple of months ago, and feeding into the ⁠better earnings story as well,
Some of the concerns that investors ​have around how much tech exposure they have... (has them) looking for other themes — whether that’s defence, renewables, and how they think about building more robust diversification in their portfolio,
Geoff YubNY macro strategist
That gap between returns and flows fits a broader pattern across Asia’s tech-heavy markets: strong performance is triggering rebalancing ‌and profit-taking, not fresh institutional buying,

Hopes fade in Venezuela earthquake rescue as UN orders 10,000 body bags

The possibility of finding more survivors has continued to fuel rescuers digging through collapsed buildings in northern Venezuela, even as the search was growing increasingly desperate with every passing hour

Many completely lost their homes or their homes are so cracked that they’re not allowed back in,
Ilan Kelmanresearcher
Not a single building should have collapsed in those earthquakes,
We have all the knowledge, science and engineering that we need to build in a seismic zone without having a catastrophic disaster following an earthquake,

Ireland v Australia: Easterby confident ‘unbelievable’ Sheehan can lead from front in Doris’s absence

Simon Easterbydefence coach
It’s disappointing for Caelan, with missing out on potentially a couple of trips to Australia,
We are expecting a side who have probably got a chance to go and lay down a bit of a marker leading into a World Cup year, playing at home for the first time in a while so it’s exciting for us to be here in the first game.”