Irish Times
October 2026
Ireland goes Swedish on investment, but deemed disposal remains a problem
More needs to be done to help home-grown companies scale and offset reliance on FDI
Desperate late push to avert public-sector strike on Wednesday
Despite the intervention, there is still a mood of pessimism in both Government and trade union circles that the national stoppage — and the attendant widespread disruption — cannot now be avoided
All we have at present is an effective pay cut for next year, nothing for this year [to cover the period since the expiry of the last deal] and a leap of faith after that,
Tribunal upholds complaints against solicitor Declan O’Callaghan over mishandling of funds
No longer forced to live a lie, City fans embraced their club for what it truly is
Cheating bastards, we know what we are.”
Trump and Hegseth’s road to barbarism is a threat to America’s standing
Revulsion at the media frenzy and carnival-style atmosphere led to a US ban on public executions that has stuck for 90 years
People need to understand that there are serious consequences for these type of things,
Our department is, you might say, putting on the full armour of God, because while we wage physical war, we all know the real battle is spiritual,
Are Simon Harris and gen Z about to turn Ireland into a nation of investors?
What happens if 100,000 people go into this and the markets collapse and they lose money? There’s going to be pressure on the Government to bail them out,
Minorities have always known the system was rigged,
62 per cent of Irish women aged 30 to 50 handle the family finances alone. Only 18 per cent of women are investing.”
Fianna Fáil councillor in Co Clare ordered to pay €5,000 after ‘unlawful’ rent review
The signs are AI prefers AI-written CVs, and one law firm’s experience is revealing
One possible explanation is that, because AI capability was itself one of the criteria, the agent may have interpreted signs of AI use in producing the CV as evidence of AI capability,
Roy Keane and Jamie Carragher unmoved by ‘devastated’ Micah Richards on Sky Sports
They are so powerful, so rich, they’ve never been told no before in their lives,
There’s all these lovely stories, ‘I came through the youth team’, lovely, it’s lovely,
Let’s hope they get beaten,
THEY HAD ALL THE BEST PLAYERS — THEY HAD THE TWO BEST PLAYERS IN EVERY POSITION!”
Irish AI firms raise €256m across 75 venture capital deals in 2026
PitchBook’s independent analysis shows the scale of investment now going into Irish AI companies, with almost €1 billion raised since the beginning of 2025,
The International AI Summit will focus on how Europe can turn advances in AI into economic value, while building the skills, infrastructure and trusted regulatory environment needed to support adoption and investment.”
Letters to the Editor, October 12th: On Wednesday’s strike, prisoner rehabilitation and growing fruit and veg
The much-trumpeted progress of this century consists largely of a heap of machines the very purpose of which is to gather in haste and fury the scattered elements of utility and knowledge and to redistribute them to each member of the collectivity who is in a position to pay a slight tax.”
The public execution even of one who has done grave harm will only further undermine the moral fabric of our nation and be a blight on the conscience of its people.”
Former swimming coach George Gibney to be sentenced for abusing four girls
You were a person in authority. People respected and trusted you and you abused that position... You took and took as you saw fit without a thought for the immediate or lifelong impact,
Engineer Robert Pether heading home to Ireland after being detained in Iraq for five years
Pether, who had been living in Ireland for a number of years, had been working as a mechanical engineer on rebuilding the Iraqi Central Bank when he was arrested with a colleague from CME Consulting, the Dubai-based company they were working for
The Australian government welcomes the decision by the Iraqi government to allow Mr Pether to leave,
We were aware for some time that minister Wong was keen to be the first to break this fantastic news,
Mr Pether was detained in a [2x2 metre] cell with the lights permanently on,
Trump’s energy ceasefire is unfair to Ukraine but could it bring something better?
Ukraine supports the ceasefire, and it is important that Russia support it as well. We are awaiting details from the American side,
Houthis show military reach with deadly missile strikes on Riyadh
The latest attack on Saturday, the third on the airport in a week, killed 12 people and wounded more than 300, part of a tit-for-tat military escalation by the Houthis against the beleaguered Saudis, who support Yemen’s internationally recognised government
The recent successes that we’ve seen in the last four weeks or so have less to do with having great military equipment and more to do with the weakness of the other side,
Control of this island is potentially quite important,
They didn’t start from scratch, they had a foundation,
Everyone continues to underestimate the Houthis’ military power,
They’re not just guys in flip-flops, they’re actually geeks,
AI being used by employers to more closely monitor their staff, Dublin conference hears
What’s happening varies across different sectors,
So we need to be concerned not just about the jobs that are being or might be lost but also about the way jobs are changing,
They feel they work more and do higher value work but they are not getting more pay or time off so there is a sense the productivity gains are all going to the employer when they could be shared through shorter hours, reduced workloads or investment on worker development,
Tech company Tines to create 100 jobs in Ireland over two years and open new facility
It’s an exciting time for Tines as we build and grow an AI company from Dublin. We believe every employee and every team should be able to use AI to build the software they need, and that’s the opportunity we’re going after with Tines,
Tines is one of a new generation of rapidly scaling Irish technology companies competing successfully on the global stage,
IMF chief alarmed at ‘slow-moving tsunami’ of AI for jobs, taxes
The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned of the disruptive threat from artificial intelligence to the labour market and taxation, urging policymakers to rethink education and act now to help society adapt
It is a slow-moving tsunami, but [a] tsunami nonetheless,
We cannot today imagine what exactly the world of work will be five years from now,
Riyadh airport hit again after deadly Houthi missile attack
These attacks by Iran’s proxies are pushing the region into a spiral of violence,
We’re gonna look at it.”
I will underline that Iran’s attacks on its neighbours must cease and that safe and toll-free shipping through the Straits of Hormuz must be restored,
Role of women, married priests and sexuality featured early in the synodal pathway
What does God want from the church in Ireland at this time?”
Is not this what God asks of you?”
France seeks another de Gaulle. The far-right thinks it’s Jordan Bardella
President Franklin D Roosevelt looked down on him as an arrogant fantasist, and barely tolerated his place in the anti-Hitler alliance
Like all successful historical films, La Bataille de Gaulle tells us less about the past than about the needs of the present.”
One day, the United States will try to be the moral authority of the entire world.”
‘Let them live in peace’: Protestants and Catholics alike express relief in Drumcree
We work with people from the other side and we don’t want any tension,
My family wanted the parade at the start but then they got sick of the circus around it. They felt it was dragging on for too long and causing too much tension,
Let them live in peace. Give it up. There was no need for a march,
A lot of people from my background aren’t happy and have a different opinion to me,
In this town now, the amount of hardline loyalists is basically nil. All the old hands are gone,
I don’t trust Irish newspapers,
My wee lad’s school is beside a Protestant school. There’s probably only one person that owns that unionist [Facebook] page but that’s the level of hatred,
Who is affected by next week’s strike and can it be averted in a last-minute deal?
At the time of fuel protests, the congress was very audible and forthright that it undermined those who took the representative route to negotiation,
I’m surprised that we are at the level of a war-of-words on this,
Unexpected school closures will affect all working parents, but even more so for people parenting alone who do not have backup and are already struggling with school drop-offs and trying to find after-school care,
Previously, ambulance and emergency services have largely been unaffected by strike action,
It is awful that a partnership of some kind is not in effect,
There are still some very experienced people around in the unions and you’d be looking at them to do the right thing,
Meet the former garda who found a new role in the Church of Ireland after retirement and divorce
In conscience, I couldn’t make the final step,
Mark and I go back a long way,
The guards were always a community-oriented police force, building on relationships, getting to know people,
But actually, as it happens, Tullow is an incredible fit. There’s a lot of community work going on there with a lot of potential,
Marti decided she didn’t want to be part of a Church. That was fine. So we made a decision to go our separate ways, which is unfortunate, but it just wasn’t for her,
Her family are very involved in the Church,
We had originally planned to go to Spain, buy a house there and looked into schools and all the rest of it, but something was drawing me back towards the Church,
I loved the Brothers and I was actually asked to become a Brother after my Inter Cert,