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Irish Times
25-04-2025
- Politics
- Irish Times
Will there be a teacher's strike in the autumn?
Pat Leahy and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics: Pope Francis passed away on Easter Monday at the age of 88. Thoughts now turn to the election of his successor and whether they will be viewed to be as tolerant and progressive as the late pontiff. Minister for Education Helen McEntee has her work cut out for her to keep secondary school teachers onside with both the Teacher's Union of Ireland and the Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland voting to ballot on industrial action if plans to reform the Leaving Certificate from this September are not paused. And the Government has told RTÉ that State funding of more than €60 million for its redundancy plan will hinge on the broadcaster hitting yearly targets as it reduces its headcount. Plus, the panel picks their favourite Irish Times pieces of the week: Bill Clinton on a polarized America 30 years on from the Oklahoma bombing , Ireland needs to tread carefully with the EU on tariffs, and have we reached an empathy crisis ?
Irish Times
24-04-2025
- Business
- Irish Times
Intel staff face more uncertainty
Intel workers face yet more uncertainty, amid reports the hobbled chip maker plans to axe as much as a fifth of its global workforce. It's the latest trouble to hit the firm's staff after what is now a years long crisis at the company. Jack Horgan-Jones has the story with the Government in the dark on the scale of any cuts here, while Stephen Farrell is on the ground in Leixlip. Mark Hilliard meanwhile looks at a timeline of the company's recent woes while Cantillon assesses how bad the hit may be for Ireland. Staying with the tech world, the EU has fined Apple and Meta a combined €700 million, stirring the ire of the two tech giants. Jack Power has the details. Away from tech, Cantillon isn't happy with pharma chiefs' suggestion the EU should allow drug prices to match US levels, while also highlighting the significance of insurers here using in house reinsurance and its impact on their Irish profits. In Inside Business, Ciaran Hancock sits down with Patrick Guilbaud, the French chef who brought fine dining to Ireland 44 years ago. READ MORE A German activist investor in Glanbia has written to the board of Tirlán Co-operative Society, the nutrition group's largest shareholder, in a bid to enlist support for a campaign for the business to carry out a strategic review after a share price slump. Joe Brennan has the story. US president Donald Trump has said he doesn't intend to fire Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell, but he has repeatedly criticised him for not cutting interest rates to his liking. What is Trump's beef with the Fed chief? Eoin Burke-Kennedy unpacks what is going on. Eoin also reports that the main Irish arm of computer giant Oracle has paid €730 million in cumulative dividends to its US parent over the past 18 months. In his column, Emmet Ryan looks at how companies can satisfy their demand for graduates with degrees in science, technology, engineering or maths (STEM). In Innovation, Neil Briscoe looks at a little noticed change in EU rules for carbon fibre usage in cars, and what it means for future designs, while Olive Keogh meets the man behind a Cork online grinds platform aiming to help students get top marks in maths exams. What is at stake in Meta's antitrust trial in the US? Quite a lot as it turns out. Finally, Ciara O'Brien reviews what is not your average dashcam. Stay up to date with all our business news: sign up to our Business Today daily email news digest. If you'd like to read more about the issues that affect your finances try signing up to On the Money , the weekly newsletter from our personal finance team, which will be issued every Friday to Irish Times subscribers.
