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Holiday flight delays, cancellations, denials or downgrades: know your rights

1 day ago | irishtimes.com | Joanne Hunt

Heading on holiday this summer? If you’ve booked a flight, you might be feeling some airport anxiety. Fear of flying is one thing, but fear of not flying can also loom large. Once upon a time, it was only striking air traffic controllers or baggage handlers who could nix your holiday plans. More recently, climate events such as floods, wildfires and extreme turbulence, anti-tourism protests and technical glitches are adding to the mix.
Justine McCarthy: What gives Ursula von der Leyen the right to egg Binyamin Netanyahu on with his killing crusades?

1 day ago | irishtimes.com | Justine McCarthy

If women ruled the world, there would be no wars. True or false? False, if all the women were Ursula von der Leyen. Because a hawk in sheep’s clothing is still a hawk. The president of the European Commission was the most petite participant at the G7 summit in Canada last week but she landed with the force of a grenade packed with testosterone. “I spoke to prime minister Netanyahu today,” she announced after Israel had bombed Iran in an unprovoked attack.
US-Iran: CIA chief says US strikes ‘severely damaged’ Iranian nuclear programme

2 days ago | irishtimes.com | Julian Barnes

Classified intelligence about the damage to Iran’s nuclear programme from US strikes was at the centre of a political tempest Wednesday as spy chiefs pushed out new assessments and US president Donald Trump continued to defend his assertion that Iran’s key facilities had been “obliterated.” The CIA director, John Ratcliffe, said the strikes had “severely damaged” Iran’s nuclear programme, and the administration suggested that the initial report, by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), was...
‘My wife and I were excited for our first holiday without kids in 20 years. Then I started showing signs of fever’

2 days ago | irishtimes.com | Conor Pope

We have highlighted the value of travel insurance on many, many occasions on this page and we do so once again now a result of what can only be described as a very unfortunate situation a reader called Ruairí has found himself in. He and his wife were due to take a mini-break to Dubrovnik in early June and booked the four-day jaunt with Love Holidays.
Tech jobs shake-up echoes post-Covid cuts, but with AI twist

2 days ago | irishtimes.com | Ciara O'Brien

The shake up in tech jobs, it seems, is not yet done. Last week, Bloomberg News reported how Microsoft was preparing to axe thousands of jobs globally early next month, citing unnamed sources. That leaves staff facing a nervous few days as they wait to find out exactly how and where these cuts will happen. It follows previous cuts announced by the company this year. But Microsoft is not the only one.
EV Q&A: Will ‘vegan’ interiors be hard-wearing in the long term?

2 days ago | irishtimes.com | Neil Briscoe

Q: Given the current trend in both EV and ICE cars to move away from animal interiors, the premium offering is often a “piled” fabric such as microfleece or even wool. Will these materials retain their looks or would traditional woven fabrics prove more durable? – Peter C, Co WexfordA: While this is not specifically a question on electric vehicles, it is relevant to the wider attempts by car firms to reduce their environmental impact.
Microsoft Surface Laptop 13-inch review: AI-optimised laptop makes some sacrifices

2 days ago | irishtimes.com | Ciara O'Brien

When Microsoft first started doing its own laptops back in 2012, the move was met with a mixture of interest and confusion. There were predictions of the venture’s demise, and a general feeling that the Surface could go the same way as the Zune if the company wasn’t careful. But Microsoft stuck with it, tweaking the Surface Pro two-in-one’s design, and adding the Surface Laptop in 2017.
The best and worst baby tech for 2025: from white noise machines to wipe warmers

2 days ago | irishtimes.com | Ciara O'Brien

When it comes to having a baby, it seems like there is now a seemingly endless stream of “must have” products pitching at the modern parent. From devices that promise to make new parenting a doddle to those that claim they will smooth the path to well-rounded toddler-hood, there is a product for almost anything you can think of, and quite a few that never crossed your mind.
VAT rate for small businesses will be reduced permanently, Tánaiste tells party colleagues

2 days ago | irishtimes.com | Jack White

The next Budget will be an “expansionary package” with plans to permanently reduce the VAT rate for small businesses, the Tánaiste has said. Simon Harris told the Fine Gael parliamentary party meeting on Wednesday that Budget 2026 would be “responsible and responsive”, according to a source present. The Tánaiste is understood to have told those present that he and his party colleagues remembered “very well” what the party canvassed on in the lead up to the general election.
GoCar reduces rental service in Limerick following ‘constant significant damage’ to vehicles

2 days ago | irishtimes.com | Conor Pope

One of the State’s leading car-sharing operators says it has been forced to reduce its services in Limerick after months of anti-social behaviour targeting its vehicles in the city. GoCar, which is owned by French car rental group Europcar, allows users to rent cars for short periods of time, with fees starting from €9 an hour. It has proved popular with Irish motorists over recent years with many using it and similar car-sharing services as an alternative to owning a car.