{"id":134411,"date":"2025-10-20T18:11:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/134411\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T18:11:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:11:21","slug":"dublin-citys-last-specialist-wallpaper-retailer-to-close-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/134411\/","title":{"rendered":"Dublin city\u2019s last specialist wallpaper retailer to close \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">Government green energy targets are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/10\/19\/governments-green-energy-targets-under-pressure\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/10\/19\/governments-green-energy-targets-under-pressure\/\"><b>sliding out of reach<\/b><\/a> experts warn following the latest effort to lure new renewable electricity plants. Barry O\u2019Halloran has the details. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">After 53 years on Talbot Street, Dublin city\u2019s last wallpaper shop is preparing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/10\/20\/after-53-years-on-talbot-street-dublin-citys-last-wallpaper-shop-prepares-to-close-down\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/10\/20\/after-53-years-on-talbot-street-dublin-citys-last-wallpaper-shop-prepares-to-close-down\/\"><b>close down<\/b><\/a>. Hugh Dooley spoke to the family members behind Gerry Keane wallpaper shop. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">Cutting the entire cattle herd to reduce emissions makes no economic sense, writes our columnist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/economy\/2025\/10\/20\/cutting-the-entire-cattle-herd-to-reduce-emissions-makes-no-economic-sense\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/economy\/2025\/10\/20\/cutting-the-entire-cattle-herd-to-reduce-emissions-makes-no-economic-sense\/\"><b>John FitzGerald<\/b><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">In our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/your-money\/2025\/10\/19\/am-i-liable-to-capital-gains-because-a-tenant-refused-to-move-out-when-we-bought-our-home\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/your-money\/2025\/10\/19\/am-i-liable-to-capital-gains-because-a-tenant-refused-to-move-out-when-we-bought-our-home\/\"><b>Q&amp;A<\/b><\/a>, a reader asks if they are liable to capital gains tax because a tenant refused to move out when they bought their home. Dominic Coyle offers a view. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">If you\u2019d like to read more about the issues that affect your finances try signing up to <a href=\"https:\/\/theirishtimes.lt.emlnk1.com\/Prod\/link-tracker?redirectUrl=aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cuaXJpc2h0aW1lcy5jb20lMkZuZXdzbGV0dGVycyUzRnV0bV9zb3VyY2UlM0ROZXdzbGV0dGVyJTI2dXRtX21lZGl1bSUzRGVtYWlsJTI2dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQlM0RSU1MlMjUzQUlURU0lMjUzQVRJVExFJTI2dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduJTNEYnVzaW5lc3NfdG9kYXlfZGlnZXN0&amp;sig=4kSj6MVtJhDySXD8zno7jMoXwZGc1dpLM3xhR9Fc9b5k&amp;iat=1673852841&amp;a=%7C%7C89275494%7C%7C&amp;account=theirishtimes%2Eactivehosted%2Ecom&amp;email=Dc0R66saiYNu2sbROXCOD2QOP8ZXmRzMvz3Yw%2BcA7gI%3D&amp;s=0d5371d23ecde798f8f0f88cc635413b&amp;i=21237A21683A12A963031\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>On the Money<\/b><\/a>, the weekly newsletter from our personal finance team, which will be issued every Friday to Irish Times subscribers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/your-money\/2025\/10\/20\/i-used-to-love-going-to-vintage-and-secondhand-shops-but-they-are-now-too-expensive-for-me\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/your-money\/2025\/10\/20\/i-used-to-love-going-to-vintage-and-secondhand-shops-but-they-are-now-too-expensive-for-me\/\"><b>Me &amp; My Money<\/b><\/a>, singer and actor Camille O\u2019Sullivan says she\u2019s stopped going to vintage and second-hand shops as they have become too expensive. She spoke with Tony Clayton-Lea. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">Ryanair chief Michael O\u2019Leary predicted this month that Wizz Air\u2019s days were numbered and that EasyJet would be carved up, with its Gatwick operations eventually bought by British Airways, and Paris and Geneva going to Air France-KLM. He may be calling this one correctly, writes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/your-money\/2025\/10\/20\/michael-olearys-warning-for-easyjet-starts-to-sound-prescient\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/your-money\/2025\/10\/20\/michael-olearys-warning-for-easyjet-starts-to-sound-prescient\/\"><b>Stocktake<\/b><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">Acknowledging the strange nature of work, and injecting some humour, can make us feel better, writes FT columnist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/10\/20\/is-your-workplace-a-theatre-of-the-absurd\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/10\/20\/is-your-workplace-a-theatre-of-the-absurd\/\"><b>Isabel Berwick<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">A company owned by former Panda Waste owner Eamon Waters has appealed \u201cunwarranted, unreasonable and disproportionate\u201d limitations placed on a proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/10\/18\/eamon-waters-firm-appeals-unreasonable-limits-placed-on-student-housing-development\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/10\/18\/eamon-waters-firm-appeals-unreasonable-limits-placed-on-student-housing-development\/\"><b>student housing complex<\/b><\/a> in Dublin 8. Hugh Dooley reports. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Government green energy targets are sliding out of reach experts warn following the latest effort to lure new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[79,959,442,80348,47459,18,19,17,1843,623,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-134411","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-business-today","10":"tag-climate-change","11":"tag-eamon-waters","12":"tag-easyjet","13":"tag-eire","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland","16":"tag-michael-oleary","17":"tag-ryanair","18":"tag-work"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}