{"id":631211,"date":"2026-08-11T07:03:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T07:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/631211\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T07:03:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T07:03:17","slug":"new-twist-in-aer-lingus-redundancy-plan-and-hollywood-and-ai-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/631211\/","title":{"rendered":"New twist in Aer Lingus redundancy plan, and Hollywood and AI \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

A trade union body representing workers across Aer Lingus\u2019 owner, International Airlines Group (IAG), could intervene in plans to cut 500 jobs from the Irish carrier. Barry O\u2019Halloran has the details<\/b><\/a>. <\/p>\n

Is Hollywood dying<\/b><\/a>? AI is cited as the latest threat to the future of film studios in Los Angeles but the picture might be brighter than some would have you believe, writes our columnist Hugh Linehan. <\/p>\n

In our personal finance Q&A, a reader wonders how they might avoid a family row<\/b><\/a> over what happens with their my home when they die. Dominic Coyle offers a view. <\/p>\n

The rate of construction<\/b><\/a> across the country quickened last month following a slow start to the summer, although the housing sector saw only slight growth in volume, a new survey by AIB has found. Stephen Conneely has the details. <\/p>\n

In Me & My Money, David Keogh<\/b><\/a>, chief executive of cosmetic surgery group Auralia says \u2018anybody below the age of 40 without a pension is making a huge mistake\u2019. He spoke to Tony Clayton-Lea. If you\u2019d like to read more about the issues that affect your finances try signing up to 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

Crisis-stricken Volkswagen<\/b><\/a> is emblematic of Germany\u2019s ailing economy, writes Cantillon. <\/p>\n

BYD, the Chinese car maker, is to take over direct control of its Irish operation<\/b><\/a> later this year, in a move that could pave the way for a big expansion of its dealer network and sales ambitions here. Michael McAleer has the details. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A trade union body representing workers across Aer Lingus\u2019 owner, International Airlines Group (IAG), could intervene in plans…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[261],"tags":[2442,291,289,290,959,26607,18,11146,21681,19,17,82,44702,80],"class_list":["post-631211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-aer-lingus","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-business-today","tag-byd","tag-eire","tag-hollywood-la","tag-housing-demand","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology","tag-volkswagen-vw","tag-work"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117075601271746422","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631211","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=631211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}