{"id":13680,"date":"2025-09-11T05:34:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T05:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/13680\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T05:34:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T05:34:06","slug":"ireland-faces-surging-population-and-the-best-tech-for-college-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/13680\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland faces surging population and the best tech for college \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">The State\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/09\/10\/states-population-could-hit-76m-in-four-decades-department-estimates\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/09\/10\/states-population-could-hit-76m-in-four-decades-department-estimates\/\">population <\/a>could grow to 7.6 million within four decades if current migration trends continue, according to new research by the Department of Finance. As part of a \u201cscenario analysis\u201d, the department produced a range of population projections for the Republic to the year 2065. In a high-growth scenario where net migration is assumed to be higher, between 53,000\u201358,000 annually, the population climbs to 7.59 million by 2065, more than 2 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/09\/11\/irelands-ageing-population-standstill-costs-reach-extra-3bn-a-year\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/09\/11\/irelands-ageing-population-standstill-costs-reach-extra-3bn-a-year\/\">above<\/a> the current level. Eoin Burke-Kennedy has gone through the report, while Cantillon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/09\/11\/irelands-demographic-time-bomb\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/09\/11\/irelands-demographic-time-bomb\/\">looks<\/a> at what it all means.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">Why are big tech firms kicking up about regulation when they don\u2019t seem able to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/innovation\/2025\/09\/11\/a-teenage-suicide-in-the-us-might-prove-a-tipping-point-for-ai-regulation\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/innovation\/2025\/09\/11\/a-teenage-suicide-in-the-us-might-prove-a-tipping-point-for-ai-regulation\/\">regulate<\/a> their own products? Emmet Ryan asks a very important question. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">The German car industry\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/09\/11\/german-car-industry-seeks-fightback-amid-slumping-market-share\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/09\/11\/german-car-industry-seeks-fightback-amid-slumping-market-share\/\">struggles<\/a> in recent years have been well documented, but at the sector\u2019s most important trade show of the year, they are trying to plot a return to glory. Derek Scally was there. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">Charities are urging Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe, to sanction a three-point deduction in the rate on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/your-money\/2025\/09\/11\/charities-seek-budget-tax-break-on-inheritance-for-wills-giving-to-good-causes\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/your-money\/2025\/09\/11\/charities-seek-budget-tax-break-on-inheritance-for-wills-giving-to-good-causes\/\">inheritance<\/a> tax charged to families where money is allocated for good causes in a will. Dominic Coyle has the story. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">In technology, Ciara O\u2019Brien looks at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/technology\/2025\/09\/11\/college-tech-tips-laptop-or-tablet-plus-power-packs-headphones-and-ai-advice\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/technology\/2025\/09\/11\/college-tech-tips-laptop-or-tablet-plus-power-packs-headphones-and-ai-advice\/\">best tech for students<\/a> as they return to, or start out at college. Ciara also reviews fitness <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/technology\/consumer-tech\/review\/2025\/09\/11\/oura-4-review-new-generation-device-smartens-up\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/technology\/consumer-tech\/review\/2025\/09\/11\/oura-4-review-new-generation-device-smartens-up\/\">ring<\/a> the Oura 4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">In Innovators to Watch, Olive Keogh meets the people behind Colata, an AI-powered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/innovation\/2025\/09\/11\/from-data-overload-to-clear-insights-colatas-play-for-sports-tech-success\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/innovation\/2025\/09\/11\/from-data-overload-to-clear-insights-colatas-play-for-sports-tech-success\/\">sports intelligence platform<\/a> that consolidates all the various elements that sporting organisations typically manage, including tactics, medical issues, performance and fan engagement, and makes all related data easily accessible in one place. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">Airport manager DAA is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/ireland\/2025\/09\/10\/dublin-airport-apologises-and-promises-350000-in-parking-refunds-after-overcharging-customers\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/ireland\/2025\/09\/10\/dublin-airport-apologises-and-promises-350000-in-parking-refunds-after-overcharging-customers\/\">refunding <\/a>more than 4,000 customers after a Competition and Consumer Protection Commission investigation into complaints about a so-called flash sale at the airport car parks. Conor Pope has the story, while Cantillon also looks at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/09\/11\/daa-parking-fiasco-shows-value-of-complaining\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/09\/11\/daa-parking-fiasco-shows-value-of-complaining\/\">fallout<\/a> from the investigation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">Primark, which trades as Penneys in Ireland, has begun to raise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/09\/10\/primark-hikes-us-prices-in-response-to-tariffs\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/09\/10\/primark-hikes-us-prices-in-response-to-tariffs\/\">prices <\/a>at its US stores in response to President Donald Trump\u2019s tariffs, the boss of the clothing retailer\u2019s parent company said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">Sharon Donnery, a member of the European Central Bank\u2019s banking supervisory board, has said the current drive to simplify banking regulation must not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/09\/11\/ecbs-donnery-says-banking-resilience-must-not-be-lost-in-simplification-push\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/09\/11\/ecbs-donnery-says-banking-resilience-must-not-be-lost-in-simplification-push\/\">sacrifice<\/a> the level of resilience built up in the system since the financial crash more than a decade and a half ago. Joe Brennan has the details.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">Contentious plans for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/09\/10\/planning-authority-to-review-howth-hotel-redevelopment-plan\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/09\/10\/planning-authority-to-review-howth-hotel-redevelopment-plan\/\">demolition <\/a>and redevelopment of Deer Park Hotel in Howth will be reviewed by An Coimisi\u00fan Plean\u00e1la after the High Court returned the issue to the commission. Hugh Dooley reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">Accumulated profits at Christy Moore\u2019s music firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/09\/10\/accumulated-profits-at-christy-moore-firm-hits-3m\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/09\/10\/accumulated-profits-at-christy-moore-firm-hits-3m\/\">increased <\/a>to \u20ac3.18 million this year. As Gordon Deegan reports, the accounts show that Moore\u2019s Yellow Furze Music Ltd recorded post-tax profits of \u20ac607,270 in the 12 months to the end of March this year on the back of sold-out gigs across the country and a bestselling album.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">Ardstone Capital has paid \u20ac79 million for 180 newly-developed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/09\/10\/ardstone-capital-snaps-up-180-dublin-apartments-for-79m\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/09\/10\/ardstone-capital-snaps-up-180-dublin-apartments-for-79m\/\">apartments<\/a> in Santry, in north Dublin. News of the deal for Birchwood Court comes just over four weeks on from the company\u2019s \u20ac177 million purchase of the 360 apartments at Spencer Place in Dublin\u2019s north docklands. 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