{"id":389747,"date":"2026-04-09T11:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/389747\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T11:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:36:09","slug":"ai-is-coming-to-take-your-well-paid-job-and-aimee-connollys-growth-plans-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/389747\/","title":{"rendered":"AI is coming to take your well-paid job and Aimee Connolly\u2019s growth plans \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2026\/04\/09\/highly-educated-most-vulnerable-to-ai-job-losses-esri\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2026\/04\/09\/highly-educated-most-vulnerable-to-ai-job-losses-esri\/\">AI revolution<\/a> will have a severe impact on the Irish economy, a new report from the ESRI has warned, with the most educated workers in top paying jobs set to be hammered by the new technology. Peter Flanagan has the details. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">On the same topic, Margaret Ward\u2019s weekly Work feature looks at reaching for the next rung on the career ladder in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/work\/2026\/04\/09\/reaching-for-the-next-rung-on-the-career-ladder-in-the-age-of-ai-uncertainty\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/work\/2026\/04\/09\/reaching-for-the-next-rung-on-the-career-ladder-in-the-age-of-ai-uncertainty\/\">age of AI uncertainty<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The ESRI report on AI should be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2026\/04\/09\/ai-report-should-be-a-wake-up-call-for-government\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2026\/04\/09\/ai-report-should-be-a-wake-up-call-for-government\/\">wake-up call for Government<\/a>, writes Cantillon. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2026\/04\/09\/aimee-connolly-eyes-launch-of-her-beauty-brand-into-us-market-in-fourth-quarter-of-this-year\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2026\/04\/09\/aimee-connolly-eyes-launch-of-her-beauty-brand-into-us-market-in-fourth-quarter-of-this-year\/\">Irish entrepreneur Aimee Connolly<\/a> is planning to launch her successful beauty brand, Sculpted by Aimee, into the United States in the fourth quarter of this year. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image audio_image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1754647931518-c07d65db-55b5-463e-ae51-976300c5837e.jpeg\"\/>Beauty entrepreneur Aimee Connolly shares her plans to take on the US market and become a top 10 global brand<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2026\/04\/09\/asking-price-inflation-for-homes-drops-to-lowest-rate-in-over-two-years\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2026\/04\/09\/asking-price-inflation-for-homes-drops-to-lowest-rate-in-over-two-years\/\">Annual asking price inflation<\/a> for homes has softened to its lowest rate in more than two years, according to a new report from online property platform MyHome. Colin Gleeson reports on its findings. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">In her tech column, Ciara O\u2019Brien looks at how even astronauts on Nasa\u2019s Artemis II mission to the moon couldn\u2019t outrun <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/technology\/2026\/04\/09\/tech-problems-even-astronauts-cant-outrun-them\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/technology\/2026\/04\/09\/tech-problems-even-astronauts-cant-outrun-them\/\">technology glitches<\/a>, no doubt much to the disappointment of Microsoft\u2019s PR department. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">New York listed oilfield services group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2026\/04\/09\/ny-listed-oilfield-group-used-irish-examinership-to-move-hq-to-texas\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2026\/04\/09\/ny-listed-oilfield-group-used-irish-examinership-to-move-hq-to-texas\/\">Weatherford International<\/a>, which moved corporate headquarters to Dublin a dozen years ago and filed for examinership in 2019 to eliminate about $6 billion (\u20ac5.2 billion) in debt, plans to relocate to its spiritual home in Texas. Joe Brennan reports. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Now health tech company Withings has produced a multifunction device that not only measures your temperature, but records your heart health, too. Ciara O\u2019Brien put the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/technology\/consumer-tech\/review\/2026\/04\/09\/withings-beamo-review-next-gen-thermometer-packs-a-punch-and-a-price\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/technology\/consumer-tech\/review\/2026\/04\/09\/withings-beamo-review-next-gen-thermometer-packs-a-punch-and-a-price\/\">product to the test<\/a> in our tech review. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">In our Innovation feature, Olive Keogh talks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/innovation\/2026\/04\/09\/vet-turns-to-herbal-medicine-to-tackle-pet-health-issues\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/innovation\/2026\/04\/09\/vet-turns-to-herbal-medicine-to-tackle-pet-health-issues\/\">Cork-based Sine\u0301ad Mellett<\/a>, who has created therapeutics for dogs and cats affected by chronic problems such as itchy skin. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Profit at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2026\/04\/09\/flextronics-profit-falls-as-turnover-declines\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2026\/04\/09\/flextronics-profit-falls-as-turnover-declines\/\">electronics manufacturer Flextronics International Ireland<\/a> fell in 2024, new accounts filed by the company show. 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