Trump welcomes Saudi crown prince to White House amid security concerns over sale of jets
US president Donald Trump and Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House in Washington, DC on Tuesday. US intelligence concluded that bin Salman approved the capture or killing of Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. The two leaders then looked skyward as fighter jets roared overhead, before Mr Trump led his guest inside. Trump welcomes bin Salman of Saudi Arabia to the White House. Photograph: Kenny Holston/The New York TimesUS and Saudi flags festooned lamp posts in front of the White House.
Source:The Irish Times
November 18, 2025 16:46 UTC
Bitcoin loses all its 2025 gains as it sheds more than a quarter of its value in month-long slide
Bitcoin dropped below $90,000, deepening a month-long slide that has erased the cryptocurrency’s gains for 2025. Photograph: Romain Costaseca / Hans Lucas via AFP via Getty ImagesBitcoin dropped below $90,000 (€77,454), deepening a month-long slide that has erased the cryptocurrency’s gains for 2025 and rocked sentiment across the digital-asset world. The largest crypto token fell as much as 2.8 per cent on Tuesday, extending its decline from a record of more than $126,000 set in early October. Options traders are betting on deeper losses, with demand for downside protection at the $85,000 and $80,000 strikes dominating recent flows. The crypto market has struggled to find support after an early-October sell-off triggered more than $19 billion in liquidations and wiped out over $1 trillion in token market value.
Source:The Irish Times
November 18, 2025 16:32 UTC
Letters to the Editor, November 18th: On the Occupied Territories Bill, the Russian threat and class football – The Irish Times
If the Government means what it says it must now fulfil its promises and pass the Occupied Territories Bill without further delay. KATIE MARTIN,Coordinator,AfrI-Action from Ireland,STEPHEN BOWEN,Executive Director, Amnesty International IrelandMAEVE MCLAUGHLIN,Director, Bloody Sunday Trust,CONOR O’NEILL,Head of Policy,Christian Aid IrelandSolidarity campaign,(and 24 other members of the campaign to pass the Occupied Territories Bill). Ms Bacik’s is just the latest voice to express disquiet at the manner in which the Occupied Territories Bill seems to have disappeared silently as a priority item from the Government’s legislative agenda. While the Government here continues to obfuscate and slow down the progression of the Occupied Territories Bill, other EU states have moved forward. When the founders of Pancreatic Cancer Ireland encountered pancreatic cancer in our own lives, we felt powerless with so little information available to us.
Source:The Irish Times
November 18, 2025 16:00 UTC
The strange case of Dr Achmet Borumborad and his Dublin-based Turkish baths
Thanks to his charm, Dr Borumborad had no trouble getting a grant from parliament to get his Turkish baths up and running. They should have learned from their predecessors who got embroiled with Dr Achmet Borumborad and his Turkish baths. But let’s rewind a little to the arrival of Dr Borumborad in Ireland. In fact, the wine flowed so much that Dr Borumborad had to go to his cellar for another dozen bottles. Dr Borumborad and his servants were mystified to find the guests gone when they returned from the cellar laden with wine.
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November 18, 2025 15:48 UTC
One of the oddest UN resolutions in history puts Donald Trump in supreme control of Gaza – The Irish Times
US president Donald Trump will head a so-called board of peace that will supervise an international stabilisation force in Gaza. It puts Donald Trump in supreme control of Gaza, perhaps with Tony Blair as his immediate subordinate in a “board of peace”, which will oversee multinational peacekeeping troops, a committee of Palestinian technocrats and a local police force, for a period of two years. The board will report to the security council but will not be subordinate to the UN, or subject to past UN resolutions. It will supervise an international stabilisation force (ISF), whose membership is also undetermined, but which the US wants to deploy by January. The countries who the US has approached – including Egypt, Indonesia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates – are tentative.
Source:The Irish Times
November 18, 2025 15:27 UTC
AI posing problems for applicants and employers in recruitment arms race
Artificial intelligence is being used by many applicants to help frame their job applications and CVs. Photograph: iStockLike academia, it seems, recruitment finds itself in something of a nuclear arms race between its two main constituent groups. Job applicants are increasingly using AI to more easily tailor job applications and dramatically ramp up the number of posts that they apply for. Most of them, meanwhile, are using AI to help with the process and most employers are using it to spot the applicants who have used it. Chait says more human engagement is required in the hiring process so people can actually find out about each other.
Source:The Irish Times
November 18, 2025 15:19 UTC
UN Security Council votes to adopt US resolution on Trump’s Gaza peace plan
Ambassadors and representatives to the UN vote during the Security Council meeting at the UN Headquarters in New York City on Monday. Photograph: Angela Weiss/AFP via GettyThe United Nations Security Council on Monday voted to adopt a US-drafted resolution endorsing president Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza and authorising an international stabilisation force for the Palestinian enclave. Russia, which holds a veto on the Security Council, earlier signalled potential opposition to the resolution but abstained from the vote, allowing the resolution to pass. The Palestinian Authority issued a statement welcoming the resolution, and said it is ready to take part in its implementation. The resolution has proven controversial in Israel because it references a future possibility of statehood for the Palestinians.
Source:The Irish Times
November 18, 2025 15:05 UTC
Ireland’s Changing Suburbs: The ‘Dubification’ of Navan, Co Meath
This article is part of Ireland’s Changing Suburbs, an Irish Times series exploring our fast-growing new towns, changing older neighbourhoods, and shrinking rural landscapes. An estate in Johnstown on the outskirts of Navan town, Co Meath, where many of the 12,000 residents commute to Dublin for work. Photograph: Enda O'Dowd“More people leave Meath for work and Navan is the biggest commuter town in the country. “For the first few years we really saw it as a dormitory town,” says Joe Staunton, who owns a pharmacy in Navan town. Navan Town, which has become increasingly seen as a part of Dublin's commuter belt.
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November 18, 2025 15:00 UTC
Top tips for buying knitwear: ‘A good woollen geansaí will last for life’
Sustainable fashion expert Moya Doogan wearing her favourite wool jumperBuy well“If you buy wool well, you buy once,” Doogan says. “While initially more expensive, a good woollen geansaí will last for life, whereas an acrylic jumper might last a couple of washes before losing its shape and shine. “Not only will real wool garments last generations if cared for correctly, but they can also biodegrade without harming the environment if they end up in landfill. When it comes time for washing, “wool needs a low heat and a very gentle spin cycle,” she advises. If you’re handy with a needle, Doogan recommends watching YouTube videos to learn how to darn your own garments.
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November 18, 2025 14:36 UTC
Simon Harris denounces ‘lazy’ and ‘pathetic’ attacks on him over immigration comments
Tánaiste Simon Harris said he was shocked by the speed of the criticism he got for 'saying very basic things' about immigration. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA WireTánaiste Simon Harris has rounded on critics of his comments on immigration, accusing them of “lazy politics” and “pathetic” attacks. Earlier this month, Mr Harris said that immigration into Ireland was “too high”, in comments that drew criticism and saw him face accusations of dogwhistling and stoking division. Labour’s Limerick City TD Conor Sheehan accused Mr Harris of populism at his party’s conference at the weekend. Mr Harris said there would be proposals brought to Cabinet to iron out “anomalies” in the Irish immigration system compared with other countries, including on the family reunification processes.
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November 18, 2025 14:33 UTC
Dedicated PSNI team to investigate Presbyterian Church abuse allegations
Photograph: Jonathan McCambridge/PA WireA dedicated team of senior detectives in the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is to lead a criminal investigation into abuse allegations within the Presbyterian Church of Ireland, it has emerged. Last week, the moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, the Rev Trevor Gribben, resigned over a failure to deal adequately with child protection issues. [ Presbyterian Church ignored concerns over its child safeguarding policies, expert saysOpens in new window ]It involved three Presbyterian congregations, on both sides of the Border. You will be treated with sensitivity, respect and professionalism.”The Presbyterian Church in Ireland has about 185,000 members, with about 22,000 of those in the Republic. The PSNI confirmed last week that it was involved in discussions with the Presbyterian Church after concerns were raised by the church following the conviction of an individual in 2024 for child sex offences.
Source:The Irish Times
November 18, 2025 14:07 UTC
Revenues and profits rise at Greencore as it increases volumes
Operating profit was up almost 20 per cent to £101.1 million, while adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation was £181.2 million, an 18 per cent rise. Manufactured volume growth was 2.5 per cent, with underlying volume growth of 1.1 per cent beating the wider grocery market growth of 0.7 per cent. Greencore increased investment in its core business by 34 per cent year on year, reaching £43.4 million. [ Greencore on track for €1.4bn Bakkavor deal as Bristol site sale appeases watchdogOpens in new window ]Greencore is proposing a dividend of 2.6 pence per share for the year. “The Bakkavor acquisition brings two great businesses together and creates real value - for customers, consumers and our colleagues,” Mr Philips said.
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November 18, 2025 14:04 UTC
ChatGPT, Spotify and X among websites down after outage at network firm Cloudflare
Websites including ChatGPT, X and Spotify have been hit by a major outage linked to network firm Cloudflare. Photograph: Dave Thompson/PA WireA major outage at a key piece of internet infrastructure blocked access for tens of thousands of users, with ChatGPT, Spotify and X among the affected sites. A number of the websites affected, including X, came back online temporarily before suffering further problems. Users saw a message on a number of the websites saying the issues were caused by an “internal server error on Cloudflare’s network”. In June 2022, Cloudflare suffered an outage that affected traffic in 19 of its data centres handling a significant proportion of its global traffic, also essentially shutting down several major websites and services.
Source:The Irish Times
November 18, 2025 13:42 UTC
Denis O’Brien spokesman stands over ‘every word’ of allegedly defamatory statement, court hears
Denis O’Brien made the statement in response to a report on media ownership in Ireland at the time. A communications consultant who issued an allegedly defamatory press release on behalf of businessman Denis O’Brien has told a High Court jury he stands over “every word” of the statement. Mr O’Brien and Mr Morrissey deny the material defamed the solicitors or means what the solicitors allege. Responding, Mr Morrissey said he stood over “every word” of the statement. He earlier said he stood over his facts “1,000 per cent”, and said he believed the press release was “carefully crafted”.
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November 18, 2025 13:28 UTC
Owen Doyle: Referee laboured long and hard yet still got Springboks red-card call wrong
Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty ImagesIn Minato City, just to the east of central Tokyo, you will come across the temple of Zojo-ji. Ireland’s record win over Australian sets up Springboks clash perfectly Listen | 29:56Dickson, particularly, didn’t delay in taking full ownership of foul play. James Doleman was in charge of Italy v South Africa and, in the sharpest of contrasts with Dickson, he laboured long and hard in reviewing foul-play incidents. People do not pay good money to see the referee occupy centre stage so often, for so long. Travelling at high speed, it looked highly improbable that the so-called cover, Joaquin Oviedo, had any chance of catching him.
Source:The Irish Times
November 18, 2025 13:20 UTC