View this email in your browser THE IRISH TIMES Business Today Tuesday, 10 March, 2026 Editor's Note Good morning, reader Ireland is nowhere meeting its retrofit targets, a new report from the ESRI has warned. Eoin Burke-Kennedy has the details. In the first of a new series on how to invest, Fiona Reddan explores why Irish people are happy to leave a collective €172 billion in low-interest bank accounts. A provisional liquidator has been appointed to a Co Kilkenny farming company that is said to produce about 12 per cent of the €66 million Irish carrot market. Ellen O’Riordan has the details of the case. Continue Reading Ciarán Hancock   TOP BUSINESS STORIES Markets Asia stocks rebound, oil dives as Trump and Iran trade barbs Business Homebuilding sector returns to growth for the first time in 10 months Business Quarter of finance workers unsure of their AI skills but half don’t have time to upskill Business Commercial property recovering but Middle East conflict threatens new inflation spike Work Employers won’t be ‘penalised’ as Ireland to miss deadline to introduce pay transparency law Richard Cantillon Zippay launch opens new battlefront in war between Revolut and the banks MORE BUSINESS STORIES Business Ireland falling well short of its retrofit targets, ESRI report finds Farming & Food Provisional liquidator appointed to major carrot producer unable to pay debts Business WRC rejects pay equality claim by woman who ‘trained in’ male colleague Business Markets fall for third day as oil prices soar