View this email in your browser Business Today Monday, 31 August, 2026 Editor's Note Good morning, reader A tax aimed at discouraging land hoarding was overhauled in recent years, with the responsibility for collecting the levy taken away from councils and given to Revenue, in a bid to stimulate more housing construction. In its inaugural Homebuilding Horizons report, housing developer Glenveagh has called on the government to strengthen the Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) and implement more long-planned measures to address land speculation. Killian Woods has the details. Amid a boom in data centre investment by major tech firms including Meta and Alibaba, IT infrastructure manufacturer Vertiv confirmed plans in recent months to scale up its Irish presence to meet the demand. Continue Reading Killian Woods   TOP BUSINESS STORIES Business Housing developer Glenveagh says land hoarding penalties must be stricter Business Vertiv’s Irish profits more than double as data centre equipment sales surge Business Robin Jones: ‘The company tagline is “Bakeable Happiness”’ Financial Services How UniCredit CEO outmanoeuvred Germany on Commerzbank Work A Wicklow woman in Marbella: ‘I would make friends in the summer and they would then go home. But I found my tribe’ Pilita Clark Women make friends differently from men at work MORE BUSINESS STORIES Business TG4 says progress in gaining editorial control of Nuacht service from RTÉ ‘extremely slow’ Business Engineer shortage threatens Ireland’s housing and infrastructure plans, new research shows Business Former National Transport Authority chief was underpaid by €50,000 in total over several years Business Glanua’s Karl Zimmerer: ‘The creation of Uisce Éireann in 2014 was transformational’ Do you have questions about becoming an Irish Times subscriber, or about your subscription? You'll find handy guides in our FAQs, and you can manage many aspects of your subscription in the My Account section. Never miss a business story Subscribe now for just €1 for your first month SUBSCRIBE