{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/690b5df3317c91fd9a7765c9/6a68ec25982971a8e01a75c5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Patrick Collison; Courgette mountains; Hot Boys Cry","description":"<p>Stripe co-founder and chief executive Patrick Collison has donated more than €6 million to a political campaign group fighting to block a proposed wealth tax in California, US filings show.</p><p><br></p><p>Heat-pump installations need to increase twenty-fold and the pace of general <a href=\"https://irishtimes.com/environment/climate-crisis/2026/07/29/heat-pumps-and-retrofits-must-double-to-meet-green-targets/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">home retrofits must at least double</a> if targets to improve the energy efficiency of the country’s buildings are to be met, the </p><p>Climate Change Advisory Council has said.</p><p><br></p><p>The Peter McVerry Trust rented an apartment for four years from a former senior figure in the Dublin Region Homeless Executive, the homeless charity’s biggest funder, providing €26.5 million euro to the trust in 2024.</p><p><br></p><p>Veggie farmers have had a bumper harvest this year thanks to the sweltering weather, but the irony is while the hot weather supercharged growth, <a href=\"https://irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/29/extremely-demoralising-veggie-farmers-say-bumper-harvest-going-to-waste-in-hot-weather/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">it has dampened sales</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Our Berlin correspondent Derek Scally is writing about a German antidote to the toxicity of the manosphere. <a href=\"https://irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/07/29/how-berlins-hot-boys-are-taking-on-the-manosphere/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">An initiative known as “Hot Boys Cry”</a> wants to empower men to embrace their emotions.</p><p><br></p><p>Presented by Aideen Finnegan</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Irish Times "}