{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/690b5df3317c91fd9a7765c9/6a6b8f040d497875ebb2437e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Metrolink property deals; Grinds 360's losses; E-scooters; All Together Now","description":"<p>Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) has spent more than €9 million to acquire four homes beside a contentious MetroLink station site in south Dublin.</p><p><br></p><p>An online grinds company where rugby stars Brian O’Driscoll and Caelan Doris are investors increased losses last year to €1.19 million since it was founded.</p><p><br></p><p>Twitter had its faults but it didn’t have an overt political agenda. That changed under Elon Musk, <a href=\"https://irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/07/31/how-musk-transformed-twitter-from-communal-town-square-to-right-wing-conspiracy-hub/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">writes Eoin Burke-Kennedy.</a></p><p><br></p><p>‘The easiest solution was chosen instead of the smartest one’: <a href=\"https://irishtimes.com/transport/2026/07/31/the-easiest-solution-was-chosen-instead-of-the-smartest-one-readers-have-their-say-on-e-scooter-regulation/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Readers have their say</a> on e-scooter regulation.</p><p><br></p><p>Padel, Dyson hairdryers and a five course banquet; it’s not just music at this weekend’s All Together Now. Niamh Browne has the low-down as well as advice for travelling to the Curraghmore estate in Co. Waterford.</p><p><br></p><p>Presented by Aideen Finnegan</p>","author_name":"The Irish Times "}