View this email in your browser THE IRISH TIMES Business Today Tuesday, 17 February, 2026 Editor's Note Good morning, reader More and more of us are both chained to our phones but also desperate to rid ourselves of them, it seems. A new survey underlines how much we use them but also how much we loathe them. Ciara O’Brien has the story. Easing construction inflation could boost Government plans to spend €275 billion on modernising the Republic’s ailing infrastructure, experts say. Barry O’Halloran reports on a new study from the Society of Chartered Surveyors of Ireland. Social media posts by the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) portrayed landlords in an ‘almost comical or farcical’ light, a top landlords group complained. As Hugh Dooley reports, the Irish Property Owners Association, a representative body for landlords, wrote a letter of complaint to the independent state agency in relation to a series of social media videos it posted in September. Continue Reading Peter Flanagan   TOP BUSINESS STORIES Business Easing inflation a boost for Government building plans Business Tenancies board posts portrayed landlords as ‘unscrupulous’, claims representative group Business Gold has been on a tear, but can it last? Business ‘Digital fatigue’ rising among Irish phone users, Deloitte survey finds Business Data Protection Commission investigates X over ‘nudification’ of images via Grok Hugh Linehan Haunted buildings and the walking dead: are we watching the zombification of RTÉ? MORE BUSINESS STORIES Business Only solution to Trump is deeper EU integration, Letta says Business Leopardstown seeks potential partners for hotel and arena Economy Changes to set up middle-class savings scheme could be made in next budget, Harris says Business KPMG partner in Australia fined over using AI to pass AI test