International - Last month April 2025
- Question mark now hangs over planned introduction of additional employee sick days as a result of tariffs.
- He also dampened expectations that the planned rollout of health warnings on alcohol bottles will go ahead.
- The minister said anything that impacts the competitiveness of Irish firms will have to be examined.
British backpacker detained in US says she was ‘naive’ about border crackdown
Rebecca Burke was held in a US detention facility for 19 days.
Video shows medics killed in Gaza were fired upon while driving in marked aid vehicles
The footage reveals that the workers’ ambulances and fire insignia were clearly visible when Israeli troops are believed to have opened fire on them
Trump says things are 'going very well' as stocks plummet and IMF appeals for resolution
The US stock market suffered its biggest one-day fall since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.
US stock index suffers biggest one-day fall since 2020 as Trump insists 'markets are going to boom'
The broad-based S&P 500 closed down 4.8%, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite tanked 6.0% and the Dow Jones ended the day down 4.0%.
Ireland’s potential crisis: Will Trump tariffs make US companies move their intellectual property?
If multinationals have to start paying 20% tariffs on profits they’re shifting to Ireland, they might find it less attractive to move that money here.