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World stocks dived this morning and investors scrambled for the safety of bonds, gold and the yen, fearing new US tariffs have intensified a trade war threatening to tip the world into recession.

As the weekend deadline for TikTok to find a buyer approaches, bidders for the short-video social media site are piling up.

The country's services sector expanded at its fastest pace this year in March, driven by a sharp increase in new business and employment, according to a survey released today.

In recent weeks opposition leaders have ramped up pressure on Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Tánaiste Simon Harris, and current ministers Jack Chambers and Darragh O'Brien, over housing figures trumpeted in the run-up to, and during, the last election.

Follow developments as the world reacts to sweeping tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump.

Follow developments as the world reacts to sweeping tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump.

With the weighted average EU tariff on US goods around 3%, Donald Trump's 20% is neither kind, nor reciprocal, writes Edmund Heaphy.

Ireland's pharmaceutical sector appears to have largely avoided a new US tariff rate for now, amid a broader 20% tax imposed on other goods from the European Union.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen described US President Donald Trump's universal tariffs as a major blow to the world economy and said the EU was prepared to respond with countermeasures if negotiations failed.

China urged the United States to immediately cancel its latest tariffs and vowed countermeasures to safeguard its own interests, after President Donald Trump declared sweeping levies on US trading partners around the world.

China has urged the United States to immediately cancel its latest tariffs and vowed countermeasures to safeguard its own interests, after President Donald Trump declared sweeping levies on all US trading partners around the world.

The US President has announced a 20% tariff on imports from the European Union.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he believes there will be negotiations with the US following US President Donald Trump's decision to impose tariffs on international trading partners.

The Government's "working assumption" is that there will be further US tariffs focused on pharmaceuticals, Tánaiste Simon Harris has said.

Ireland's EU Commissioner Michael McGrath will hold a series of political engagements in Dublin over the next two days during an official visit.

Irish butter and whiskey are among the products set to be impacted by the latest tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump, industry groups have warned.

US President Donald Trump's announcement of a 20% tariff on imports from the European Union, including Ireland, has huge consequences.

This latest assault on the transatlantic relationship has prompted many to assume that relationship is over, writes Tony Connelly.

Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni has described as "wrong" the announcement by US President Donald Trump of a 20% tariff on imports from the European Union.

A Government bill guaranteeing access to cash infrastructure has been passed by the Dáil.