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US President Donald Trump has said he was ordering new tariffs on all films made outside the United States, claiming Hollywood was being "devastated" by a trend of US filmmakers and studios working abroad.

Sinn Féin's housing spokesperson has called for "mandatory inspection and certification of all private rental properties".

The Government has launched the latest public consultation on insurance reform, part of a new action plan on insurance, aimed at encouraging competition in the market and with the goal of bringing premium prices down. Our Consumer Affairs Correspondent Aengus Cox looks at if this is working.

The Government have launched the latest public consultation on insurance reform, part of a new action plan on insurance, aimed at encouraging competition in the market and with the goal of bringing premium prices down. Our Consumer Affairs Correspondent Aengus Cox looks at if this is working.

Jeff Bezos originally wanted to call his online bookstore 'Cadabra' - with his products arriving like magic. Abracadabra!

John Moran made history when he became the first directly elected mayor in the country last year.

Influential billionaire investor Warren Buffett has said he would retire from leading his Berkshire Hathaway business group by the end of the year and that he would recommend his chosen successor Greg Abel to take over.

Minister for Housing James Browne faces a monumental task, after a dreadful year for housing in 2024, when the Government missed its target for residential construction.

Shannon Airport has been at the centre of much controversy in recent times, thanks to allegations of flights carrying munitions landing there for refuelling, US troop carriers passing through and protestors targeting the facility, most recently this week.

The Government has welcomed the acceptance by trade union members of a pay deal for community and voluntary sector workers that was agreed at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) in March.

CEO of Electric Picnic, Melvyn Benn has said that the cost of staging this year's Electric Picnic, where Hozier and Chappell Roan will be headlining, will be between €25m to €30m.

Dublin City Council has given the new owners of the former U2 hotel the green light to almost triple the size of The Clarence Hotel in Temple Bar.

A €200 million capital development plan has been published to cater for the expansion of passenger numbers at Cork Airport over the next decade.

The much-awaited release of Grand Theft Auto VI, the latest instalment of the popular video game series, has been postponed by several months to May 2026, its publisher said today.

US job growth slowed marginally in April, but the outlook for the labour market is increasingly darkening as President Donald Trump's aggressive tariff policy heightens economic uncertainty.

Coillte has said Storm Éowyn in January caused "unprecedented" levels of damage to its estate at an estimated cost of over €60m.

Retail Excellence Ireland has called on the Government to indefinitely pause any increases in the minimum wage.

Global food commodity prices increased in April, driven by higher cereal, meat and dairy product prices that outweighed falls in sugar and vegetable oils, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization said today.

Exxon Mobil has today beaten Wall Street's estimate for first-quarter profit as higher oil and gas production from Guyana and the Permian basin helped boost earnings.

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show the seasonally adjusted Live Register total for April stood at 170,500 people, an increase of 4.5% from March.