RTE Business

As the smoke cleared from President Trump's tariff-induced global economic explosion, one clear target emerged - China.

A new EU initiative to try and bring life back to Ireland's depleted soil and improve the quality of food is being championed in counties Limerick, Clare and Tipperary.

Private provider of home care services Dovida has announced the creation of 1,500 jobs across Ireland.

The United States has excluded certain electronics like smartphones and computers from President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs, according to a list of items published by the US Customs and Border Protection late last night.

Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke said he hopes to bring a memo to Cabinet next week that will set out bringing forward the Government's competitive action plan.

The Minister for Finance has said that the Government would not support the use of Digital Sales Taxes on US big tech as a countermeasure to resolve the current impasse between the European Union and the United States over trade tariffs.

Irishman and co-founder of payments platform Stripe Patrick Collison is to join the board of Facebook parent company Meta.

Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, incurred impairment charges of $26.41bn or €23.27bn across 2023 and 2022.

An accountant has secured over €145,000 in the largest award for unfair dismissal so far this year because the "refusal" of her former employer to give a reason for getting rid of her dealt "a severe blow to her future job prospects".

US consumer sentiment deteriorated sharply in April and 12-month inflation expectations surged to the highest level since 1981 amid unease over escalating trade tensions.

Ireland's data regulator said today it had opened an investigation into social media platform X over the use of personal data collected from European Union users to train its AI system Grok.

The European Central Bank meets on April 17 with all focus on what tariff chaos means for how much further policymakers will need to cut rates.

The world's largest money manager BlackRock's assets increased to a record high in the first quarter despite volatility in financial markets fueled by US President Donald Trump's tariff proposals.

Waterford City Council has granted planning permission for the €200 million Waterford North Quays, Waterford City development.

Morgan Stanley's first-quarter profit rose as its traders cashed in on market volatility that boosted client activity.

JPMorgan Chase topped first-quarter profit estimates today, driven by record equities trading and higher fees from debt underwriting and merger advisory.

The 10 trading days since US President Donald Trump hit car makers with tariffs have been the most convulsive since the pandemic panic of 2020, as prices of stocks to bonds, oil, gold and even the US dollar itself have swung wildly.

The dollar continued to tumble today, hitting its lowest in a decade against the Swiss franc and sending the euro above $1.14, as the fallout from US tariffs continued to undermine the dollar's status as a safe haven in times of stress.

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that household savings increased from €22 billion in 2023 to €25 billion in 2024.