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Tax receipts in the first three months of the year were up 8.9% on the same time last year.

The chief executive of IDA Ireland, Michael Lohan, said he estimates that between 30% to 40% of investments have been delayed in the first three months of this year due to uncertainty caused by the Trump administrations tariffs.

A confidential Revenue paper said a massive loophole in pensions law meant some people could wipe out all of their tax liability by transferring huge sums into a retirement saving fund.

Oil prices tumbled today, with the main US crude contract WTI shedding 5.2%, as investors eyed weaker demand following President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs.

Tom Randles, Managing Director of Barter's Travelnet in Cork, is the new President of the Irish Travel Agents Association (ITAA).

The dollar slid broadly today and the euro firmed after President Donald Trump announced harsher-than-expected tariffs against US trading partners, jolting the markets as investors sought safe havens such as the yen and Swiss franc.

Shares in European luxury companies dropped today after US President Donald Trump announced new tariffs, including on goods from the European Union and Switzerland.

Stormont's First Minister has said she will strive to protect the interests of workers, families and businesses as the assessment of US President Donald Trump's tariffs regime continues.

US President Donald Trump smashed a more than 75-year-old global trading system with a new baseline 10% US tariff on goods from all countries and higher reciprocal tariff rates for countries that his administration says have high barriers to US imports.

Shares in Nike, Adidas and Puma dropped sharply today after US President Donald Trump imposed a raft of new tariffs, including on Vietnam, Indonesia, and China, key sourcing markets for the sportswear companies.

The US has gotten us and them into a dark and dangerous place, but hopefully their plan includes several exit routes that can be used as needed, writes Sean Whelan.

US President Donald Trump's tariffs could result in a a hit to demand for Irish exports from the US, AIB's chief economist David McNamara has warned.

Electricals retailer Currys has today raised its full-year profit forecast, saying trading since early January had been robust.

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.