The former president said she would 'urge Ireland' to put heavy pressure to suspend the current preferential trade agreement between the EU and Israel

Simon Harris said the EU tariff rate of 15% would come into effect from next Thursday.

The Armagh Bramleys are one of only three products from Northern Ireland with the sought-after PGI status recognition.

US President Donald Trump on Friday said there was a 50/50 chance or perhaps less that the United States would reach a trade agreement with the European Union

The Irish Farmers' Association said changes to the EU's farming subsidies are potentially devastating

Simon Harris said the EU has to ‘prepare for all scenarios’ after US President Donald Trump threatened 30 per cent tariffs against the bloc.

US President Donald Trump said he would impose even higher import taxes if either of the US trading partners decided to retaliate.

The minister is to take part in a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council on Trade in Brussels on Monday.

Donald Trump said the European Union and Mexico will face a 30% tariff on imports to the US from August

The fresh tariffs were announced in separate letters posted on Truth Social on Saturday.

The survey, which involved over 26,300 people across the 27 EU member states including over 1,000 in the Republic, examined public attitudes to corruption.

Countries had been working to a Wednesday deadline to make a new deal with the Trump administration.

Out of 202 million private households in the 27-country bloc, just under a quarter included children last year, according to information collated by Eurostat, the EU statistics office.

Simon Harris also said he wants to put pressure on the other 26 European countries to consider banning trade with occupied Palestinian territories.

The SDLP Stormont leader was speaking ahead of an opposition motion in the Assembly, nine years on from the 2016 Brexit referendum.

The Fine Gael MEP made headlines in 2014, as she was the first openly gay winner of the Rose of Tralee.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said he believes the US is anxious to reach a deal on trade with the EU.

Minister of State for European Affairs Thomas Byrne urged the EU to ‘stand firm’ in trade talks with the United States.

The Taoiseach said the announcement from US President Donald Trump came as a “surprise”.

Throughout the inquiry, TikTok denied that it stored European users’ data on servers located in China.

The former taoiseach said younger generations should not ‘be afraid’ of economic uncertainty.

The Tanaiste’s comments came after US President Donald Trump said he would take the measure to improve domestic production of medicines.

The Tánaiaste said it is important to ‘utilise’ US President Donald Trump’s 90-day tariffs pause.

Paschal Donohoe welcomed Mr Trump’s decision to pause the so-called reciprocal tariffs.

The Taoiseach and Tánaiste have welcomed a pause on higher tariffs from both the US and EU sides

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said ‘we’re not out of the woods yet’.

The Tánaiste met with US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick in Washington DC on Wednesday.

The EU response to Donald Trump's tariffs should be "measured and strategic" rather than reactionary, according to an Irish MEP

Jack Chambers has compared US President Donald Trump’s tariff regime to the circumstances which precipitated the Great Depression.

In an interview with BreakingNews.ie, Fianna Fáil MEP Barry Cowen discussed the "severe threat" to Ireland's whiskey industry

The Peaceplus funding will help to create family support hubs, social enterprise, green infrastructure and social farming.

US president Donald Trump has singled out pharmaceuticals – many manufactured in Ireland – as a possible target for trade restrictions

The Taoiseach said the ‘deploring and shocking’ bombings of Gaza have led to the deaths of ‘so many innocent people’.

It ‘makes sense’ for the European Union to review the rationale behind proposed countermeasures for US tariffs, the Tánaiste has said.

Micheál Martin also said he hoped the Government’s review of the response to Covid-19 would be expedited.

The US president said he would put a 200% tariff on all alcoholic products coming out of EU countries

Micheál Martin said the country would be willing to be engaged in a peacekeeping mission if a ceasefire is reached

Simon Harris also said he will bring a proposal for €100 million in financial assistance for non-lethal military support for Ukraine to Cabinet.

A Fine Gael MEP has said she "really had to think" about whether a deepfake photo of her was real, as she highlighted issues around the misuse of fake images

A total of €17.1 million is available, aimed at providing greater access to and awareness of telecommunications in rural areas.

US President Donald Trump said during a meeting of his cabinet on Wednesday that his administration would be announcing tariffs on the European Union very soon

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe said he couldn’t speculate on what US products the EU could buy more of to help avert a trade war.

Fine Gael MEP Maria Walsh has called on Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan to prioritise implementation of the new legislation