The Irish economy faces a big economic hit with up to 25,000 fewer jobs created if the European Union EU fails to secure a trade deal with the US to limit the impact of tariffs, the Department of Finance has warned.As Eoin Burke-Kennedy reports, the department’s annual progress report, as it is called, underlines the risks to Ireland.

Eoin also explains what exactly is at stake for Ireland’s economy thanks to the tariff uncertainty.

The report came on the same day the department published its exchequer returns for April. Barry O’Halloran reports.