Accepting trade tariffs of 10 per cent on goods sold to the United States as the “new baseline” would be a real challenge for Irish businesses, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Simon Harris has said. Jack Power has the details.

The Department of Enterprise is facing a bill of up to €38 million as a “reclassification issue” means that as many as 6,000 businesses could be eligible for additional payments under two SME grants. Hugh Dooley and Mark Hilliard report.

Nearly three-quarters of Irish consumers are either “extremely” or “very” concerned about the cost of food, a higher rate than consumers in other countries, PwC’s Voice of the Consumer Survey has found. Hugh Dooley reports.