The Government has scrambled with extensive ongoing contacts with counterparts in Washington DC to defend Irish aviation against a threat of damaging retaliatory action over the Dublin Airport cap by the Americans.
During the recent Hungarian elections, a viral polling chart identified the moment when Viktor Orban’s chances of re-election vaporises – it was when US vice president JD Vance turned up to campaign for him.
Customers of home and garden retailer Rathwood are understood to be owed as much as €2.5m, larger than most initial estimates when the business was taken into examinership last month.