Russia-linked industrial giant Aughinish Alumina is planning further expansion of its industrial-scale waste-processing equipment at its controversial Shannon estuary site in Co Limerick.
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.
Thousands of directors who sit on the boards of major Irish firms could be held personally liable for damaging cyber security attacks.