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Irish Independent
a day ago
- Irish Independent
Body found in search for Scottish man missing during stag trip in Portugal
Greg Monks, 38, disappeared in Albufeira last month, reportedly during a stag do ©Press Association A body has been found in the search for a Scottish man who went missing in Portugal. Greg Monks, 38, disappeared in Albufeira last month, reportedly during a stag party.
Irish Independent
4 days ago
- Business
- Irish Independent
UK border checks on fruit and vegetable imports from EU scrapped
The UK government has said Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Brexit reset deal will stop the proposed controls coming into force on July 1 ©Press Association Planned border checks on fruit and vegetables imported into the UK from the European Union will be scrapped. The UK government has said Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Brexit reset deal will stop the proposed controls coming into force on July 1.
Belfast Telegraph
5 days ago
- Business
- Belfast Telegraph
Government plan to build munitions factories to ‘better deter our adversaries'
©Press Association Building at least six munitions and energetics factories will 'better deter our adversaries', Defence Secretary John Healey has said as part of plans for an 'always on' weapons pipeline. The Government has pledged £1.5 billion as part of the strategic defence review (SDR) to set up at least six factories, and will support the procurement of up to 7,000 UK-built long-range weapons.
Irish Independent
26-05-2025
- Business
- Irish Independent
AIB report warns on economic fallout of Trump's tariff threats as US president agrees delay after ‘very nice call' with Von der Leyen
LATEST | Bombshell call for a 50pc tax has led to growth slowing already ©Press Association Yesterday at 21:30 Growth in the Irish and world economies are already slowing, even if we escape the full impact of Donald Trump's trade war, according to a new economic report from AIB. Global uncertainty over trade tensions and tariffs is expected to slow growth this year and next, with the risks heightened by the American president's bombshell threat on Friday to slap a 50pc tariff on all EU goods sold into the US.
Irish Independent
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Irish Independent
Friedrich Merz's bid to become Germany's 10th chancellor fails first ballot
LATEST | A candidate for chancellor has never failed to win on the first ballot since the end of the Second World War ©Press Association Conservative leader Friedrich Merz's bid to become Germany's 10th chancellor since the Second World War failed in the first round of voting in parliament on Tuesday by six votes, a vote he had been widely expected to win smoothly. A candidate for chancellor has never failed to win on the first ballot since the end of the war.
