That would appear to lift any immediate threat that the EU and Ireland could be hit with the 100 per cent tariff Mr Trump had threatened in a social media post on Friday. Mr Trump announced plans to hit pharmaceuticals with a 100 per cent import tax from October 1st, unless drugmakers were building new manufacturing plants in America. The tariff deal saw the EU agree to suck up across-the-board tariffs on future trade with the US. A commission spokesman said commitments from the Trump administration to limit any pharma tariffs to a 15 per cent ceiling were clear. Mr Trump also announced new tariffs on a number of other industries and products.

Independent presidential candidate Catherine Connolly has reiterated her belief that Germany is trying to revitalise its economy through its military industrial complex. Ms Connolly told a fireside chat with the UCD Politics Society on Wednesday she believed Germany’s rearmament was like the 1930s. They’re absolutely championing the cause of the military industrial complex in Germany, as a booster for the economy. “It’s impossible to keep the figures in your head as to what is going into the military industrial complex,” she said. Mr Allen praised Ms Connolly for “having the courage to say that Hamas is part of Palestinian society”.

The Pringles’ story is far from unusual in the Border counties and especially in Heather Humphreys’ own county of Monaghan. In the past, it was difficult to find a Protestant who wasn’t a member of the Orange Order,” he said. Angela Graham from Drum, Co Monaghan, who is a lifelong friend of Heather Humphreys. Photograph: Lorraine Teevan Photographers“The Picnic in Drum has nothing to do with the Orange Order. The Orange Order are not running it,” says Angela Graham, a lifelong friend of Humphreys.

Caster Semenya, who won Olympic gold at the 2012 and 2016 Games, has not raced at elite level since World Athletics introduced rules requiring DSD individuals to suppress their testosterone levels. Between 50 and 60 athletes who went through male puberty have been finalists in the female category in global and continental track and field championships since 2000, according to a senior World Athletics official. World Athletics has introduced SRY screening, a gene test that uses a cheek swab to assess if someone is biologically male or female, for the world championships in Tokyo. “Everyone is watching World Athletics and we are leading in this area,” Bermon said before telling his audience that there were “approximately 50-60 cases of DSD in athletics”. “The philosophy that we hold dear in World Athletics is the protection and the promotion of the integrity of women’s sport,” Lord Coe said.

'The Pitt' and 'Adolescence' were the big winners at the Emmys with 'Adolescence' star Owen Cooper making history as youngest-ever winner in his category.

During his Monday evening monologue, Kimmel suggested Kirk’s alleged killer, Tyler Robinson, might have been a pro-Trump Republican. But what did Mr Kimmel actually say that raised the ire of the president’s Maga movement? During his Monday evening monologue, Mr Kimmel suggested Kirk’s alleged killer, Tyler Robinson, might have been a pro-Trump Republican. Jimmy Kimmel also mentioned reaction to the death of Kirk on his Tuesday programme as well, saying “many in Maga-land are working very hard to capitalise on the murder of Charlie Kirk”. The Hollywood Reporter has said that Mr Kimmel was preparing to address the backlash on Wednesday night’s show and show how his comments had been taken out of context.

'The Pitt' and 'Adolescence' were the big winners at the Emmys with 'Adolescence' star Owen Cooper making history as youngest-ever winner in his category.

'The Pitt' and 'Adolescence' were the big winners at the Emmys with 'Adolescence' star Owen Cooper making history as youngest-ever winner in his category.

'The Pitt' and 'Adolescence' were the big winners at the Emmys with 'Adolescence' star Owen Cooper making history as youngest-ever winner in his category.

Social Democrats TD Eoin Hayes has issued an apology for dressing up as Barack Obama at a Halloween party in 2012Social Democrats TD Eoin Hayes has issued an apology for wearing brown make-up on his face and hands while dressed up as former US president Barack Obama for a Halloween party. The incident took place while Mr Hayes was president of the Students’ Union in University College Cork some 16 years ago. A Social Democrats spokesperson said on Monday evening: “The Social Democrats abhor all forms of racism. The Social Democrats had been calling for economic sanctions against Israel months before Mr Hayes’s election to the council. His suspension was reviewed by the national executive of the party before being considered further by the parliamentary party and lifted in July.

Hudson was duly benched but the Giants’ penalties kept coming – they gave away 160 yards’ worth on Sunday. pic.twitter.com/Chl9HdjldL — NFL (@NFL) September 14, 2025Nabers, once again, reminded us that he’s superhuman. This is a game that the Giants unquestionably win without the dumb penalties. With Wilson under center and so much promising young talent, the Giants, are dare I say, watchable. LARvsTEN on CBS/Paramount+https://t.co/HkKw7uXVnt pic.twitter.com/1bioXMJ7rd — NFL (@NFL) September 14, 2025Stat of the week2-0.

'The Pitt' and 'Adolescence' were the big winners at the Emmys with 'Adolescence' star Owen Cooper making history as youngest-ever winner in his category.

I’ve added Charlie Kirk’s death as another line on the incredibly long list of reasons why I won’t return for good. I left New York City, and a dream job as a staff editor at The New York Times, for the beauty, calm and safety of rural Ireland. One of the last of the many shooting stories I worked on at NYT was particularly brutal, the Uvalde school shooting. School shooting in Texas was all I had. He coached me and my sister often about what to do if ever I found myself in a school shooting, or other dangerous situation.

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Gemma Hussey was first elected to Dáil Éireann in the February 1982 general election as a Fine Gael TD for Wicklow. Photograph: Dara Mac DónaillThe late Gemma Hussey left an estate valued at €4.88 million when she died in November 2024, according to papers published this week by the Probate Office. Ms Hussey was first elected to Dáil Éireann in the February 1982 general election, as a Fine Gael TD for Wicklow. She went on to make history as Ireland’s first woman minister for education and Fine Gael’s first female cabinet minister. Ms Hussey was mentioned as a possible presidential candidate for Fine Gael in 1997.