[ US supreme court has struck down Trump tariffs. Last Friday, the Supreme Court there ruled that Donald Trump’s tariffs from last year via emergency legislation were illegal. The primary aim of Trump’s tariffs is to restore domestic manufacturing. Trump’s tariffs also aim to correct the country’s big trade deficit with the rest of the world. There is a lot of noise in these numbers, however, as businesses last year rushed to get inventory into the US ahead of Trump’s tariff announcements.

Minister for Housing James Browne said he “certainly” expects rents to fall following the introduction of changes to the rental market that come into effect from this weekend. Browne said it was “not realistic to put a day or time” on when exactly rents may fall as the “markets are very dynamic”. Speaking on RTÉ Radio’s Morning Ireland on Friday, he said: “Rents can of course fall under these rules”. From this Sunday, March 1st, landlords whose properties become vacant will be able to reset rents to market rates. Defending the measures, Browne said increasing supply was “the only way we are going to make rent affordable”.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was unwittingly cultivated by Russian spymasters who exploited his long-standing jealousy and hatred of his brother the King - according to a top secret US intelligence report. 'It states that 'Andrew Mountbatten Windsor (AMW) was cultivated by Russian intelligence in order to have a figure close to the British Royal Family.' The report states baldly 'AMW has a long-standing hatred of his brother Charles, who he sees as weak. 'Russian intelligence used AMW's sexual proclivities to establish a relationship rapport in order to exploit this mental condition for further gain.' But the most damaging information on the former Prince Andrew could well come from the murky depths of the former Soviet states such as Kazakhstan where he frequently travelled.

Burger King is testing AI–powered headsets that track if staff are saying 'please' and 'thank you' to customers. Restaurant Brands International – the Miami–based company that owns Burger King – said it is currently testing the OpenAI–powered headsets in 500 US restaurants. While Burger King hopes the headsets will help its restaurants to run more efficiently, they've been widely slated across social media. Burger King said the intent is to use Patty as a coaching tool, not a tracker of individual employees. 'We believe hospitality is fundamentally human,' Burger King said.

James Comer, chairman of the House oversight committee, speaks to reporters alongside Republican members of the committee before a deposition from Hillary Clinton. So the Hillary Clinton who turned up at the reconvened arts centre in Chappaqua was keen to turn the focus back on the role of key Republican figures in the Epstein story. “You have made little effort to call the people who show up most prominently in the Epstein files,” Clinton told the Republican oversight committee chair, James Comer. Republicans are pointing out that the same Democratic lawmakers who are now crying foul chose to sit and do nothing with the Epstein files during the four years of the Biden administration. The long day of what Hillary Clinton described as a “repetitive” schedule of questions from the Republicans must have caused her to revisit the surreal final months of her 2016 campaign.

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The Opta supercomputer has confirmed that Arsenal remain the favourites to claim their maiden Champions League trophy after the final draw for the knockout stages of the competition took place on Friday morning. Despite being drawn amongst a pack with a stronger European pedigree however, Bayern Munich are the closest contenders to spoil Arsenal's path, with Opta grading their 14.28 per cent chance of lifting the trophy second to the Gunners' 27.40 per cent chance. CHAMPION LEAGUE PREDICTIONS Arsenal - 27.40 per cent chance Bayern Munich - 14.28 per cent chance Liverpool - 12.83 per cent chance Man City - 10.79 per cent chance Barcelona - 7.72 per cent chance Chelsea - 6.86 per cent chance Newcastle - 4.66 per cent chance Paris Saint-Germain - 4.64 per cent chance Real Madrid - 2.78 per cent chance Sporting Lisbon - 2.73 per cent chance Atletico Madrid - 2.00 per cent chance Tottenham - 1.22 per cent chance AdvertisementLiverpool, who would then play the winner of Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea, have a 12.83 per cent chance, narrowly edging Man City, who have a 10.79 per cent chance. Newcastle just miss out on making the top six with their 4.66 per cent chance of winning the trophy, having navigated their way through a one-sided play-off match-up with Azerbaijan side Qarabag. The remaining Premier League team still in play in Europe's top club competition, Tottenham, have a slender 1.22 per cent chance.

For the first time in a long time, the Cheltenham Festival’s famed Anglo-Irish rivalry promises to be relevant when National Hunt racing’s biggest week of the year kicks off on March 10th. A home team used to playing second fiddle is throwing its shoulders back and fancying its chances. A lot of history and resentment used to swirl around any Irish success in the backyard of the old colonial power. It isn’t so long since the Prestbury Cup concept – racing’s version of golf’s Ryder Cup – was dismissed on both sides as an irrelevance. Cheltenham needs a resurgent home team.

John Davidson, the Tourette syndrome campaigner on whom the Bafta-winning film I Swear is based, at Sunday's awards ceremony. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/Getty ImagesThis week, Tourette syndrome (TS) was in the news after a racial slur was broadcast during Sunday night’s Bafta awards ceremony. What is Tourette syndrome? Yes, there are motor tics and vocal tics, Tourette’s Action says. Some of the simple motor tics include eye blinking, eye rolling, shoulder shrugging and limb and head jerking, while simple vocal tics include whistling, coughing and grunting, among others.

An Aer Lingus Airbus A320 aircraft as seen flying on final approach over the houses of Myrtle avenue in London. Photograph: Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesAer Lingus is on course to be Europe’s second largest transatlantic carrier, the airline’s chief executive said on Friday. Aer Lingus reported an operating profit of €31 million in the final quarter of 2025, a €26 million decrease on the same period in 2024. With 2026 coinciding with the airline’s 90th anniversary, Aer Lingus said it will operate its largest-ever transatlantic summer schedule. IAG reported ​an operating profit ‌before exceptional items ​of €5.02 million, ⁠compared with ​€4.97 billion projected by analysts polled by LSEG.

Secretary general of the Department of Justice Oonagh McPhillips said existing legislation required the International Protection Office to refer an unaccompanied minor to Tusla. Photograph: Sam Boal/CollinsAlmost 30 per cent of those seeking international protection as unaccompanied minors over the last two years were subsequently found by the child and family agency Tusla not to be eligible, the Department of Justice has said. Figures provided by the Department of Justice suggested that more than 140 people who sought international protection as children were determined by Tusla to be adults. Tusla has seen a significant increase in unaccompanied minors referred for accommodation, particularly from Ukraine, in recent years. A Tusla spokesman said: “The challenge of upscaling services to respond promptly to the number of unaccompanied minors arriving in Ireland is ongoing.”

Fourteen per cent of domestic electricity customers were in arrears last December. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA WireAlmost 320,000 domestic customers were unable to pay their electricity bills last December, according to figures from the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (CRU). The number of people unable to pay their energy bills in full rose to 319,459 in December, up from 264,458 in December 2024 – an annual increase of nearly 20 per cent. Overall, 14 per cent of domestic electricity customers were in arrears last December. Housing minister James Browne said energy credits were part of “emergency measures” put in place to help households with rising costs.

I don’t know when it occurred to me, but I just thought, well, I do have some Irish. Sometimes people don’t know my name if they watch my videos. Now, on social media, if they select Ireland as one of their interests, they’ll come across videos in Irish. We turned our back on the oceanOpens in new window ]When I moved away, I was just starting to appreciate Ireland. When I moved, I started to appreciate things that you don’t think about when you’re a child.

Davy closed its bond desk for two years in March 2021 in the wake of a Central Bank fine. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish TimesDavy has hired four senior bond market figures for its bond desk, in anticipation of an expected surge in debt sales by semistate and corporate issuers in the coming years as investment in infrastructure and the green transition accelerates. Rod McAuliffe, a senior bond trader with Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland, is set to move to Davy’s bond trading team in April. The fallout prompted Davy to close its entire bond desk and ultimately led to the firm being sold to Bank of Ireland – which previously controlled the business for almost two decades – in 2022. The size of the Davy’s bond desk now matches that of rival Goodbody Stockbrokers, where the latter’s team has grown to nine people, across trading, distribution and advisory, from a two-man desk when that firm was acquired by AIB in 2021.

A spokesman for the University of Galway said it is exploring options for a range of 'new and exciting courses in arts'. A review of arts courses was initiated by the college executive committee in 2024 in response to a “sustained decline” in student numbers. An “already narrowing applicant pool for arts programmes” and demographic changes are also noted as contributory factors, with secondary school enrolments on a downward trajectory. “These pressures are not unique to Galway; students at other major Irish universities are experiencing similar difficulties,” it says. “This is an early stage consultation, in line with best practice in higher education, where we ask our academics to reimagine how arts courses are offered.”