West Cork landowner and nature lover Willie Kingston has been buried on his land in Inishannon ,following his funeral service in a chapel he built on his land.

A massive 200 per cent tariff on Irish whiskey exports to the US would deal a “very serious blow” to the industry here, whiskey entrepreneur John Teeling has warned. “If this Tariff is not removed immediately, the U.S. will shortly place a 200 per cent Tariff on all WINES, CHAMPAGNES, & ALCOHOLIC PRODUCTS COMING OUT OF FRANCE AND OTHER E.U. Irish Whiskey Association director Eoin Ó Catháin said he was disappointed by the announcement and concerned that “it had come to this”. Having our sector implicated in this dispute puts jobs, investments and businesses at risk and has the potential to be devastating for Irish whiskey,” he said. Mr Trump also pledged another round of tariffs in just three weeks, saying he will begin rolling out reciprocal duties.

Then, at around 4pm (8pm Irish time), Mr Martin and Mr Trump will take part in the traditional Shamrock Ceremony the White House. US president Donald Trump has discussed trade with Ireland and tariffs on EU goods during a meeting with Taoiseach Micheál Martin. Mr Trump compliments his tattoos and Mr Trump nods to Mr Martin and says “he is great right?” Could be a problematic question for Mr Martin but it quickly turns to his advantage when Mr Trump mentions that the Taoiseach’s father was a fighter after which he compliments Mr Martin for his physical condition. There is a live stream of the upcoming meeting between the US President Donald Trump and the Taoiseach Micheál Martin. Mr Swenson said the EU’s trade surplus with the US is “one of the things that is semi-annoying to Mr Trump”.

Up in the stands, members of Team Ireland watched on as their former, recent, training partner boxed for Great Britain. READ MOREIn advance of that Olympic qualifier last May, Team Ireland and Team GB pitched up at the same camp. [ Amy Broadhurst named Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswoman of the Year 2022Opens in new window ]And there was no time to waste. Everything changed the moment I found out I was pregnant.”Boxer Amy Broadhurst pictured near her home in Dundalk, Co.Louth. This time last year I was on the Irish team, then I was on the British team, now I’m on no team, I’m pregnant, I’m sitting at home watching TV.

The ministerial briefing for transport suggests there should be no more than two consecutive learner permits without taking a driving test. Photograph: Chris Hepburn/Getty ImagesLearner drivers should only be allowed four consecutive learner permits if they do not pass their driving test, the Department of Transport has suggested. Currently a learner driver can have an unlimited number of learner permits if he or she does not pass their drive test. Currently the first two learner driver permits last two years each and subsequent ones one year each. The brief also suggests there should be no more than two consecutive learner permits without taking a driving test.

Aoife McLysaght recalls how she heard about her first job in genetics. READ MOREStamp features Prof Aoife McLysaght, Chair of Evolutionary Genetics at Trinity College Dublin and one of the world's leading genetics researchers. In January, McLysaght started her new job as Government science adviser. “My mum just said, do what you love and the job will follow. “I don’t know if I’d call it a gamble, but I decided, my life decisions and career decisions are separate.” It helped that academic careers are “judged in the round.

Assistant Commissioner Angela Willis says the Irish drugs trade is now global, and gangs are arming themselves with 'military grade' guns. Now, it is truly “global”, while Irish gangs have armed themselves with “military grade” guns. She was speaking on the 10th anniversary of the creation of the Garda’s Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (DOCB), which she once led. It was created in 2015 under then Garda commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan by merging the Garda National Drugs Unit and Organised Crime Unit. This “footprint” would grow and strengthen to meet the new challenge of global cartels.

Here, as countries around the world celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8th, we present a portrait of 25 Irish women who have provided leadership, instigated change and bought hope to others in the first quarter of this century. We celebrate Irish women and their stories, from Katie Taylor pretending to be a boy to get her first chance in the boxing ring to Mary McAleese exclaiming ‘wow’ as Queen Elizabeth II began her speech in Irish at Dublin Castle for her historic State visit in 2011.Starting in 2000, we offer a year-by-year snapshot, documenting early successes, lifetime achievements and moments that have shaped lives and had far-reaching effects on Irish society.

The newly formed Gambling Regulatory Authority has, since Wednesday, taken control of the industry. The underlying goal of the legislation is to protect children and problem gamblers. Measures include advertising and sponsorship restrictions as well as banning industry-wide marketing practices such as free bets, free credit and hospitality. The authority’s remit encompasses all types of gambling so, for example, it will have oversight on draws run by local charities and sports clubs. Irish Times reporter Mark Hilliard explains the delay; how lobbying from vested interests slowed the whole thing down, and what powers the new authority has.

Frankfurt lowered borrowing costs by further quarter point (0.25 of a percentage point) on Thursday, reducing its main deposit rate to 2.5 per cent, a move that had been flagged in advance. It was the ECB’s sixth rate cut since last July but market commentators suggested it may be the last easy decision, given the uncertainty now coursing through the global economy. The imminent threat of a trade war with the US also complicates matters. Policymakers also see a growing chance of an April pause before they lower rates again, once there is greater clarity about trade and fiscal policy, sources told Reuters. “This environment requires a deft hand on the monetary policy lever and the preservation of policy optionality,” he said.

Irish billionaire wealth stood at €50.2bn at the end of last year, €13bn up on the previous year, said Oxfam. Photograph: Getty ImagesThe number of Irish billionaires rose from nine to 11 last year and their combined wealth increased by more than a third to just over €50 billion, according to Oxfam Ireland. Oxfam said the State’s billionaires saw their wealth increase by €35.6 million every day in 2024 and that 66 per cent of this wealth stemmed from cronyism, monopolistic sources or inheritance. [ Has Fingal County Council found a solution to our housing crisis?Opens in new window ]In its Takers Not Makers report, Oxfam calculated that billionaire wealth globally surged by $2 trillion in 2024, three times faster than the year before. “We are witnessing the rise of a modern oligarchy, where wealth is used to build and consolidate political power and vice versa.

I confess, dear reader, that I do not know David McWilliams at all. He goes on:More people demand more services and each new citizen multiplies the pressure on already strained systems. The only thing that has changed is that David McWilliams now feels safe enough to acknowledge those facts in public. That clearly does not apply to public services: As the Government provides more services, more people will be attracted here to use them, so long as the services are relatively better than those in their home countries. It might be a few more years before he feels safe enough to say the next bit out loud.

Simon Easterby’s 36-man squad contains only five Munster players, the same as Connacht, one more than Ulster, and 18 less than Leinster. Eanna McCarthy during Munster squad training at Thomond Park. Talking to several well-placed people inside Munster rugby the primary problem appears to be the ongoing attempt to ape the Leinster system without having anything like similar resources and competitive standards. So disaffected have the Cork rugby fraternity become that many have ceased travelling to Thomond Park for games. The fervent hope remains that Munster secure a home Round of 16 tie, that somehow they even earn an overdue Thomond Park quarter-final.

AIL preview: Trip to Young Munster a stern test for leaders St Mary'sToday at 11:30Home side without the services of Evan O'Connell, Ruadhán Quinn and outhalf Tony Butler who are on Munster duty in Northampton

Irish rugby needs Munster remaining competitive at the elite end of European rugbyToday at 11:30Munster probably have to beat Northampton in Franklin's Gardens to ensure they finish above the Saints and thus ensure themselves a home tie in the Round of 16