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[20:54] Trump buckles in face of bond market pressure

Nobody can take on the bond market and that includes the US President, writes David Murphy.

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#US #DavidMurphy





FBI director Kash Patel removed as director of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (Reuters)

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[19:47] 45 jobs at risk at e-commerce company ESW

ESW, an international e-commerce company headquartered in Dublin, has said that 45 Irish-based employees are at risk of redundancy.

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#ESW #Dublin #45 #Irish








[18:38] Prince Harry's 'life at stake', court told

Prince Harry's safety, security and life are "at stake", the Court of Appeal has been told at the end of his appeal over his UK protection.

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#PrinceHarry's #theCourtofAppeal #UK



[18:48] Man jailed for sexually exploiting girl he met on app

A 50-year-old man who befriended a teenage girl on Snapchat and sexually exploited her, giving her money and alcohol in exchange for sexual favours, has been jailed for three years.

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#50_year_old #Snapchat #threeyears






[18:21] Coffee company 'on the back foot' as US tariffs hit home

From large multinationals to small family-run businesses, the trade war emerging due to newly announced US tariffs is impacting on companies of every size.

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#US

#us



[17:57] Storm clouds 'gathering' over US tariffs, says Donohoe

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has said that global economic activity is becoming "increasingly fragmented along political lines".

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#PaschalDonohoe



[17:26] Fines of up to €50,000 included in new Sex for Rent bill

Landlords who ask vulnerable tenants for sex instead of rent could face fines of up to €50,000 under a new opposition bill seeking to ban the coercive practice.

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#upto€50,000

#upto


[17:07] US to deny visas, green cards over social media posts

US immigration authorities said they will look at social media accounts and deny visas or residence permits to people who post content considered anti-Semitic by President Donald Trump's administration

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#US #anti_Semitic #DonaldTrump







[16:56] HSE sorry over man's death after 'appalling' treatment

An inquest into the care of a 76-year-old man who died from sepsis, days after being discharged from University Hospital Limerick, has returned a verdict of medical misadventure.

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#76_year_old #days #UniversityHospitalLimerick






[16:06] Man awarded €11,500 in religious discrimination case

A man has settled a religious discrimination case against a Belfast hotel for £10,000 (€11,500) after he said a job offer was revoked due to him not being able to work certain hours.

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#Belfast #10,000 #11,500



[16:08] Man guilty of murdering man who took him and mother in

A 23-year-old man has been found guilty of the murder of a 65-year-old who had taken his mother into his home after learning she was sleeping in her car.

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[15:38] Schools express concern over opening of special classes

A total of 390 new special classes have been sanctioned to open in schools for next September according to the latest National Council for Special Education figures.

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#390 #nextSeptember #NationalCouncilforSpecialEducation