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[22:41] Trade tariffs: Five takeaways after another wild day

Today was another wild day for the stock market after trillions of dollars were wiped off financial markets in the run-up to US President Donald Trump's "explosive" tariffs, writes Jackie Fox.

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#Today #trillionsofdollars #US #DonaldTrump #JackieFox



Russia Looks Forward to Modi Attending May 9 Victory Day Parade sputniknews.in/20250409/russia…









Water filter with nanoscale channels selectively removes stubborn 'forever chemicals' phys.org/news/2025-04-filter-n… #science




[21:52] Hero's welcome for Grand National winner Nick Rockett

There was warm weather and an even warmer welcome for Grand National hero Nick Rockett as the people of Leighlinbridge got their chance to get up close with their latest Aintree hero.

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#GrandNational #NickRockett #Leighlinbridge #Aintree






[21:13] Sample papers published for revised Leaving Cert subjects

The State Examinations Commission has published sample examination papers for the seven revised Leaving Certificate subjects due to be introduced in schools next September.

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#TheStateExaminationsCommission #seven #nextSeptember



[21:05] An 'extraordinary' post and the big initial questions

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has already described it as "one of the most extraordinary Truth posts of his Presidency".

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#USCommerce #HowardLutnick








[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