Canada’s new PM calls snap election amid ‘most significant crisis of our lifetime’ due to Trump
Mark Carney’s decision comes as Liberals experience unprecedented swing in the polls that puts them ahead of Conservatives
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Mark Carney sworn in as Canada’s prime minister and prepares to fight Trump tariffs
‘We’re building a government that meets the moment’: Former central banker reshapes cabinet to deal with Washington
Smurfit WestRock’s Tony Smurfit: ‘My plan is to make sure it is one of the great companies of the world’
Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock
Trump walks back latest double tariff threat on Canadian steel and aluminium
Trump’s roller-coaster day saw him threaten to double duties on Canadian steel and aluminium to 50%
Mark Carney’s ‘back of envelope’ idea paved way for Ireland to renegotiate bank debt
The banker suggested promissory notes be replaced with long-term government bonds paid over 25 to 40 years at a much lower interest rate
Canada’s Mark Carney, crisis-fighting central banker, to lead country through US trade war
Canada’s soon-to-be prime minister (59) has held Irish and British citizenship for years but intends to renounce them
Could boycotts be an effective way of protesting against the Trump administration?
The allure of America has already dimmed since the first Trump administration. As calls for boycotts grow in Europe, the second Trump administration may break the spell entirely
China hits back at Canada with fresh agriculture tariffs
Tariffs on more than €2.4 billion worth of Canadian agricultural and food products to take effect on March 20th
Trump’s ‘Magalomania’ is spooking global investors
Much attention has focused on tariffs, but it’s increasingly clear that trust – or the lack of it – is an even bigger issue for many
Trudeau accuses Trump of trying to ‘annex’ Canada and appease Putin
Prime minister says US president wants to see ‘total collapse’ of Canadian economy
Trump tariffs: Full impact on Ireland will depend on areas targeted
Stringent tariffs against Canada, Mexico and China could mark beginning of global trade war
Markets fall after Donald Trump says 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada to start
S&P 500 closes 1.8% lower after worst session of year while Nasdaq Composite drops 2.6%
If Trump carries through his tariff threats then chaos is coming
Even in the most transactional theory of Maganomics, bluffs on tariffs can only take the US president so far
Donald Trump revives Canada’s Liberals in electoral turnaround
US president’s taunts galvanise governing party and upend Conservative opposition’s strategy
US to raise tariffs on China and push ahead with Canada and Mexico levies
Donald Trump says tariffs on America’s biggest trading partners to go into effect on March 4
Rejecting Trump’s call to annex their nation, Canadians rally around the flag
Canada’s flag makers are struggling to keep up with suddenly soaring demand
Keir Starmer faces a defining moment as he heads for Washington
Trade and defence, including the future of Ukraine, will top the agenda for the UK PM’s first meeting with Donald Trump as president
What Ireland could learn from Canada about how to enhance its cities
Dublin still has no replacement for the demolished Tivoli Theatre. Vancouver can show it a way forward
Trump, America’s Emperor of Chaos, is far more dangerous this time
Trump’s opponents cower before him, and many of the country’s institutions look unfit for opposition
Pamela Anderson: ‘I felt like life was really like death for me’
The former Baywatch star hasn’t always come out on top. But with her role in Gia Coppola’s gritty film The Last Showgirl, she is finally getting the respect she deserves
Delta aircraft flips over while landing in Toronto
One passenger is critical while seven others sustained non-critical injuries
‘When I see the words fáilte abhaile in the airport, I know I’m home’
More than 5,000 people gained Irish citizenship this week at ceremonies in Dublin
‘I want to fire missiles into Russian troops’: the young Ukrainians training as fighter pilots in the UK
As the war grinds on, Nato states are collaborating to train Ukrainian recruits to fly western jets. The RAF gets them first
Trump’s adoption of imperial manner is a function of failure
The essential question for Ireland is: to grovel or not to grovel?
Ireland is more exposed to Trump’s tariff war than any other European country
Without turning away from the United States, it is vital for Ireland to remain unambiguously and progressively engaged in collective action in support of Europe
Are we at the beginning of Donald Trump’s global trade war?
Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock
Trump agrees to pause Canada and Mexico tariffs as shares tumble over trade war fears
Mexico agrees to send 10,000 members of its national guard ‘to prevent drug trafficking from Mexico to the US, in particular of fentanyl’, says Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum
Diageo faces possible $600m hit from tariffs
Guinness-maker highlights changing political landscape globally and the threat of tariffs as a key risk to its business
Trump says tariffs on EU will ‘definitely happen’ but UK could avoid them
US president sparks fears of trade war with sweeping tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China
US-Canada relations turn icy: ‘Without this subsidy, Canada ceases to exist’
The Canadian response – the imposition of 25 per cent tariffs on the $30 billion on imports originating in the US, is effective immediately
Harris warns of ‘significant challenges’ for Ireland if Trump places tariffs on EU
US president has warned he will impose levies on European Union
Trump warns tariffs may bring ‘pain’ to Americans, as Canada and Mexico retaliate
US president unleashes general levies of 25% on Canada and Mexico and 10% on China
What will be the impact of Trump’s North American trade war?
Carmakers, food producers and construction will be worst hit but consumers across the US, Mexico and Canada could suffer
Power and Powerlessness in Union Ireland: illuminating Ireland pre-independence
Author turns to new and often-overlooked source material for a fresh examination of the nation before independence
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