Almost €1 million will be spent on a new secure meeting room in Government buildings, to guard against surveillance of conversations with other world leaders. Taoiseach Micheál Martin confirmed that a €958,000 increase in “premises expenses” at his department this year will go towards a new secure room “because surveillance is everywhere”. Martin was speaking … Read more
Thousands of jobs in the Irish film and television industry could be affected if US president Donald Trump presses ahead with threats of 100 per cent tariffs on films made outside of the United States, say prominent industry figures. There is a lack of clarity, however, as to what is intended, what tariffs might apply … Read more
Hang on in there babies, deliverance is at hand! Spare a thought for the Coalition’s overdue triplets, still crawling towards the brightness of the ministerial day while their recently spawned siblings swan around the sunlit lowlands of minor office and await their first pay packet. The Limbo Three are Marian Harkin, Colm Brophy and Timmy … Read more