US president Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Marine One on the south lawn of the White House. European and US stock futures fell and haven assets such as gold rallied after US president Donald Trump proposed new levies on eight countries that have opposed his plans to acquire Greenland. European equity-index futures dropped 1.3 per cent and S&P 500 contracts declined 0.9 per cent as tariff-related concerns weighed on markets. Asian shares pared earlier losses to trade flat, while South Korea – a bellwether for artificial intelligence investment – gained 1.3 per cent. The euro reversed early losses to trade higher, while Treasury futures gained along with German and French bond futures.

You would think then that price comparison and switching websites like Bonkers.ie would have immediately benefited from this new-found zeal not to waste money. Bonkers bounced back the following year as energy providers began to feel confident enough to offer discounts again for customers and when mortgage rates began to edge back down. The company says it assists tens of thousands of people in Ireland each year in switching providers, and has expanded from initially comparing household bills to now offering mortgage switching along with car and home insurance. We like to say that we offer the best way to turn your bills into savings.”There has been a new opening in the price comparison business with the arrival of electric cars and smart metering. The loss of energy providers and banks over the past few years has been a blow to consumers, but Kerr is upbeat that may be about to change.

Gold and silver prices climbed to fresh peaks on Monday, as investors poured into safe-haven assets after US president Donald Trump threatened to impose extra tariffs on European countries over the control of Greenland. Spot gold jumped 1.6% to $4,666.65 per ounce on Monday at 7.39am having hit an all-time high of $4,689.39.

Crowds gathered in Nuuk, Greenland, on Saturday to protest against US president Donald Trump's stated aim to annex Greenland. They view this as a possible form of leverage to encourage Mr Trump to back down on his plans to take control of Greenland. The trade agreement provided for a 15 per cent tariff rate ceiling on European exports to the US, including pharmaceuticals and semiconductors. Taoiseach Micheál Martin on Sunday criticised Mr Trump’s tariff threats as “extraordinary” and “unacceptable”. Mr Trump, meanwhile, faced criticism from some within his own Republican Party over his moves to control Greenland.

When they say a team’s name is on the cup, it can seem like an exaggeration, but not in the case of Kerry football champions Dingle. Not alone did it appear that their first All-Ireland senior club football title had been preordained, but the method of winning it had been prescribed. Winning captain Paul Geaney exultantly blasted the ball wide and there it ended. Dingle’s Mikey Geaney, Paul Geaney and Conor Geaney celebrate their All-Ireland club SFC final victory. “You often hear about managers coming in, but in Ballygunner, the senior players create the environment and set the standards.

By Rebecca Black, Press AssociationThe family of a couple who tragically died in a road crash are finding some hope in the support from the local community in north Belfast. Father Vincent Cushnahan said a number of members of Singco family were in attendance, and thanked those involved for their generosity. “My family has been left with grief but also love, love that is not going to end with their passing. People hold candles during a candle-lit vigil for a couple who tragically died in a road crash in Co Antrim last week. Father Vincent Cushnahan at a candle-lit for a couple who were killed in a road crash last week at St Vincent de Paul Church in Ligoniel.

Donald Trump’s threat to the global order is such that derisking and diversification are not enough, according to one Nobel laureate. Nobel economics laureate Joseph Stiglitz argues that Trump’s threat to the global order is such that derisking and diversification are not enough. “The United States will remain the most economically and militarily powerful country in the world for several more years. But it will be absent from, if not actively hostile toward, the existing international order,” he wrote in Foreign Policy this month. “By the time the United States is ready to return to multilateralism, the world will have moved on.

Dublin District Court heard the mother of a teenage girl was 'left to walk the streets looking for her' after she repeatedly left her unregulated placement. The court heard his parents “offered no explanation” as to how their son was injured to an emergency department doctor, saying they “did not know what happened”. The court heard [he] was now thriving in foster care,” said a report on the case published on Monday. Dublin District Court heard the girl was in what is known as a special emergency arrangement (SEA) – a placement that falls outside statutory regulations, and had “repeatedly gone missing”. In another case a District Court judge said Ireland did not “want to import the mores of a third-world country” when hearing the case of another unaccompanied minor.

The Shackleton Experience, Athy, Co KildareKildare-born Antartic explorer Ernest Shackleton. killarneyglamping.comConnemara Pony Heritage Centre, Co GalwayHoney Bee, a Connemara pony, at the new Connemara Pony Heritage Centre in Co Galway. Now enhanced with the addition of the Connemara Pony Heritage Centre, it will celebrate the contribution of this hardy little pony to Ireland’s heritage. With free admission, the Connemara Pony Heritage Centre is open seven days a week from 9pm to 5pm. nationalparks.ie/connemaraInis Cealtra Visitor Experience, Mountshannon, Co ClareInis Cealtra, Holy Island, Lough Derg, Co Clare.

Oxfam has used the start of the World Economic Forum in Davos as an opportunity to highlight the growing level of inequality globally. The 3.46 million people that their combined wealth eclipses equates to about 85 per cent of the adults in the State and 63 per cent of the 5.46 million estimated usual residential population. Company start-ups in Ireland surged by 11 per cent last year, hitting their highest level in over 15 years. Data from CRIFVision-Net shows nearly 25,000 new businesses were formed, driven by strong growth in agriculture, IT and construction. In Me & My Money, Paul Murphy, chief executive of Climeaction tells Tony Clayton-Lea that he “bought a boat a few years back.

Japan’s prime minister Sanae Takaichi is taking a bold gamble with her decision to call a snap election after just three months in office. A bigger mandate would offer the prime minister a stronger basis to pursue her controversial policies at home and abroad. A foreign policy hawk who favours higher defence spending and closer ties with the United States, Takaichi triggered a diplomatic standoff with China only a few weeks after taking office. She said that an invasion of Taiwan could represent an existential threat to Japan, justifying the deployment of Japanese forces. And her plan has already hit a complication with the decision of two opposition parties to merge ahead of the election.

Europe’s ability to feed itself to high standards is now a core element of its economic and strategic resilience. Far from a routine trade measure, it is a strategic signal that the global food system is being reshaped by power, risk and geopolitics. For producers, policymakers and trade negotiators, particularly in Europe, this development sharpens the focus on the intersection of food security, geopolitics and long-term strategic planning. Agricultural policy, trade strategy and food-system resilience can no longer be designed on the assumption of “politically neutral food”. In such an environment, a resilient food system must now be regarded as part of Europe’s broader strategic defence architecture, alongside energy security and military preparedness.

Photograph: Alex Brandon/APAny threat to the landmark trade deal agreed between the EU and the Trump administration last summer would potentially have huge implications for the Republic. Trump vs the Fed: What does it mean for global trade and Ireland? Listen | 23:47“The pharmaceutical sector makes a significant contribution to the Irish economy, contributing via substantial levels of investment and high-paid employment. Around 70,000 workers are employed directly in the sector in Ireland, which last year manufactured €145 billion worth of exports. The scenario modelled is based on US unilateral tariffs of 15 per cent on goods imports from the rest of the world.

Twenty-four-year-old Jade Dunphy has been immersed in the world of dog grooming for as long as she can remember. Now, as the owner of Wipe Your Paws in New Ross and recently crowned Best Dog Groomer in Ireland, she is preparing to take the biggest step of her career so far: travelling to Poland next weekend to compete in a prestigious international grooming competition against some of the best practitioners in the world.

Diversions are in place as the North Strand Road is closed between the Five Lamps and Fairview, Dublin 3A major road artery into Dublin’s city centre was closed for a time on Sunday when members of the Defence Forces bomb disposal team were called to investigate a suspicious device. The incident occurred around the North Strand Road area where a portion of the road was cordoned off between the Five Lamps and Fairview. Gardaí said they were alerted after the suspect device was discovered in the Royal Canal at Newcomen Bridge at about 12.30pm. “A cordon was established and the Defence Forces Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team attended the scene,” the Garda press office said afterwards. “The EOD team have now removed the suspect device.