US president Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs of 30 per cent would realistically cut off the European Union’s ability to keep trading with the United States as it has done for years, the union’s top negotiator has said. Jack Power reports.

The State is “well positioned against the backdrop of uncertain markets” even though the Ireland still has debt of more than €200 billion and there is no place for complacency, National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) chief executive Frank O’Connor said as the agency published its latest annual report. Martin Wall has the story.

UK bank NatWest is to exit its stake in PTSB, just over three years after it invested in the Irish bank as part of Ulster Bank’s exit from the Republic. Joe Brennan reports.