Paschal Donohoe denied that trust had been broken between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael over who would lead the new unit.

Jack Chambers has compared US President Donald Trump’s tariff regime to the circumstances which precipitated the Great Depression.

Previously unreleased internal briefings said that a prosecution under the Electoral Act could not take place more than five years after an offence was alleged to have happened.

Lawyers for Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe said the new scale, which is still being worked out, will not be a “magic bullet solution”.

Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe said the Government is clear on what it wants and is willing to negotiate to reach an agreement on pay “and other matters” in return for industrial peace