Harley Davidson is betting on electric motorcycles to attract the next generation of younger and more environmentally conscious riders to reverse declining US sales.

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Harley Davidson barely broke even in the last quarter of a year in which the struggling American icon got caught up in president Donald Trump’s trade wars. And the motorcycle maker’s shares plunged the most in a year.

Nuala Woulfe explains why we’re living in an eighties bubble and it’s down to clever marketing preying on our nostalgia.

The devil is always in the detail, particularly where trade wars are concerned.

President Donald Trump is to press ahead with the imposition of 25% tariffs on steel imports and 10% on aluminum, although he said he was willing to strike a deal that could exempt Canada and Mexico.

President Donald Trump insists he is "not backing down" on his plan to impose stiff tariffs on imported steel and aluminium despite anxious warnings from House Speaker Paul Ryan and other congressional Republicans of a possible trade war.

The legend that is Warren Buffett spread in an even wider arc around the globe at the weekend, as the iconic Berkshire-Hathaway annual general meeting streamed live on the internet for the first time.

A DOZEN limousines, outriders on Harley Davidson motorbikes, a remote-controlled toy BMW car, an €18,000 platinum coffin, horse-drawn carriages, and a lone piper.

Dresses worn by Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland and Greta Garbo are among items of Hollywood memorabilia expected to sell for huge sums when they are auctioned off tomorrow.

Bikers from across Ireland, Britain and the United States have hit the road for Doolin, which is hosting an inaugural Harley Davidson festival.

Conor McGregor has a different perspective than most when it comes to what the Irish sporting public holds close to its heart.

THERE must be green shoots in the property market — the owner of this city home is on the move again, after a flurry of house renovations in the 2000s which stopped with this home, just before the market ground to a halt.

Increasing hopes of sunshine enhance a hectic June bank holiday weekend in the south-west. Forecasters are pointing to ‘reasonably fine weather’ which should attract large crowds to a plethora of festivals, exhibitions and other exciting events through Cork and Kerry as well as the Mid-West.

The disastrous smoking habits of the Irish have been highlighted in two new studies — we are far more prone than other Europeans to continue smoking after suffering a stroke and one in 10 of us cut back on food to fund our craving.

A man ordered to give his estranged wife two Mercedes cars and a Harley Davidson motorcycle as part of a divorce pay-out has been found to be in contempt of court and given a two-month suspended prison sentence.

The design of traffic islands on roads in Co Kerry may be changed to become more user-friendly, following the deaths of a motorist and a motorcyclist in separate accidents at such islands.

WHAT do Bruce Springsteen and Simon Cowell have in common?

Owners of harbour-view dormer on 4.85 acres did it all, bar flatten the original and build again from scratch, writes Tommy Barker.

Who'd have thought it? From forklift truck driver to major Hollywood actor. But who inspired Liam Neeson to go into acting?

One of Ireland’s largest maritime festivals kicks off in Cork tonight marking the start of a bumper bank holiday weekend of water and land-based activity.

A German motorcyclist wants to start a funeral service tailored for Harley Davidson fanatics.

Costing north of €500, daytrips to Lapland aren’t exactly a holiday for the masses. Not to worry, writes Pól Ó Conghaile, there are lots of winter wonderlands right here at home

A RECORD £300 million (€344m) haul of cocaine has been seized and six alleged members of an international drugs gang arrested.

For Cork-born Ron Clifford, Osama Bin Laden’s death only reinforced his quest for justice on behalf of his sister Ruth and niece Juliana, who would have been 14 today. He spoke to John Riordan.

IN his mind, ‘Easy Rider’ Enda roared into his manifesto launch on the back of a Harley Davidson.

Ronan Keating and his wife Yvonne have sparked speculation they have reunited.

THE other day I set off for a business lunch in a pub in a country town.

SEPARATED at last but together forever – Ireland’s miracle twins showed last night that they will forever share a special bond.

AN Irishman, an Englishman and a master brewer from a Dutch-owned beer company walk into a bar. And as Con Houlihan used to say: now read on.

A MOTORCYCLIST lost control of his bike, crashed and died after a dog ran into his path, an inquest heard yesterday.

Milwaukee: Shares at motorbike company Harley Davidson fell 6% yesterday when it announced larger than expected losses.

THE son of stunt legend Evel Knievel yesterday announced an audacious bid to complete a double-decker bus jump that his late father failed to achieve.

Nicky Byrne has been left devastated by the death of his father.

THE Nissan Primera which was involved in a fatal hit and run early on Sunday in Castleconnell, Co Limerick, was a “company car”.

THE old Rolling Stones hit You Can’t Always Get What You Want blared out from the special outdoor set constructed for tonight’s Late Late Show as Pat Kenny held his final media interviews yesterday as host of the world’s longest-running TV chat show.

IT IS a vintage fundraising drive with a difference.

Spanish police today arrested 22 suspected Hell’s Angels biker gang members in a crackdown across the country on racketeering and other offences.

'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' has topped a new poll of this year's most gaffe-prone movies - with a staggering 64 continuity blunders.

The motorist who collided with George Clooney in New Jersey on Friday has insisted he will not be pressing charges.

ALMOST 22,000 new vehicles hit Irish roads last month, an increase of almost 10% on last year, new figures revealed yesterday.

TRIBUTES poured in yesterday for a World War II veteran who later became a much-loved Franciscan Brother and peace campaigner.

KILLARNEY, which hosted a highly successful Harley Davidson rally during the summer, could be set for another major motorbike event next year.

George Clooney was turned away on a visit to a retirement home in Italy after a member of staff failed to recognise him.

A woman in her early 20s has died after the car she was driving crashed into a ditch on a road in Co Kerry early today.

THEY might look fearsome in their leather jackets, dark glasses, big boots and shining helmets, but these are no ordinary bikers and not even 31st cousins to the dreaded Hell’s Angels.

The age limit at which motorcyclists can take to the roads should be raised from 16 to 18 years, broadcaster Gay Byrne suggested today.

California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle illegally over the weekend when he collided with a car in his Brentwood neighbourhood, police say.

Arnold Schwarzenegger has been released from hospital in Santa Monica, California, after he was involved in a motorcycle crash near his home in Brentwood on Sunday afternoon.

A fat-lipped Arnold Schwarzenegger vowed to keep riding motorcycles – despite a weekend accident that left the former Hollywood action hero with minor injuries.