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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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