Taoiseach Enda Kenny is facing growing pressure from business leaders here and abroad to drop Ireland’s radical move to ban branded tobacco packaging.

A lack of unanimity in both political parties toward President Barack Obama’s sudden move to re-establish ties with Cuba complicates any congressional effort to scuttle the most significant change in US policy towards the Communist island in 50-plus years.

IRELAND fighting to hold onto its corporation tax rate sends a very strong signal to the international investment community, according to the chief executive of the US Chamber of Commerce.