Minister confident Ireland's talented workforce will counter effects of Trump tariffs

The minister for further education James Lawless said that government investment in projects such as the Advanced Manufacturing Centre of Excellence will be important in educating young people in the future.

The talent and skills of the Irish workforce is what will attract and retain international businesses should Donald Trump's EU tariffs go ahead, the minister for further education has said.

Mr Trump has a "simple view on world economics", James Lawless said, adding that he does not mean it as a criticism.