RTÉ’s decision to move the production of programmes like Fair City and the Late Late Show to outside companies is a case of putting more licence payers’ money “into the pockets of private-for-profit entities”, an Oireachtas committee is expected to hear, and will lead to fewer long-term careers in Irish television and radio. Ian Curran has the story.

US president Donald Trump has said he will impose 25 per cent tariffs on imports of goods from Japan and South Korea, in an announcement that sent US stocks sliding, while markets waited for word on where EU-US trade talks stood.

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has been re-elected as president of the Eurogroup, after those challenging him for the role pulled out of the race on the day of the vote. As Jack Power reports, Spanish economy minister Carlos Cuerpo and Lithuanian finance minister Rimantas Šadžius had both put their names forward, alongside Mr Donohoe, for the influential European Union role.