US legal case into Digicel in limbo following Trump’s executive order

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A move by President Donal Trump has potentially placed a US department of justice case into Digicel into limbo. Photograph: Ken Cedeno/Digital/Corbis via Getty Images
A move by President Donal Trump has potentially placed a US department of justice case into Digicel into limbo. Photograph: Ken Cedeno/Digital/Corbis via Getty Images

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A US department of justice case looking into whether Digicel breached foreign bribery laws has been cast into limbo, after president Donald Trump moved to pause enforcement actions under a key federal act. Joe Brennan has the details.

In her Money Matters column, Joanne Hunt identifies the telltale signs of financial abuse in romantic relationships. If you’d like to read more about the issues that affect your finances try signing up to On the Money, the weekly newsletter from our personal finance team, which will be issued every Friday to Irish Times subscribers.

Has the market won again on rent controls with the Government reviewing rent pressure zones? Our columnist John McManus thinks so.

Up to 1,000 social and affordable homes could be built at Leopardstown racecourse in south Dublin in a potential deal between Horse Racing Ireland and the Land Development Agency. Barry O’Halloran reports.

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The number of chief executives of Irish companies who are concerned about climate change risks has fallen by 20 percentage points over the past three years, according to the findings of a major report by PwC. Colin Gleeson has the details.

In its 2025 salary guide, leading recruiter CPL found that some 61 per cent of employees said they felt financially strained. Ian Curran reports.

The fall-off in new home completions in 2024 has been described as a “backwards step” by estate agent Sherry FitzGerald. Eoin Burke-Kennedy has the details.

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