Up to 300 job losses are expected at TikTok's Irish operations. Government sources confirmed they have been informed of the "collective redundancy notification" from the company.
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The ECB is expected to deliver another interest rate cut this lunchtime. The European Central Bank is likely to confirm a further 0.25% reduction, its sixth since last June.
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The Taoiseach Micheál Martin and the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer are holding the first of a new series of UK-Ireland Summits, in Liverpool this morning. Tanaiste Simon Harris is also attending - along with a number of senior Government Ministers from Ireland and the UK.
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Cian Ducrot will sing the national anthems at the Aviva Stadium ahead of Ireland's Six Nations clash with France on Satruday. The Passage West singer will perform Amhrán na bhFiann, and Ireland's Call as well as the French National anthem La Marseillaise before kick off at 2.15pm.