High energy costs and inflation will be at the top of a full in-tray of issues that businesses will be looking for help with as the new Minister for Enterprise takes up his new position

Eugene Drennan of the IRHA said the necessary investments could be made to trucks over the coming years, on condition the government agrees to cut excise duties and other taxes on operators

Importers with long-established supply chains are experiencing the ‘bombshell’ of having to pay British and EU tariffs