Full coverage: Donald Trump

Labour and the incoming Irish government will have to place a significant emphasis on US relations in the new year with both facing threats from a protectionist Trump regime.

America has spoken. The world is now trying to make sense of what it means. To unreal Donald Trump’s success, Sam Smyth is joined in New York by defence lawyer Barry Scheck, author and one-time New York gossip columnist Joanna Molloy, and Jamie Smyth, US energy editor of The Financial Times.

Trump’s first-term tariffs were small and on a limited number of goods. A blanket tariff on all imports of at least 10% is almost incomparable and would have an outsized impact on Ireland.

From tariffs to oil prices and corporation tax, the ripples created by the US election have begun to make their way across the Atlantic. The Currency’s writers have been anticipating them.

An alarmingly large majority of American voters have said they believe the country's political system has failed them. They want to vote another way, they want to look at things another way. Distrust and disdain run very deep.

The NewsWhip CEO talks to The Currency about the increased complexity his company faces in a rapidly changing social media landscape.

Last week, The Currency explored how Irish firms are operating under EU free trade agreements. The cold reality is that these types of deals are becoming much harder to reach.

Vince McMahon created a unique brand of altered reality entertainment. As it permeates beyond his wrestling world, former WWE staffer Markham Nolan reflects on what it means for the future of American politics.

As Marty Morrissey told me in a New York hotel, Doonbeg is the major employer in the area so its owner retains serious loyalty among the locals. And given the money Doonbeg is earning him, it probably cuts both ways.

TIGL Ireland Enterprises, the company behind the Trump owned Doonbeg golfing resort, is facing an environmental challenge over the erection of fencing at the five-star getaway.