Varadkar raises prospect of income tax cuts in budgetTaoiseach says budget will have tax cuts ‘but they won’t be like the last three years’Fri Sept 27 2019 - 01:05
Brexit: How Dublin and Brussels view the current state of playDespite UK claims, the EU doubts a deal is on. Here are the likely options facing both sides in the week aheadThu Sept 26 2019 - 11:17
UK court ruling makes no-deal less likely, Irish side believesBoris Johnson and Leo Varadkar hold ‘constructive and productive’ meetingWed Sept 25 2019 - 07:45
UK supreme court ruling reinforces Ireland’s wait and see approachAnalysis: Johnson faces humiliating return to parliament where he lacks a majorityTue Sept 24 2019 - 13:33
London saying Ireland will be under huge pressure to compromise on backstopBritish diplomats are briefing that the consequences of a no-deal Brexit for Ireland are so disastrous that compromise is likelySun Sept 22 2019 - 18:00
Pat Leahy: Dublin does not share London’s optimism on dealImminence of Brexit about to force Government to reveal plan for Border checksSat Sept 21 2019 - 06:00
Medicine shortage warning by Brexit secretary dismissedGovernment sources taken aback by tone and content of Steve Barclay’s speechFri Sept 20 2019 - 01:00
Coveney issues ‘dose of reality’ saying there is big gap on BrexitBritain submits ‘technical non-papers’ which reflect the ideas the UKThu Sept 19 2019 - 15:12
Brexit: Arlene Foster signals DUP shiftInside Politics: Leader tells Dublin event that party could accept post-Brexit arrangements specific to North with conditionsThu Sept 19 2019 - 08:28
DUP signals possible compromise to facilitate Brexit dealSpecial arrangements leaving North within UK may be acceptable, says Arlene FosterThu Sept 19 2019 - 02:32
Much heat but little light in pursuit of Brexit dealMood in Dublin is growing more pessimistic despite boisterous claims by the British PMThu Sept 19 2019 - 02:28
Foster hints DUP could accept special status for North in Brexit deal‘What we want to see is a recognition that we are on an island... but also we are in the UK’Wed Sept 18 2019 - 22:34
Government to seek ‘consultative role’ in NI if direct rule imposed after BrexitBritish PM expressed desire to attend next British-Irish Council meeting, says VaradkarWed Sept 18 2019 - 16:56
Informal British solutions fall short of backstop, says Tánaiste‘We haven’t seen anything that works,’ says source, amid claims UK ideas insufficientWed Sept 18 2019 - 00:03
Coveney in informal talks over alternatives to Brexit backstopTánaiste expresses frustration at lack of written proposals from British ministersTue Sept 17 2019 - 16:58
Extending presidential voting rights could fuel ‘unionist anxiety’Analysis: Spectre of ‘President Gerry Adams’ dampens spirit for franchise referendumTue Sept 17 2019 - 16:46
The return of the Dáil - and Brexit still dominates . . .Inside Politics: Ploughing Championships open as Central Bank warns a third of farms could struggle to survive under a no-dealTue Sept 17 2019 - 07:59
One-third of Irish farms at risk in no-deal Brexit, says studyWarning comes as Northern Secretary holds talks aimed at restarting Stormont assemblyTue Sept 17 2019 - 01:30
Referendum to allow emigrants to vote for president faces delayVote was to be held in November but likely to be squeezed out by Brexit and by-electionsMon Sept 16 2019 - 22:10
Stormont could play a role in a new Brexit deal, Northern Secretary suggestsJulian Smith highlights the possible importance of revived Assembly during Dublin visitMon Sept 16 2019 - 20:30
Pat Leahy: Fine Gael pivoting back to Brexit and Border realitiesBudget and election are platforms not for promises or pledges but for vital credibilitySat Sept 14 2019 - 06:00
Brexit outcome may see Varadkar call election well before MayAnalysis: Taoiseach uses Fine Gael think-in to have a go at Fianna FáilThu Sept 12 2019 - 19:43
Coveney: Border checks after any no-deal Brexit ‘a temporary arrangement’Difficult not to be sceptical about British government’s intentions, Minister saysThu Sept 12 2019 - 13:37
Sinn Féin opposed to Stormont veto on Northern Ireland-only backstopMcDonald tells party think-in DUP ‘must not have veto on protecting Ireland’s basic rights’Wed Sept 11 2019 - 16:32
Budget 2020 will be based on no-deal Brexit – DonohoeFiscal watchdog warns of Brexit leaving a major hole in Government financesWed Sept 11 2019 - 05:00
Johnson fails once more to secure pre-Brexit electionPM pledges in Dublin to strive for deal as British parliament wary of legal complianceTue Sept 10 2019 - 00:55
Brexit: Johnson tells Varadkar a no-deal Brexit ‘would be a failure’Leaders stress commitment to Good Friday Agreement in ‘positive and constructive’ meetingMon Sept 09 2019 - 17:21
Analysis: Johnson brings bumptious optimism but few specificsBritish PM cites technology and trusted trader schemes, which have been rejectedMon Sept 09 2019 - 13:11
Phil Hogan in line for trade portfolio at European CommissionRole key to post-Brexit deals with UK likely to go to Hogan if he is nominated on TuesdayMon Sept 09 2019 - 02:12
Northern Ireland-only backstop on the menu for Varadkar-Johnson meetingTaoiseach says he is willing to see if there is common ground with UK prime ministerMon Sept 09 2019 - 00:01
Varadkar to discuss possibility of Northern Ireland-only backstop with JohnsonTaoiseach warns he does not expect any Brexit breakthroughs in Dublin meetingSun Sept 08 2019 - 17:11
Now is not the time for an Irish Border referendumLet us all pause and think before we jump into our own constitutional maelstromSat Sept 07 2019 - 06:00
Shifting Brexit sands may afford leaders an opportunityVaradkar and Johnson may yet find common ground at scheduled Dublin meetingSat Sept 07 2019 - 02:19
Brexit crisis: Boris Johnson dangles prospect of Irish regulatory alignmentUK prime minister says cross-Border arrangement could extend beyond agri-foodFri Sept 06 2019 - 01:00
Taoiseach says no-deal Brexit may require checks ‘near the Border’‘Expensive and bureaucratic’: Varadkar spells out effects of worst-case scenarioThu Sept 05 2019 - 21:14
Solidarity-PBP call on Government to refuse border checksTDs insist ‘security and peace’ more important than membership of EU single marketThu Sept 05 2019 - 15:06
Ministers taken aback by predicted scale of no-deal Brexit damageScenarios include 10,000 job losses in tourism in months after no-dealThu Sept 05 2019 - 02:53
Ireland will prioritise single market integrity over frictionless BorderIf Dublin’s great fear comes to pass, Ministers are clear about which choice they will makeThu Sept 05 2019 - 02:46
Boris Johnson to meet Leo Varadkar in Dublin on MondayJohnson suggests agri-food could continue to be regulated on an all-Ireland basis after BrexitTue Sept 03 2019 - 21:42
Government to challenge order that public services card had no basis in lawDoherty to appeal commissioner’s findings about wider use of cardTue Sept 03 2019 - 02:39
Coveney to brief Cabinet on no-deal Brexit preparationsBritish PM expected to travel to Dublin next week for talks with Leo VaradkarTue Sept 03 2019 - 01:00
Remarkable return to government on the cards for Fianna FáilPat Leahy: An election will inevitably follow the UK’s Brexit denouementSat Aug 31 2019 - 06:00
Brussels awaits UK backstop proposals as revolt against Johnson growsDespite promise to intensify talks, UK has not tabled proposals for alternative to backstopSat Aug 31 2019 - 00:47
Brexit: Coveney meets Raab but stark differences remain on backstopBoris Johnson’s government has put forward nothing credible, says TánaisteFri Aug 30 2019 - 09:27
British parliament set for showdown over suspensionNo-deal opponents set to block suspension move with no-confidence vote in PMWed Aug 28 2019 - 22:43
Johnson move the ‘most anti-democratic’ since Cromwell, says Minister of StateMichael D’Arcy comments came as other Government Ministers declined to be drawn on plan to suspend WestminsterWed Aug 28 2019 - 19:56
The reason Boris Johnson might want to suspend the British parliamentMove to prorogue parliament is logical, even if it is a trashing of the British constitutionWed Aug 28 2019 - 19:37
Paschal Donohoe gave Department of Health cost-cutting ultimatumRelations with Simon Harris strained by effort to control healthcare spendingWed Aug 28 2019 - 03:32
British backstop alternatives ‘not even close’ to being acceptable to EUSimon Coveney says any new proposals must guarantee to avoid a hard borderTue Aug 27 2019 - 19:54
Government ministers step up warnings about a no-deal BrexitBoris Johnson said he would take talks with EU to the very last minute before October 31st deadlineMon Aug 26 2019 - 19:08
