The US president staged a major intervention by calling for the Prime Minister to team up with the Brexit Party leader to form an “unstoppable force” for the December 12 vote.

The Irish economy and those with responsibility for managing it find themselves in a very strange place at the moment.

Alexander Temerko, a friend of Boris Johnson with connections to the highest level of the Kremlin, has donated over £1m to the Conservative Party, writes

The Summer Economic Statement released by the Department of Finance this week attracted considerable media and political attention, but in reality, it did not contain anything that was remotely surprising or controversial.

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has claimed that Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg admitted to him that he had no idea what the Irish border was.

On her recent visit to Europe, Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, addressed members of the Dail.

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe is to warn his Cabinet colleagues tomorrow that domestic demand for goods has weakened because of Brexit.

The Tory zealots, the European Research Group, may not maintain a wine cellar, but if it did, it is unlikely that the faction’s sommelier would have been busy serving champagne after Saturday’s Grand National.

The relief was palpable. The important people in Government Buildings were extremely nervous this week.

For all the complexity that surrounds how (and, crucially, if) the UK leaves the European Union, the story of how it got into its current situation is actually incredibly simple, writes Andy Price.

It is “crystal clear” that regional Ireland must brace itself for “permanent disruption” whatever the outcome of Brexit, the governor of the Central Bank has warned.

Sterling jumped on hopes that hardline Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg would, after all, throw his weight behind Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal deal.

What now after House of Commons rejects Theresa May’s new proposals?

Just over two years ago, when Democratic Unionist Party leader Arlene Foster said it would be a mistake to allow the local crocodiles to hope that their well-honed appetites might be satisfied because, no matter how much they were given to eat, they would want more she revealed far more than she intended.

On Monday night, British prime minister Theresa May travelled to Strasbourg for the latest last ditch Brexit deal talks with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker.

Simon Coveney has been addressing the Dáil as mammoth Brexit legislation makes its way through the house.

The “door is open” should the UK want to reverse its 2016 vote to leave the EU, says Pierre Moscovici, European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Union.

UK Brexit Secretary David Davis has played down Cabinet rifts over Europe, insisting there is "no difference" between himself, Chancellor Philip Hammond and Theresa May on the outcome they are seeking from Britain’s EU withdrawal.