The EU has once again shown patience and unity by agreeing a Brexit extension until October 31.

European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has insisted both Britain and the EU must "stick to the commitments taken tonight" after the EU agreed to delay Brexit until October 31.

Tonight, EU leaders including Mr Varadkar were discussing a detailed proposal to extend the March 29 date without any pre-conditions surrounding the deal.

Latest: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he trusts British prime minister Theresa May while also insisting that the Brexit deal on the North means "full alignment" with EU trade rules.

Speculation on the future leadership of Fine Gael has resurfaced after Enda Kenny said he would speak to his party “soon” on the matter.

Ireland was front and centre at the EU summit on Brexit over the weekend, writes Juno McEnroe. Observers claim it was a political coup for Taoiseach Enda Kenny and the Government.

Enda Kenny and other European leaders expect to hear from British prime minister Theresa May about her recent meeting with US president Donald Trump at an EU summit today, writes Juno McEnroe.

Brexit, a rise in rent allowance and re-opening rural garda stations are on the agenda for this morning's cabinet meeting.

The migration crisis is topping the agenda of the EU leaders summit.

European leaders have dismissed reports that eurozone members have been instructed to detail their contingency plans in case of a Greek exit.

David Cameron today pledged to do “everything possible” to stop signatories of a new treaty from using the EU’s institutions to do their business behind the UK’s back.

The German foreign minister today pledged to “build bridges” in the wake of David Cameron’s summit veto – insisting Britain was an “indispensable partner” in the EU.

The prime ministers of Hungary and the Czech Republic say they will not give up their countries' independent tax policies to join a new European Union treaty meant to tackle the group's debt crisis.

Social Justice Ireland stated today that the latest proposals to address the economic woes of the European Union are missing the point.

Britain will remain an important member of the European Union, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has declared, despite the row over a new eurozone treaty.

UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage MEP said today that Ireland could become isolated from the EU if British Prime Minister David Cameron does not change his position on the EU.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan has said he is confident the Irish people will pass a referendum on European treaty changes if one is required.

British Prime Minister David Cameron insisted today he would “make no apology for standing up for Britain” by deploying the UK’s veto to block a European Union treaty to bail out the euro last week.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams said that he is deeply concerned that the Taoiseach has signed an agreement that "will long lasting and negative consequences for ordinary citizens in Ireland and across the EU".

Opposition party leaders say their concerns about the deal struck to save the euro in Brussels last week remain, despite having been briefed on the summit details this morning by Taoiseach Enda Kenny.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso today said that the safeguards demanded by British Prime Minister David Cameron at last week's EU summit represented “a risk to the integrity of the internal market” and were impossible for other EU states to accept.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has invited Opposition leaders to government buildings this morning for a special meeting to discuss last Friday's European Summit.

Tensions over Europe at the heart of the British coalition government were exposed today, as Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg failed to attend the House of Commons to hear David Cameron defend his decision to veto last week’s proposed EU treaty.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has invited the leaders of the opposition to government buildings tomorrow for a special briefing on the outcome of the European Summit in Brussels last Friday.

British Prime Minister David Cameron today insisted that he had genuinely sought agreement on a new treaty at last week’s European Union summit.

The European summit deal alone will not be enough to resolve the deepening debt crisis, Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has claimed.

Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg admitted today he was “bitterly disappointed” by the outcome of last week’s European Council when David Cameron wielded Britain’s veto.

Labour has dismissed Fianna Fáil concerns that Ireland's financial services sector could be disadvantaged by Britain's decision to opt out of EU treaty changes.

Fianna Fáil said today that it is concerned that Ireland's financial services could end up in a weaker position because of Britain's moves to veto changes at EU level, designed to save the euro.

Fianna Fáil has called on the government to oppose any proposal for a financial transactions tax arising from yesterday's EU agreement on fiscal stability.

Britain’s future relationship with the European Union was under intense scrutiny today in the wake of David Cameron’s dramatic decision to veto treaty changes designed to save the euro.

The European Union says that Britain is now the only one of its 27 member countries not open to joining a new treaty tying their finances together to solve the euro crisis.

The Government is getting legal advice on whether Ireland needs a referendum on a new European treaty as part of a plan aimed at solving the debt crisis and saving the euro.

British Prime Minister David Cameron was this afternoon returning from Brussels after sparking furious debate over Britain’s future in the European Union by refusing to sign up to a treaty to save the single currency.

European Affairs Minister Lucinda Creighton has insisted that increasing corporation tax was never on the table during eurozone negotiations in which European Union leaders failed to agree on a treaty change.

The leaders of 23 European countries moved to tie their economies much closer together in a bid to shore up the euro, but failed to get Britain and the four other EU members to join in.

The 27 European Union leaders have failed to agree on changing their treaty and the 17 eurozone countries are now trying to reach their own accord, an official said today.

The Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore is urging critics to "pull on the green jersey" and get behind Ireland's new bailout deal.

A credit rating agency Fitch has declared Greece to be in a "restricted default" after yesterday's approval of a €109bn bailout.

The Minister for Public Sector Reform Brendan Howlin believes the new eurozone deal means Ireland can re-shape its bailout repayment schedule into an "affordable horizon".

Union leader Jack O’Connor has warned the revised terms of Ireland's bailout deal would mean nothing if the Government continued with the projected €3.6bn of cuts in Budget 2012.

European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said for the first time in the crisis, politics and the international money markets had come together.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has hailed the Eurozone deal good for Ireland, claiming up to €800m a year will be shaved from the cost of Ireland's bailout.

Eurozone leaders are working on a draft proposal in Brussels, under which Ireland looks set to benefit from a cheaper interest rate on its EU loan, and a longer term to pay off the debt.

Ireland looks set to benefit from a cheaper interest rate and a longer term to repay the EU portion of its bailout loan.

Crunch talks are continuing in Brussels between 17 European heads of State this afternoon.

French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s office said today he and German chancellor Angela Merkel had overcome differences and agreed on a common position before the emergency European debt crisis summit.

The row over French expulsions of Roma communities erupted in a slanging match at an EU summit in Brussels today.

British Prime Minister David Cameron ran into French opposition today in his bid to reach an EU summit deal on a major new trade accord with Pakistan.