Leo Varadkar has said Ireland will be under an obligation to protect the single market if Britain crashes out of the EU in October.

Simon Coveney has said that EU leaders would want “as much clarity as possible” at Wednesday’s summit on how the UK plans to take the Brexit process forward in any extension period.

There is a bird in legend. It’s called the Oozalum bird (you can look it up if you don’t believe me).

After a late night dash to Strasbourg on March 11, the British prime minister, Theresa May, said she had agreed “legally binding” changes to the Brexit withdrawal agreement with the European Union, writes Katy Hayward.

The DUP has indicated that the party will not support Theresa May’s deal saying in a statement “that sufficient progress has not been achieved at this time”.

"What we have secured is very clearly that the backstop cannot be indefinite. Cannot become permanent. It is only temporary." - The British Prime Minister in Strasbourg.

Changes to the Brexit deal “do not reopen the Withdrawal Agreement or undermine the backstop” the Taoiseach has said.

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has doubled-down on Ireland's hard-line Brexit stance by insisting the Government has no reason to change its backstop position despite growing fears over a no deal crisis in just 52 days time.

Fresh attempts by British prime minister Theresa May to reopen the backstop agreement have been shot down by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar ahead of an expected show of solidarity from the EU this week.

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has once again reiterated that the European Union will not renegotiate the Brexit withdrawal agreement with the United Kingdom.

A dangerous complacency is taking hold.

The European Affairs Minister has said Ireland would "absolutely not" accept the reopening of the UK's Withdrawal Agreement.

European Council chief Donald Tusk insists he still does not have a clear idea of what the UK wants out of Brexit, following a phone call with British Prime Minister Theresa May.

British prime minister Theresa May is on a fresh collision course with the EU after a majority of MPs voted to renegotiate the Brexit Irish backstop.

The government has again insisted that the Brexit backstop cannot be binned.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said Ireland is being 'victimised' by the Brexit process.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has told the House of Commons that the government will not reopen the Good Friday Agreement.

The European Union's chief negotiator on Brexit has ruled out that there will be a bilateral agreement between the United Kingdom and Ireland to remove the backstop from the withdrawal agreement.

Tanaiste Simon Coveney has denied he and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar were at odds on the issue of the Irish backstop, as alleged by former British Brexit Secretary Dominic Rabb.

Mr Coveney said Dublin and Brussels are open to responding to any potential future relationship declaration changes despite insisting that the separate withdrawal agreement and backstop stance will not be re-opened.

The DUP’s Arlene Foster says the border remains her biggest concern.

European Council president Donald Tusk has goaded British MPs to push for a second referendum or cancel Brexit entirely, asking "who will have the courage to say what the only positive solution is" to the crisis.

Former Taoiseach John Bruton has said the backstop to prevent a hard border in Ireland in the event of a no-deal Brexit will not be dropped.

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has hit out at Theresa May's handling of Brexit from start to finish.

British prime minister Theresa May has failed to win any meaningful concessions to salvage her Brexit deal after another day of frantic talks left her future again hanging in doubt.

Latest: As Theresa May arrived in Berlin for talks with Angela Merkel, she was briefly stuck in her limousine as the car door would not open..

Latest: Theresa May has confirmed that the vote on Brexit that was scheduled to take place tomorrow will not go ahead.

The Government’s fundamental position in relation to the Brexit backstop is reflected and protected in the draft Brexit deal agreed in Brussels, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said.

Latest: An emergency summit of European leaders will likely convene on November 25 to consider the draft Brexit deal if the UK government backs the proposed text, the Taoiseach has said.

Ireland and the rest of the EU are in the position of spectators to a colossal act of national self-harm in the UK, says Michael Burleigh.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has warned British prime minister Theresa May her plan to review the Northern Ireland backstop within three months of any Brexit deal being signed is “not worth the paper it’s written on”.

DUP leader Arlene Foster and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar have refused to give way on the crucial backstop standoff, despite growing pleas from London and Brussels to find a solution to the escalating crisis.

As Brexit negotiations near their end point, Theresa May’s government has been trying to find the balance between two seemingly irreconcilable goals, suggests Nikos Skoutaris of University of East Anglia