British prime minister Theresa May has delayed the crucial House of Commons vote on the crumbling Brexit deal from this Wednesday until March 12 - just 17 days before the looming EU-UK divorce date.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has rebuffed demands from British Prime Minister Theresa May to re-open the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, insisting it is the only viable option.

PM rejects call for second vote amid ‘uncharted territory’ warning

FBD Hotels and Resorts is eyeing further luxury hotel deals after acquiring the Heritage Hotel and Spa in Co Laois for approximately €9m.

Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz said he hoped the Brexit deal would soon be finalised as he arrived in Downing Street for talks.

The firm has signed the deal with Canadian firm, DHX Media. Its subsidiary, the WildBrain network already features other third party toy brands including Fireman Sam, Curious George, Shopkins and Ben 10.

Liverpool last night completed the signing of goalkeeper Alisson Becker from AS Roma in a world record €75m deal for a goalkeeper.

Sinn Féin Leader Mary Lou McDonald says Micheál Martin's criticisms of her party's abstentionist policy at Westminster are a "red herring."

The Government’s €200m back-dated salary deal with thousands of hospital consultants will not have any knock-on benefits for lower paid public servants, a senior minister has claimed.

Embattled engineer GKN has rejected a £7.4 billion takeover offer from Melrose Industries in what marks Britain’s largest hostile bid since 2009.

The owner of Birds Eye has cooked up a €225m deal to buy frozen food brand Goodfella’s Pizza from the parent company behind Fox’s Biscuits and Bernard Matthews.

Many details on the Irish border question are still to be hammered out, a senior unionist has warned.

A historic deal guaranteeing no hard border in the North is not an attempt to move towards a united Ireland, the Government has said.

Mortgage campaigner David Hall is hoping to replicate the buy-and-rent back deal he has done with AIB with the State’s other major homeloan providers.

A final deal for the HSE to get access to Cystic Fibrosis drug Orkambi could happen this week, according to the Health Minister.

The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator has warned there will be "serious consequences for everyone" if Britain and the EU fail to clinch a deal within the two years of talks.

Russia is close to reaching a deal with the United States on a ceasefire for the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo, a Russian deputy foreign minister has said.

Update 4pm: Gardai might have to cut frontline services to cover the cost of a €40m pay deal agreed at the Labour Court last week.

More than 140 nations have reached a deal to limit the use of greenhouse gases far more powerful than carbon dioxide in a major effort to fight climate change.

A dispute between Poland and a France-based helicopter producer over a scrapped multibillion-euro deal has gone public, with the company saying it had been misled for months over the agreement.

The United States and Israel have signed a new aid deal that will give the Israeli military $38bn over the course of 10 years.

The US is sceptical an agreement with Russia to end violence in Syria can work but will keep pursuing it nonetheless, president Barack Obama said as negotiators from both countries edged towards a deal.

Colombia's government and the country's biggest rebel group have announced a deal to end one of the world's longest-running armed conflicts.

England’s aim of supplanting New Zealand as world champions in 2019 has moved a step closer after a new agreement was finalised between the Aviva Premiership clubs and Twickenham.

Fine Gael MEP Brian Hayes urged EU negotiators to get a landmark trade deal with the US over the line before populists hijack the deal.

Nestle, the world’s biggest food company, is stepping up its push into medicine with a global deal worth up to €100m to develop and market an experimental milk allergy test for infants.

Jose Mourinho has agreed to become manager of Manchester United, Press Association Sport understands.

German chancellor Angela Merkel said she was not worried about the fate of a migrant pact between the EU and Turkey, but said more time was needed to overcome differences with Ankara over visa-free travel for Turks.

The tie-up between Apple and Chinese car-hailing app Didi started off with a joke.

Supporters of a major free trade deal aimed at boosting trade in goods and services between the US and EU find themselves on the defensive following another big leak of secret documents.

Mr Kipling and Bisto owner Premier Foods has entered into a "relationship agreement" with Japanese noodle maker Nissin, just weeks after rejecting a takeover by US giant McCormick.

Tomorrow's Luas strike has been called off after agreement was reached with three grades of workers at Transdev.

Staff at the Cadbury plant in Coolock are to return to work this evening, after the suspension of strike action at the factory.

Paddy Power’s management has said it will not decide on the level of redundancies stemming from its near €7bn merger with UK rival Betfair until completion of the deal in the first quarter of 2016.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has applauded the global pact to fight climate change that was adopted by nearly 200 nations in Paris.

Billionaire businessman Denis O’Brien has struck a deal with Canadian convenience and fuel retailer Couche-Tard to offload his Topaz chain of petrol stations weeks after expanding its network.

Pfizer’s likely tax inversion into Ireland is unlikely to boost the country’s coffers through higher corporation tax receipts, according to a leading economist.

Marriott International will buy Sheraton owner Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide in a $12.2bn (€11.4bn) deal to create the world’s largest hotel chain.