Opposition parties have demanded Enda Kenny “stand up to” Theresa May in Brexit talks after they accused him of being “very flat-footed” in his response to date.

British welfare reform minister Lord Freud has issued a "full and unreserved apology" after suggesting that some disabled people were "not worth" the minimum wage, but stopped short of resigning.

The Treasury in England will rule on whether to split Royal Bank of Scotland into a “good” and “bad” bank shortly after the Conservative Party conference, according to a report.

Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness has said people should not be celebrating the death of the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

By Deric Henderson, Press Association Ireland Editor

Senior British Cabinet minister William Hague insisted today that the abolition of child benefit for higher-rate taxpayers was “tough but fair”, as the row over the measure threatened to overshadow David Cameron’s first speech to the Conservative Party conference as Prime Minister.

FEARS of an escalation in dissident republican terrorist attacks heightened yesterday after a car bomb attack near Derry city centre.

Dissident republicans who bombed a street in Derry early today were accused by the North's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness of attempting to drag the city back to its violent past.

Dissident republicans have been blamed for a car bomb attack in the North early today.

A Sinn Féin MP today sparked fury at the Conservative Party conference by telling delegates he did not regret the Brighton bombing.

A Sinn Féin MP will become the first member of his party to take part in a debate during the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool today.

IT was the most audacious attack yet mounted by the IRA, although the toll in lives and injuries was far less than in many other of its atrocities.

The DUP and the UUP have clashed at the Conservative Party conference in Britain over strategy towards the IRA.

PATRICK MAGEE, the IRA man who planted the Brighton bomb which killed five people during the Conservative Party conference almost 20 years ago, has said: “I stand by my actions.”

Boxing hero Amir Khan was today unveiled as an ambassador for London’s 2012 Olympic bid and the teenager has already been ear-marked as an important figure in the campaign.

The terrorist who planted the Brighton Bomb which devastated the British Conservative party conference nearly 20 years ago said today he would do the same again.