UK voters’ decision to leave the EU may have been motivated by domestic issues such as immigration, but the costs of departure are being felt first in foreign policy, writes Mark Malloch-Brown.

Theresa May's new Brexit offer will be put to the test this week as negotiations between British and European Union officials resume in Brussels.

A second referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union would be a "betrayal", Prime Minister Theresa May has told MPs.

Leaders of the 27 remaining EU states are now expected to agree at a Brussels summit on Friday that the second phase can begin.

Theresa May and key Cabinet ministers who oversee Brexit negotiations are expected to discuss Britain's offer to the European Union for the so-called "divorce bill" Brussels insists is needed to unlock trade talks.

The European Union is reportedly threatening to hold back Britain's final €5.6bn rebate payment from Brussels as part of negotiations over the so-called Brexit "divorce" bill.

The European Commission president has denied leaking a disparaging account of a dinner to discuss Brexit with Theresa May.

The UK's Labour party will join forces with Tory rebels in an attempt to force Theresa May into giving MPs a veto on the final Brexit deal, Sir Keir Starmer has said.

Latest: Ibrahim Halawa has described his joy at being a free man.

The Taoiseach has expressed frustration at the length of time the powersharing crisis has lasted in Northern Ireland, pointing out that many pregnancies are shorter.

Theresa May has said Europe has agreed that there will be no physical border on the island of Ireland after Brexit.

Theresa May has issued a direct plea to EU leaders to clear the way for a Brexit deal which she can sell to British voters.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said the banks could sort out the tracker scandal in months.

The FTSE 100 backed down from Thursday's record highs as the pound rebounded on reports that the EU was working on proposals for a post-Brexit trade deal with Britain.

Mr Juncker said: "The first to be impressed by the enormous disadvantages that Brexit ... is entailing are the British. They are discovering, as we are, day after day new problems.

The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has said he will not recommend that talks should start on the post-Brexit UK/EU trade relationship at next week's European Council summit.

Brexit negotiations which could define the UK's political and economic future have begun, with David Davis calling for a "new deep and special partnership" between Britain and Brussels.

Quitting the European Union must not mean Britain “turning our backs on Europe”, David Cameron has said.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has promised to “make the case for Ireland’s national interest” in Brexit negotiations.

A planned meeting of European Union leaders has been cancelled as crisis talks continue about Greece's place in the single currency zone.

An EU deal to relocate 40,000 migrants from Italy and Greece could be “counter-productive” by encouraging more people to make the perilous journey across the Mediterranean in smugglers’ boats, David Cameron has warned.

David Cameron, the British prime minister, has come under pressure to reduce the age of eligibility to vote in the referendum on EU membership to 16, as he began in earnest a push to secure sufficient change to Britain’s relations with Brussels to persuade voters to back continued membership.

Enda Kenny has said Jean-Claude Juncker will be elected as the next European Commission President despite continued reports linking the Taoiseach with the position.

If EU leaders back Jean- Claude Juncker for the post of European Commission president this week it would be "flicking two fingers" at voters across the continent who had expressed concerns about Brussels, said British MP Iain Duncan Smith.

EU leaders have said significant progress has been made at a meeting today in relation to strategies to crackdown on tax evasion and fraud within Europe.

The President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso has said all EU Governments have agreed to ensure no loopholes exist to allow companies exploit tax laws.

Throughout the past 12 months, I have travelled extensively to communicate Ireland’s position in relation to the CAP to other agriculture ministers and Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Ciolos and learn what the key issues are for other member states.

Europe is in danger of falling behind in the global race for economic success unless it reforms, British Prime Minister David Cameron said today.

The President of the European Parliament has strongly criticised the finance ministers of the three European countries who're reneging on promises made on banking debts at last June's European Council summit.

British Prime Minister David Cameron travelled to Paris today for talks with French president Nicolas Sarkozy amid desperate efforts by eurozone leaders to prevent the single currency breaking up.

Trust in Ireland‘s economic reputation is being rebuilt with the country held up as an example to other crisis-hit nations, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said.

IN his letter (August 14), Brian McDermott argues that the Lisbon Treaty “gives the EU power to impose taxes”.

THE Government has managed to spin a successful story, detailing their valiant efforts to defend the rights of the Irish electorate at the recent European Council summit by securing legally binding assurances on all sensitive issues for Ireland.

The Government must appoint a new EU Commissioner soon in order to secure influence in Brussels, it was claimed today.

A British minister said today that Irish voters rejected the EU’s Lisbon Treaty in part because they did not understand it,.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen will tomorrow outline the state’s response to the failed Lisbon Treaty at a meeting of EU leaders in Brussels.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs Michael Martin has said that the Government is in talks with other European Union member states about retaining an Irish commissioner.

Lisbon Treaty opponent Declan Ganley will decide within a month whether he will run in the European elections, it emerged tonight.

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen agreed with French president Nicolas Sarkozy at the recent European Council summit to discuss the drafting of opt-outs to the Lisbon Treaty, specifically in line with the proposal I made earlier this month.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen will today update EU leaders on current Irish attitudes towards the Lisbon Treaty.

Consumers and businesses will today begin to feel the real pain of Budget 2009, which will continue to be debated by TDs in the Dáil and Seanad.