There will be no G8 summit in Russia this year, the British Prime Minister David Cameron announced today.

A tense standoff was in place in the Crimea crisis tonight as Russian forces continued to surround a Ukrainian army base.

Britain has pulled out of preparatory talks due to be held in the coming days for the G8 summit in Sochi over Russia’s decision to take military action in Ukraine.

The joint administrators of the five-star Lough Erne resort that last year staged the G8 summit believe that unsecured creditors owed £3.5m (€4.25m) from the hotel’s administration will not be paid.

There have been calls for the Minister for Communications to investigate alleged disruption of mobile phone coverage in the north-east.

The Glenisk and Cloughjordan House initiative, a ‘Chef Star’ competition for secondary school students, is aimed at finding Ireland’s best student chef.

Ireland is battling an international tax backlash as ministers scramble to defend the country’s generous rates for multinational employers.

David Cameron has firmly rejected pressure to go back to the British Parliament in a fresh attempt to seek MPs’ approval for involvement in military action in Syria, following the Prime Minister’s dramatic defeat last Thursday.

Wet to the skin, cold to the bone, and saddle sore — the rain-drenched cyclists who rode The Glen to Glen Bike last Saturday will always remember the Downings GAA club in Donegal with fond affection.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said that there will be no hike in income tax in the next Budget.

The Government has pledged that any “gap” in funding for suicide prevention will be addressed and that the issue of suicide will be prioritised.

With the G8 Summit being held in Northern Ireland I cannot understand why my government here in the Republic is sending armed garda units to patrol the border and set up special courts and holding centres for this event, that has nothing to do with us, with money the Irish taxpayers cannot afford.

World leaders attending the G8 summit have failed to reach agreement on ending the conflict in Syria.

The Taoiseach has had to defend Ireland's tax policy at the G8 summit in Fermanagh.

Failte Ireland has said the Obama's trip to Glendalough today is the perfect postcard image of Ireland for the US tourist market.

Symbolically, two faces of Ireland, one positive the other negative, were reflected in yesterday’s historic visit of President Barack Obama to Belfast and the opening of the G8 summit in Co Fermanagh.

It's not every day you nearly upstage the most powerful man in the world.

David Cameron is today hoping to kick off the G8 summit in Northern Ireland with progress on a free trade deal between Europe and the US which he believes could “turbo-charge the transatlantic economy”.

It would be foolish to underestimate how corporate ambition limits the potential of politics to change things.

Russian president Vladimir Putin questioned yesterday why the West would want to arm Syrian rebels who he said ate human organs.

Motorists across the North are being warned of road restrictions as security arrangements are in place ahead of tomorrow's G8 Summit.

Ireland East MEP, Nessa Childers, is calling on the Taoiseach Enda Kenny to press strongly at the G8 Summit for a new international taxation framework.

David Cameron will today meet Russian President Vladimir Putin for talks on the Syrian crisis amid fears that differences between Moscow and the West are pushing the two sides towards a new Cold War.

Final preparations are underway for the 39th G8 summit, which takes place in Co Fermanagh tomorrow.

President Obama is in Fermanagh for the G8 summit this Monday, offering the Lough Erne Resort a priceless moment in the spotlight, writes Pól Ó Conghaile.

An anti-G8 rally in Belfast has passed off peacefully amid an unprecedented security operation.

US President Barack Obama will meet the British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday ahead of the G8 summit in Northern Ireland.

US President Barack Obama’s wife Michelle and their daughters will tour Dublin during the G8 summit.

Michelle Obama and her daughters Malia and Sasha will explore her Irish heritage during a visit to Trinity College in Dublin on Monday.

The First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, and her daughters Malia and Sasha, will explore her Irish heritage during a visit to Trinity College in Dublin on Monday.

Staff numbers at Enniskillen's main hospital are to double if there is trouble at the G8 summit.

An economic pact to help Northern Ireland’s struggling economy will be agreed at Westminster today.

Hundreds of riot police were deployed throughout central London today as protests took place against next week’s G8 summit.

Air exclusion zones will be imposed over parts of Northern Ireland as part of the massive G8 security operation.

Up to 900 Gardaí have been tasked to police the border region for the forthcoming G8 Summit in Co Fermanagh.

Barack might be a busy man next month when he pops over for the G8 summit in Fermanagh.

Tasoieach Enda Kenny has brushed off attacks on Ireland’s tax regime for helping multinationals avoid billions in tax – insisting he was backing plans for global tax transparency and an end to tax havens.

International conferences hosted in Ireland over the first six months of the year are expected to have a €37m impact on the Irish economy, according to Fáilte Ireland.

New laws are to be introduced to allow the Justice Minister order mobile phone companies to shut down networks to prevent terrorist attacks.

A major public march and rally is to be held in Belfast the weekend before the G8 meeting of world leaders.

The White House has confirmed that Barack Obama will visit Belfast before next month's G8 Summit.

The lakeland town of Enniskillen in the North close to the G8 summit is to receive a makeover worth more than a quarter of a million euro.

Gardaí have confirmed specially-trained officers will be providing sea patrols during the G8 summit in Fermanagh this summer.