Because Ukraine doesn’t have full member status in Nato, the US and Europe are not obliged to help, says Julie Pace

US secretary of state John Kerry yesterday condemned Russia’s “incredible act of aggression” in Ukraine and threatened “very serious repercussions” from the US and other countries, including sanctions to isolate Russia economically.

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.

We always knew it was going to be a big year, and it started a little earlier for us than usual.

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

Police have used a remotely controlled drone as part of an operation to defuse a small bomb in north Belfast.

The West is nothing more than a television witness to the “absurdly awful” Syrian civil war, the co-founder of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) has warned.

The Tánaiste has said cross border policing relations have never been better despite the Garda Commissioner’s recent criticisms of the PSNI.

Don’t expect Bob Geldof to mellow with age anytime soon. The man who heads a band once described as “leprous anti-establishment scumbags” still has the power to shock and disturb. It’s the nature of the beast.

The luxury Fermanagh hotel which hosted the most peaceful G8 in history could be sold by the end of the summer, it was revealed today.

THE Lough Erne Declaration on tax, a 10-point plan that fits neatly onto an A4 page, falls short of what most economists and campaigners were hoping to see emerge from the hyped group of eight meeting in a bankrupt hotel in Northern Ireland this week.

The Taoiseach and sections of the media may want to pull the wool over people’s eyes, but in reality, Obama is no friend of the Irish people, writes Clare Daly

Barack Obama embarrassingly referred to George Osborne as “Jeffrey” during G8 meetings this week.

A Japanese global healthcare company is creating 416 jobs in Northern Ireland.

At least one landmark in Enniskillen can already claim a tourism spin-off from the G8 summit.

Crisis, what crisis?

Ireland’s tax status became a talking point at the G8 as world powers moved to clamp down on corporate tax evasion, Enda Kenny has admitted.

Failed US system will not inspire ties with Russia and China, says Yousaf Butt

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.

The G8 summit has a smart-casual dress code, George Osborne revealed today after eyebrows were raised at the British Prime Minister greeting world leaders in his rolled-up shirtsleeves.

David Cameron is today hoping for a show of unity over Syria from the world’s most powerful nations after a late-night showdown at the G8 summit in the North.

US President Barack Obama sparred with Russia’s Vladimir Putin over how to end the war in Syria during an icy encounter at a G8 summit where divisions over the conflict eclipsed the rest of the agenda.

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.

If Barack Obama was in search of craic, Enniskillen was probably the wrong place to find it.

Ireland’s generous corporate tax regime has not come under attack at the G8, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has insisted.

President Barack Obama has paid tribute to Taoiseach Enda Kenny today ahead of the start of the G8 summit saying they had an "excellent meeting".

Michelle Obama has arrived in Ireland for a 24-hour visit while the G8 summit takes place.

Michelle Obama has arrived in Ireland for a 24-hour visit while the G8 summit takes place.

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”.

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I bags the top bunk! World leaders faced a tussle for the two top suites at the Lough Erne Resort ahead of the G8 summit, which begins today.

Global attention focused on the North today as US President Barack Obama was making his most direct attempt to solidify the peace process.

US First Lady Michelle Obama will address a group of young Irish people this evening, who have been selected to join her and her daughters Malia,14, and Sasha,12, for a performance of Riverdance at Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre.

Sasha and Malia Obama have shown poise and grace while growing up in the public eye. As they visit Ireland, Rachel Marie Walsh looks at their Mum-influenced fashion choices

How some people are glad the summit is in town, for very different reasons.

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.

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.

David Cameron has backed Washington’s “candid assessment” that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons and admitted it left international leaders facing “difficult” questions.

A ring of steel has been erected across both sides of the border as the world’s leaders descend on Fermanagh for the G8 summit on Monday.

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