The Taosieach Enda Kenny has said he will not allow Europe to impose a financial transaction tax if Britain does not accept the move.

Irish and UK Energy Ministers will share a podium for the first time in Ireland at the 4th Annual Conference of the National Offshore Wind Association of Ireland this November.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen will today brief government ministers from the North and Britain on the economic crisis during the latest British Irish Council summit.

BUDGET cuts north and south have resulted in all-island spending on infrastructure being reduced by 40%, noted a conference yesterday in Dublin jointly hosted by British and Irish employers bodies.

Tensions escalated further at Stormont today as Sinn Féin pressed First Minister Peter Robinson to agree to a major meeting of ministers from the north and south.

The stalemate in the North has developed into a very serious situation, Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams warned today.

Leaders in the North were today edging towards a deal to ensure they can attend a high profile political meeting planned for Scotland on Friday.

Minister Eamon O'Cuiv will today visit the Isle of Man and follow in the footsteps of his grandfather Eamon de Valera who helped save the native language 60 years ago.

The leaders of Northern Ireland's power-sharing government are to visit Edinburgh next week for a round of events involving Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond.

The North’s politicians will betray their voters if they fail to form a power sharing government by November 24, a senior SDLP official warned today.

British and Irish government inaction over a common penalty points system for drivers on both sides of the border is allowing law breaking motorists to get away scott free, it was claimed today.

New advances in health care that could lead to doctors around the world sharing information to provide the best possible care have been welcomed by Mary Harney.

THE British and Irish Governments’ document mapped out hour by hour and month by month a timetable of exactly who should do exactly what and when, but by the time it was published it was clear Northern Ireland had again missed the political boat.

Northern Ireland’s Civic Forum should be reconvened to play a part in next month’s review of the Good Friday Agreement, the British and Irish Governments were urged today.

Britain tonight pledged to do all it could to assist a huge inquiry into a loyalist bombing outrage which left 33 people dead in Dublin and Monaghan.

In a New Year message the North's First Minister David Trimble and Deputy First Minister Mark Durkan said stable government was the key.

Outgoing SDLP leader John Hume has praised the IRA's move to put its weapons beyond use.

Unionist concerns about the failure to implement some elements of the Good Friday Agreement are being overlooked by those who accuse them of being fixated on paramilitary weapons, an UUP Assembly member claimed today.

Tony Blair has expressed sorrow at David Trimble's resignation as Northern Ireland First Minister, but hopes he will regain the post.

Northern Ireland’s political parties need to negotiate a Good Friday Agreement Mark Two if the problems in the peace process are to be overcome, it was claimed today.