Reunification of Ireland and the future status of Scotland are issues “definitely on the table” as a result of Brexit, the former head of the UK Foreign Office and Diplomatic Service has said.

Representatives of some of the world’s biggest corporations and institutions are among Ireland’s most powerful women, according to an awards ceremony organised by the Women’s Executive Network.

The European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs has said again that it is essential that Ireland passes Budget 2011 next month, "in the timeline foreseen".

AN initiative by the Swedish presidency of the European Union to set up a special farm council meeting on October 5 to discuss the dairy crisis was welcomed yesterday.

The recent leak at Sellafield is “another damning indictment” of the ageing nuclear power station, the Environment Minister said today.