It would be the first December British election in 100 years and there would be a five-week campaign by parties up to polling day.

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said a Brexit extension, if granted, is likely to be a flexible one that would allow the UK to leave the EU prior to the end of January.

British prime minister Boris Johnson is to seek to fast-track legislation to ratify his Brexit deal through the Commons in just three days as he attempts to avoid another delay to Britain’s departure from the EU.

Robert Hume tells of the eccentric MP for Athboy, Co. Meath – born 300 years ago this month – who thought he was a teapot, and was afraid his spout might break off.

Leo Varadkar knows that the Greens have eaten into a middle-class Fine Gael vote, writes Gerard Howlin

The High Court has ruled today that Lord Magan, a member of the British House of Lords, is not entitled to a new tenancy of the €20m Castletown Cox mansion and 500-acre estate in Kilkenny which he had put in trust for the benefit of two of his three children, Edward Magan and Henrietta Black.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said farmers and other businesses will not “wake up to a big surprise” over checks at the UK border in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

The embattled British prime minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland arrives in Dublin on Monday morning.

Britain's House of Lords peers have approved a bill designed to stop the British Government forcing through a no-deal exit.

Unlike Ireland, where the Taoiseach of the day has to power to go to the Áras at any time to seek permission from the president to call an election, Britain is ruled by the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act.

Embattled British prime minister Boris Johnson’s bid for a general election on October 15 failed last night after MPs passed legislation blocking a no-deal Brexit.

Latest: Boris Johnson has confirmed his desire to hold a general election on October 15 – as he looks set to be defeated on a crunch vote on his plan.

Speculation is rife about a general election being called in the near-term despite the route to an early vote being complicated by 2011 legislation, writes Robert Hutton

The latest news on events happening in the art and antiques world.

Eoin Edwards hit the road to Ulster, and the Lakeland County of Cavan, for a taste of Downton Abbey-style hospitality.

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by businessman and anti-eviction activist Jerry Beades against €9.6m judgment orders granted against him concerning loans advanced for a development of 48 apartments in north inner city Dublin.

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has thrown down the gauntlet to the likely next British prime minister Boris Johnson by saying he is the “only person” who knows if there is going to be a no-deal Brexit.

The ultimate owner of Aughinish Alumina in Limerick has said significant investment is planned for the facility, just months after US Government sanctions threatened the future of its 450-plus jobs.

A motion has been tabled in the House of Lords for Yvette Cooper's bill to be rushed through the second chamber in a single day, allowing it to become law by the end of today.

Facebook’s unprecedented Supreme Court appeal aimed at halting a referral to the European Court of Justice (CJEU) concerning the validity of EU-US data transfer channels will be heard in January.

Europe will not think twice about screwing Ireland, if it has to, in order to screw Britain. We are so small and peripheral to the grander scheme of things, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell. 

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has called on Sinn Féin to take up its seats in Westminster given that the political situation is now on a “knife-edge”.

It is an extraordinary comment on the Conservative Party that they have made Jeremy Corbyn electable.

European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker is to spend two days in Ireland this week as Brexit talks heat up.

Commercial life is driven by timelines and deadlines.A bigger part of the Brexit problem, at present, is the lack of clarity on when the UK will actually leave the EU, rather than what shape the future relationship might take.

The Rumble in the Jungle has been described as “arguably the greatest sporting event of the 20th century”.

Mary Lou McDonald has that intangible X-factor that few others in politics have and has used all of her considerable skills — including her attractiveness — to climb the ranks of Sinn Féin in a relatively short time. Like Margaret Thatcher she has exploited her gender positively, making herself the obvious choice to succeed Gerry Adams, writes Daniel McConnell

Theresa May faces a new Brexit headache as the UK's Labour prepares to forge a cross-party alliance to guarantee there will be no infrastructure at the Northern Ireland border.

The stakes could not be higher for Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, writes Gerard Howlin.

The issue of the Irish border has "almost been weaponised" in the Brexit debate, former Ulster Unionist leader Reg Empey has warned.

Theresa May’s infrastructure tsar has quit and delivered a scathing verdict on the Prime Minister’s handling of Brexit.

The negotiating deadlock in the talks on Brexit has been branded a “car crash” by a former Northern Ireland secretary in Britain’s upper house.

Last Sunday I attended the Pro Life National Conference in the RDS in Dublin. There were excellent presentations from all speakers. However, when I went home I was feeling slightly deflated and questioning myself.

A Brexit minister has announced she is quitting her post over an old injury caused when she leapt out of a Black Hawk helicopter.

UK ministers have confirmed in the House of Lords that an investigation is under way into claims that UK banks could be unwittingly linked to a corruption scandal in South Africa.

UK prime minister Theresa May is in a double bind as she tries to navigate the politics of Brexit while keeping businesses on side: Even when she thinks she’s giving companies what they want, they say she’s made it worse.

Death threats, persecution, and hostility were all part of the drawn-out battle for justice for the victims of the 1989 disaster, Professor Phil Scraton tells Daniel McConnell

Clothing retailer Next returned to sales growth in its latest quarter, helped by warm weather in June and July and a surge in online sales, sending its shares sharply higher.

The High Court has blocked a bid by a former chief of staff of the Iraqi army to bring a private prosecution against Tony Blair over the Iraq War.

Sterling markets believe the UK is heading toward a hard Brexit in two years’ time and are preparing for a volatile period over the next few months.

The Dáil has approved Ireland's participation in a European programme to disrupt human trafficking in the Mediterranean.

On the eve of what would have been Princess Diana’s 56th birthday, Ryle Dwyer reveals her hidden Irish connections.