Leaked British plans to create a 10-mile “buffer zone” around the border have been described as “bonkers”, “fantastical”, and “like something out of Alice in Wonderland” by both British and Irish Brexit experts.

Train passengers travelling across the border may face onboard passport checks under worst-case scenario hard Brexit plans being drawn up by Iarnród Éireann.

Train passengers travelling across the border may face onboard passport checks under worst-case scenario hard Brexit plans being drawn up by Iarnród Éireann.

Sterling fell while other markets were unperturbed after British Prime Minister Theresa May, in a key-note speech, outlined the UK’s plans to add new life to the Brexit talks by committing to stay and pay its way in the EU for a transitional period of two years.

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe says a mid-term capital spending review will identify the best ways to spend an additional €4.1bn earmarked on transport, education and housing in the coming years.

Measures need to be taken in order to make small and medium enterprises ’Brexit-proof’ or it “could derail Ireland’s economy”, a body representing Irish and British business has said.

Thousands of businesses in Ireland should receive €2,000 for dealing with customs for the first time after Brexit, a lobby group said.

Britain has served its separation notice and talks over the divorce terms start soon. An all-island

A report from the German Chambers of Commerce Worldwide and the German-Irish Chamber of Commerce concludes that of all the EU members, Ireland has most to lose from a hard Brexit and based on the level of trade between Ireland and the UK it is hard to disagree with that conclusion, writes Dr Declan Jordan of UCC.

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The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Heather Humphreys is to attend the 6th International Famine Commemoration in the US.

The German-Irish Chamber of Commerce is based in discreet but elegant offices on Fitzwilliam Square in Dublin.

The eurozone has to keep improving competitiveness if it wants to kickstart economic growth, according to the German EU Commissioner Günther Oettinger.

Everything will be done to help Ireland alleviate its debt burden, including early repayment of IMF loans, as long as what is proposed complies with existing rules, according to Germany’s EU Commissioner, Günther Oettinger.

A recent showcase event in Poland saw Irish food and drink products take centre stage. But Irish companies are not resting on their laurels, writes Liam Nolan

Running budget surpluses is the most effective way open to Ireland to reduce the economy’s debt burden over the longer term, Deputy Governor of the Irish Central Bank Stefan Gerlach believes.

CPL, the publicly quoted hirer of IT, professional, and healthcare staff, has seen profits reach €10m. Though it pales in comparison to boomtime figures it’s a positive sign, reports Kyran Fitzgerald

IRELAND and Britain agree that each country in the EU had the right to set their own rates of corporation tax, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore, made clear yesterday.

A DELEGATION from Cork signed a memorandum of understanding with one of China’s most pro-business cities yesterday.

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has told an audience in New York that he will meet the Taoiseach in the coming days to discuss Ireland's global reputation.

Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin has told business leaders in Hong Kong that a stronger EU will emerge from the eurozone crisis.

THE global recession will only worsen, if Governments revert to protectionist attitudes to global trade, according to Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin, who called on countries to “trade our way out” of the current crisis.

HUMAN rights issues in communist Cuba will be raised by Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin when he meets senior ministers of Raul Castro’s administration on a historic visit to the island this week.