Mr Varadkar spoke with Boris Johnson earlier, with the two leaders planning to meet again at the UN summits in New York next week.

There will be no ‘show time’ on Budget Day, Taoiseach Enda Kenny told a dinner gathering of business folk.

After three years of asking, the famous Trichet letter finally saw the light of day, write Gavin Sheridan and Fred Logue.

Anglo Irish Bank shares are to be suspended today after the Government dramatically announced it was nationalising the ailing lender.