Theresa May has announced her intention to hold a snap general election to strengthen her hand going into the Brexit negotiations so Andrew Woodcock and Gavin Cordon ask the key questions.

Irish nurse Berna Breen tries working in the A&E section of a hospital in Honduras on Toughest Place To Be, on Monday on RTÉ One at 9.35pm.

Political chaos in Northern Ireland will not derail Brexit, Secretary of State James Brokenshire has said.

Bradley Wiggins has denied he was trying to gain an "unfair advantage" when he obtained permission to use a banned drug before some of his biggest races, including his victory in the 2012 Tour de France.

BRITISH politics is a mess. David Cameron’s Conservatives don’t look comfortable in power. 

UK chancellor George Osborne said the budget on Wednesday will offer no giveaways and difficult decisions will still have to be made, as he seeks to drum up support for his Conservative Party before May’s election.

The winner of the Man Booker Prize is nominated for a dubious honour in the literary world — the Bad Sex in Fiction Awards.

Andrew Marr

Opposition Labour leader Ed Miliband attacked UK prime minister David Cameron for acting as a "cheerleader" for Pfizer’s bid for London-based AstraZeneca.

Ukip will adopt a different approach to tackling claims it is racist with a new election campaign strategy in the UK featuring black and ethnic minority candidates this week, Nigel Farage said.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has today welcomed the decision by Martin McGuinness to a state banquet with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle, saying that people had to “move on and not be blocked by the past”.

Chris Tarrant is recovering in hospital after suffering a stroke on an 11-hour flight.

The president of the EU commission has suggested there may be scope for Britain to adjust its relationship with the union, but Jose Manuel Barroso flatly rejected the prospect of a cap on migration from member states.

The family of one of the men suspected of murdering a soldier in Woolwich today expressed “profound shame and distress” over the death, as a second accused killer was discharged from hospital after being shot by police.

FOUR months ago, Andrew Marr, 53, the BBC TV presenter and journalist, suffered a major stroke.

Downton Abbey star Dan Stevens has been named Britain’s best-dressed man.

Israel risks losing international sympathy if it launches a ground invasion in Gaza in a bid to crack down on Hamas militants, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said today.

Series three of Love/Hate begins on RTÉ One tomorrow: left to right, Peter Coonan, Robbie Sheehan, Tom Vaughan Lawlor and Killian Scott.

Dáithí O Sé, Maura Derrane, Norah Casey and Bláithnaid Ní Chofaigh present the new daytime series Today live from Cork every weekday.

Officers investigating the Jimmy Savile scandal today arrested former pop star Gary Glitter.

Ear To The Ground returns for a 20th series, Thursday on RTÉ One. Presenters are Helen Carroll, Darragh McCullough and Ella McSweeney.

Gay Byrne begins a new series of The Meaning Of Life on Tuesday at 10.15pm on RTÉ One with an interview with Mary McAleese.

Labour power couple Ed Balls and Yvette Cooper have not been on a date for a decade, the shadow chancellor has revealed.

SATURDAY

Grianne Seoige and Des Cahill present Up For The Match on RTÉ One tonight.

The eurozone is doomed unless Germany agrees to underwrite the debts of struggling members, Tony Blair warned today.

British prime minister David Cameron has admitted that he discussed News Corporation’s takeover bid for BSkyB with James Murdoch while the government was deciding whether to approve it.

Eurozone ministers will try to sink their differences over Greece today and finally approve a new bailout to help Athens avoid looming bankruptcy.

'Top Gear' presenter Jeremy Clarkson has abandoned an injunction to prevent allegations about his private life being published.

Former British defense secretary Liam Fox was facing more pressure today over his role in soliciting donations used to fund close friend Adam Werritty.

PRIME Minister David Cameron yesterday said he would not support a referendum on British membership of the European Union.

British Prime Minister David Cameron today said he would not support a referendum on UK membership of the European Union.

Rupert Murdoch’s media empire must not be allowed to take over BSkyB while the police are still investigating phone hacking at the News of the World, Ed Miliband said today.

A TWITTER user has set up an account claiming to expose celebrities who have obtained injunctions to prevent reporting about their private lives.

BBC presenter Andrew Marr endured an uncomfortable return to the screen today following his disclosure that he took out a super-injunction to prevent reporting of an affair.

PRIVATE EYE editor Ian Hislop has accused the BBC’s Andrew Marr of hypocrisy after he admitted taking out a controversial super-injunction while working as a journalist.

VETERAN broadcaster James Naughtie yesterday apologised for an on-air gaffe in which he mispronounced Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s surname as an offensive word.

There’s a lot of fury out there right now, and why wouldn’t there be given the mess that politicians, bankers, business leaders and our own levels of greed have created?

The international community has to be prepared to take military action against Iran if the regime develops a nuclear weapon, Tony Blair insisted today.

The battle for the British Labour leadership sparked into life today, as one of the architects of New Labour, Peter Mandelson, warned victory for Ed Miliband could take the party into an “electoral cul-de-sac”.

Oil giant BP confirmed today that its latest attempt to control the Gulf of Mexico crisis captured 16,600 barrels of oil in its first three days of operation.

A union leader representing British Airways cabin crew today offered to conduct talks in the “full glare” of the media in a bid to break the deadlocked row which led to a fresh walkout this morning.

British Airways cabin crew will go ahead with a wave of strikes from tomorrow after hopes of a last-ditch deal collapsed.