The impact of Brexit is to be debated by Irish and British politicians at a meeting next week.

USA: Referring to “this ridiculously stupid winter”, the Ithaca website suggests visiting the Florida Keys this week and returning “when things thaw out.”

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”.

Tensions over Europe at the heart of the British coalition government were exposed today, as Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg failed to attend the House of Commons to hear David Cameron defend his decision to veto last week’s proposed EU treaty.

CONSERVATIVES yesterday announced tax breaks worth £250 million (€272m) to new businesses, as the party’s leadership sought to put a lid on internal discontent over Europe at their annual conference in Manchester.