"I can't give guarantees on behalf of the Republic of Ireland but I cannot for a moment believe that they will want to put in place administrative systems which we don't put in place."

Boris Johnson has dismissed as "ludicrous" claims the Brexit campaign he backed broke election spending rules, amid calls for the police to investigate.

Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has made the Forbes list of the world’s newest billionaires with a reported wealth of $1.1bn (€887m).

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

Update - 10.35am: Around 860,000 customers are affected by Monarch Airlines going into administration, the UK's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has said.

The quality of food on supermarket shelves could suffer if the Government fails to secure frictionless trade with the European Union after Brexit, the head of the maritime trade body warned.

Disabled passengers arriving at Heathrow Airport are being forced to wait up to two hours for assistance disembarking aircraft, the aviation regulator said.

Lufthansa chief Carsten Spohr expects France and Germany to take a hard line against the UK aviation industry in Brexit negotiations, threatening to disrupt flight connections across Europe.

People in the UK shining laser pens at pilots, train and bus drivers could be jailed or face hefty fines under a tougher new law.

A lorry driver has been filmed using two mobile phones simultaneously while driving on a motorway in England.

Theresa May now favourite to be UK’s next prime minister

‘More than 50 MPs’ ready to act against leader in rift over Europe

David Cameron has called Nigeria and Afghanistan "possibly the two most corrupt countries in the world".

British PM dismisses opponents’ claim that vote to leave could lead to negotiations on better deal for UK

Five British Cabinet ministers have declared they will campaign to leave the European Union - despite a stark warning from David Cameron that an "out" vote would be a "leap in the dark".

Convicted rapist Ched Evans will not be signed by bottom of the Football League Hartlepool United, the club has said.

Internet trolls will face up to two years in jail under tough laws proposed by Britain’s justice secretary Chris Grayling.

Internet trolls will face up to two years in jail under tough new laws proposed by Britain's Justice Secretary Chris Grayling.

Revenge porn — when people publish sexually explicit pictures of former partners — is to be made a new offence in the UK, to be punishable by up to two years in jail.

UK authorities are to make revenge porn – when people publish sexually explicit pictures of former partners – a new offence punishable by up to two years in jail.

Violent armed robber Michael Wheatley, dubbed the “Skull Cracker”, who went missing after temporarily being allowed out of jail in the UK has been seen in south west London, Scotland Yard said.

Disqualified drivers who kill while behind the wheel will face longer jail terms under tougher sentences announced by the UK's Justice Secretary Chris Grayling.

Hundreds of thousands of children in the UK could be saved from being exposed to second-hand smoke in cars after MPs paved the way for legislation which could see an end to the practice.

A task force for tackling radicalisation in the UK set up by the British Prime Minister in the wake of soldier Lee Rigby’s murder is to meet monthly in a bid to deal with extremism head on, a Downing Street spokesman has said.

Plans to drastically cut legal aid for convicted criminals will destroy prison law, a Catholic agency has warned.

Penal reformers have urged Irish authorities not to go down the road of the new “get tough” approach to prisoners in England.

An inquiry into the BBC’s “culture and practices” during the era of star presenter Jimmy Savile’s campaign of sexual abuse is to begin today.

Unemployment has fallen for the fourth month in a row and more jobs are being created, especially for people over the age of 65, new figures have shown.

JOBS in the sex industry which could lead to exploitation will be banned from being advertised in Job centres, the British government announced yesterday.

Liberal Democrat leader and “kingmaker” Nick Clegg will become Deputy Prime Minister and join four of his MPs in the UK’s first coalition Cabinet for 65 years.

TEN police officers are under investigation for the way they handled the case of a mother and her disabled daughter who were found dead in a burnt-out car after years of abuse from youths, a watchdog said yesterday.

Government ministers in Britain are resisting intense pressure to reveal more about the recall to prison of James Bulger killer Jon Venables.

BRITISH home secretary Alan Johnson said yesterday there could be no excuse for failings that led to the deaths of a vulnerable mother and daughter after suffering years of abuse on their Leicestershire estate.

CONSERVATIVE leader David Cameron hailed the return of former chancellor Kenneth Clarke to his front bench team yesterday as senior figures dismissed suggestions that the move would be divisive.

British prime minister Gordon Brown was plunged into a new crisis tonight as one of his ministers broke ranks to demand a leadership contest.

The Labour party in the UK was today resisting demands to repay more than £600,000 (€836,182) in “secret” donations made by a wealthy party backer through a series of middlemen.