Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has begun preparations to formally invite British royals, Prince William and Kate Middleton, to Ireland. The trip would herald the next generation in Anglo-Irish relations, officials say.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has begun preparations to formally invite British royals, Prince William and Kate Middleton, to Ireland. The trip would herald the next generation in Anglo-Irish relations, officials say.

The Government is not underestimating anxiety in Northern Ireland about being taken out of the EU, a senior diplomat has said.

There has been a sharp rise in the number of British people applying for Irish passports because of fears of a Brexit. As the Dáil debated the potential crisis, the government has developed a strategy to deal with a British exit from the EU.

The Irish ambassador to Britain, Dan Mulhall, will officially unveil a monument in a North Cork village next Sunday to commemorate the 1916 Rising.

President Michael D Higgins has urged people to reach out to those at risk of being sucked into radicalisation and extremism.

One could not stop one’s foot tapping.

Fitting tributes

Taoiseach Enda Kenny led tributes to Irish and British war dead as fallen soldiers were remembered.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan have laid wreaths at solemn Remembrance Sunday events in the North.

An Irish diplomat has laid a laurel wreath at the London Cenotaph for the first time in almost 70 years.

Almost 30,000 Irish men and women who died in the First World War will be remembered today on the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the conflict.

For nearly a century ceremonies in Britain to remember those who fought in the First World War, and subsequently all wars, were animated by the phrase “Lest We Forget.” 

Irish political giant Daniel O’Connell has been celebrated as the Nelson Mandela of his day as the newest of London’s famous blue plaques was unveiled in his honour.

Irish political giant Daniel O’Connell has been remembered as the Nelson Mandela of his day as the newest of London’s famous blue plaques was unveiled in his honour.

Cork’s best-known fishmonger, Pat O’Connell, was thinking of his mother as he once again shared a few words with the Queen of England — but this time he was at her pad, namely Buckingham Palace.

The world’s cities turned green for the day as tens of thousands of Irish expats, new and old, gathered to celebrate St Patrick’s Day.

ANTI-TREATY campaigners are distorting the truth and telling lies, claims vice-president of the European Commission Margot Wallstrom.

IRELAND will argue that no changes should be made to the European Constitution when Europe Minister Noel Treacy attends a meeting in Madrid today aimed at revising the treaty.

A GRIM warning awaits relatives who travel to Thailand in search of loved ones caught up in last week’s tsunami disaster.

THE Government hasapproved the biggest shake-up of Ireland’s diplomatic representation since the foundation of the State.

IRISH diplomatic officials travelled to Thailand yesterday to commemorate the thousands who died in the tsunami disaster over two months ago.

Distraught relatives of two Irish people missing since the tsunami struck South-East Asia are still waiting for any trace of their loved ones, it was confirmed today.

The international community must continue to support the thousands of people devastated by the Asian tsunami for many years to come, President Mary McAleese urged today.

Noel Baker, Krabi, Thailand

Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern and leading Irish aid agency bosses were travelling to the Asian tsunami disaster zone today to assess the situation on the ground.

THE body of a missing Irish woman has been identified in Thailand after her boyfriend and family searched through thousands of decomposing bodies in numerous make-shift morgues.

Up to 20 Irish people are still missing after the Asian tsunami disaster last week.

A senior Irish diplomat in South East Asia has said for the first time that Irish people may have died in the tsunami disaster, it emerged tonight.

Dozens of Irish people remain unaccounted for in the aftermath of the earthquake disaster in South East Asia, Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern said tonight.

Dozens of Irish people are still unaccounted for, three days after the Asian tsunami disaster, it was confirmed today.

WITH the death toll of the Asian earthquake continuing to soar hour upon agonising hour, it is vital that the focus be directed to the care of millions of people caught up in a humanitarian and economic disaster of truly biblical proportions.

FEARS are growing that two Irish women are among the more than 1,000 people confirmed dead in Thailand.

It could take weeks to find out the fate of an estimated 500 Irish people caught in the tidal wave which hit south-east Asia on Christmas Day, Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern said today.

President Mary McAleese has arrived in Thailand on the first leg of her seven-day visit to South East Asia.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern is likely to address members of the Scottish Parliament when he pays an official visit to Scotland in June, it was confirmed today.

The row over the Irish Prime Minister's cancelled visit to Scotland has intensified as the Labour MP at the centre of the controversy suggested Dublin leaked damaging information to the press.