President Michael D Higgins yesterday met with Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon at the start of his three-day trip there.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny and leaders from Britain held a minute’s silence in tribute to the murdered Labour MP Jo Cox, at a meeting of the British-Irish Council in Glasgow.

Foreign secretary Philip Hammond has become the most senior UK cabinet minister to indicate that Britain’s referendum on whether to stay in the EU or leave may be held in June.

David Cameron is preparing for another term as the UK's Prime Minister, as the General Election put his Conservative Party on the brink of securing an absolute majority in the House of Commons.

Gretna caretaker boss Mick Wadsworth admitted “it’s the end of the line” for staff who fought to save the club as he and the entire workforce at Raydale Park were made redundant.

Energy giant Shell announced today that it has slashed a multi-million pound oilfield investment programme by a third, blaming the move on tax hikes by British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown.