II has been quite the week in politics, filled with expectation, nerves, and dollops of anxiety and crankiness. And that is just in Leinster House. The public are not the only ones who want rid of Brexit.

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has warned the next 24 hours will make or break any hopes of a Brexit deal by this Thursday's EU summit as fears continue to grow that an agreement will fail to be reached this week.

British prime minister Boris Johnson is set to table fresh plans to secure a Brexit deal with fears mounting that an agreement will be impossible by this week's EU summit.

Top government advisers have been warned to dampen down talk of a November general election.

Britain will control what happens to Rosslare Port after Brexit unless the Government immediately acts, a Fianna Fáil TD has warned.

As many as 40,000 UK drivers based in the Republic risk driving illegally unless they transfer to an Irish licence before Brexit.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is set to warn British prime minister Boris Johnson the time for a last-ditch Brexit deal is “shrinking rapidly” when the two rivals meet in New York amid growing hard border fears.

The Government has rejected suggestions of a five-year time limit on the Brexit backstop.

The Government must create a €2bn Brexit stabilisation fund, strengthen the rights of workers at risk of a Brexit “race to the bottom” and impose a border poll deadline if the EU and UK fail to strike a deal by the end of next month.

With Tony Blair and Jacob Rees-Mogg bafflingly on the same page, what happens next with Brexit may be hard for Ireland to stomach, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell.

Fianna Fáil are preparing for an election as early as September, with the party convinced Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is “gunning” to go to the polls.

Fine Gael will hold a private campaign meeting this morning with party TDs and senators who want to repeal the Eighth Amendment.

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Eoghan Murphy follows Regina Doherty in backing abortion recommendations.

The Taoiseach is expected to announce the appointment of Simon Coveney as Tánaiste in the Dáil today.

Ireland has lost out of hundreds of high-paid jobs, tens of millions of euro in revenue and the chance to fully restore our international financial credibility after losing a European Banking Authority bidding war by the bounce of a ball.

A Government minister and prominent Enda Kenny supporter has backed Housing Minister Simon Coveney to become the next Taoiseach “if and when” a vacancy arises.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has ordered a “full review” of American pre-clearance operations in Ireland in response to US President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration clampdown, writes Daniel McConnell and Fiachra Ó Cionnaith.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has ordered a “full review” of American pre-clearance operations in Ireland in response to US President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration clampdown.

Another member of Cabinet has declared that Irish Water customers should have their money refunded.

A Government junior minister who paid her water charges has said she wants her money back after an independent commission recommended ending the controversial fees system for the vast majority of households.

A Government minister has urged colleagues to use their “very strong relationships” with Irish American politicians to block potential plans to remove thousands of illegal Irish immigrants from the US.

An Icelandic low-fares airline has swooped in ahead of a competitor to offer cheap transatlantic flights from Cork Airport, via Iceland, to North America.

The first transatlantic flights from Cork Airport could take off before the end of the year with talks on flight operations and ticket sales poised to take place soon.

A taxi with expired NCT and road tax discs which was provided to European Affairs Minister Dara Murphy’s general election campaign has been taken off the road.

The European Commission is stepping in to break the deadlock threatening the launch of the first transatlantic flights from Cork.

The solicitor representing more than 100 victims of the 2009 Cork flood fears some of his elderly clients may not live to see the end of the ESB’s appeal of a landmark court ruling.

Embattled junior minister Dara Murphy has been selected to run as Fine Gael’s sole candidate in Cork North Central after a tight-run selection convention last night.

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Government ministers have had the right to order gardaí to drive them to work events in “emergencies” since the summer of 2012, meaning other cases similar to the controversy surrounding European Affairs Minister Dara Murphy may have occurred during the Coalition’s lifetime.

Questions remain over what happened the night European Affairs Minister Dara Murphy had two gardaí bring him, his wife, and driver from rural Cork to Dublin Airport after his car broke down.

Aid agencies and rights groups have accused the Government of shutting them out of efforts to tackle the refugee crisis.

The network outage that affected thousands of Eircom customers last week has been branded as ‘unacceptable’ by European Affairs Minister Dara Murphy, who suggested such failures could threaten Ireland’s international reputation.

Tánaiste Joan Burton has strongly suggested Ireland will take in more migrants than planned due to the escalating situation in the Mediterranean. This contradicts Fine Gael’s position.

Ireland has been urged to take in “several thousand” people fleeing across the Mediterranean to Europe amid growing calls for urgent EU talks to address the escalating migrant crisis.

European Affairs Minister Dara Murphy has said he did nothing wrong in appointing a failed party election candidate as his ministerial driver — claiming being an ex-politician should not stop someone from gaining work.