Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has urged Irish companies and industries to "adapt now" to a new world jobs market or risk repeating the "scars" of the recession.

The jobs minister Mary Mitchell O'Connor is expected to meet officials in Brussels later to discuss the impact of Brexit.

US first lady Michelle Obama and her daughters have enjoyed a private guided tour of the Wicklow Mountains National Park as their whistlestop tour of Ireland draws to a close.

Mary Mitchell O'Connor says she was hurt and upset by comments made in the Dáil chamber, during which she was referred to as "Miss Piggy".