An emboldened David Cameron moved to take Britain in a new right-wing direction as the defeated Labour Party turned in on itself for going too far left in the election campaign.

After five years as the EU’s top bureaucrat, David O’Sullivan is now its US ambassador, says Europe Correspondent, Ann Cahill

From a minister who looked in danger of being washed away in a flood of Irish Water controversies to the brink of becoming Europe’s €60bn man, it has been quite a year for Phil Hogan.

Rebekah Brooks has denied any knowledge of phone hacking while she was editor of the News of the World, insisting it was impossible for her to know the source of every story that appeared in the tabloid.

Not every holiday is perfect, but every holiday should have its sweet spot.

MARGARET Thatcher did not ‘lie in state’, but she left us with the parting shot that the Irish State lies.

Peter Mandelson said today that the only thing Margaret Thatcher ever told him was that the Irish were “all liars” and not to be trusted.

Peter Mandelson said today that the only thing Margaret Thatcher ever told him was that the Irish were “all liars” and not to be trusted.

Relatives of Omagh bomb victims tonight vowed to relentlessly pursue the £1.6m in damages that the men found liable for the attack have been ordered to pay.

A judgment in the civil retrial of two republicans accused of responsibility for the Omagh bombing is due today.

A judge in the civil retrial of two men accused of involvement in the Omagh bombing has warned lawyers that he will not let it be held up by endless delays.

Bob Diamond, the chief executive of Barclays Bank, has painted himself as the ultimate self-made man, rising from nothing to lead a bank with £33bn in assets. But all that glisters may not be gold for the banker, says Kyran Fitzgerald

CAN you imagine the ructions there would be now had our Government succeeded in getting the being deposed Libyan dictator Muammar al-Gadafi to invest in the rescue of our banks late last year?

The British Prime Minister David Cameron has praised the Queen's "healing" visit to Ireland.

ROSES are red, violets are blue, they all cost money, and — according to previously hidden Government figures — they’re all paid for by you.

Oxford: Former British Foreign Secretary David Miliband is to join Oxford Analytica as a senior global adviser, five months after he was beaten by his younger brother for the leadership of the Britain’s opposition Labour Party.

PERHAPS the EU is not really serious about the environment. Farmers worry about EU measures to cut greenhouse gases, but wonder if they may be part of a political bluff mounted in Brussels for reasons unknown to the average punter.

Few in the Arab world today, unlike in Kosovo, for example, harbour many illusions about Western assistance. As for suggestions that the West somehow arm the rebels, isn’t that what happened with the mujahedeen in Afghanistan and which led to Taliban rule in the first place?

An FBI agent whose evidence was crucial in the case against a dissident republican leader found liable for the Omagh bombing is a pathological liar, an appeal court heard today.

Four dissident republicans will today begin a court appeal after they were successfully sued by families bereaved in the Omagh bombing.

TÁNAISTE Mary Coughlan is “quite feisty” but “has a good heart”, former British minister and New Labour architect Peter Mandelson has said.

FORMER European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy shot into the spotlight across Europe because he and 16 of his former colleagues were still being paid by Brussels even though they are in new jobs.

TONY BLAIR risked plunging the Labour leadership contest into civil war yesterday by issuing a warning to the party not to drift to the left.

The battle for the British Labour leadership sparked into life today, as one of the architects of New Labour, Peter Mandelson, warned victory for Ed Miliband could take the party into an “electoral cul-de-sac”.

AS THE full extent of the nation’s failings becomes visible, we should reflect on what aspects of Irish behaviour and attitudes differ to the rest of the developed western world. What are the cultural issues to address that contribute to us being on the brink of bankruptcy?

Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's attempts to hold on to power were thwarted by Nick Clegg's demand that he step aside as part of any coalition between Labour and the Liberal Democrats, it was reported today.

HAVE you encountered the latest social phenomenon? The Celtic Cubs are voting with their feet. They’ve heard all the propaganda about recovery and positivity. Their real choice is Canada, Australia or Britain. Emigration parties are now commonplace as well wishers offer their best for a bright new future.

LABOUR’S former head of communications, Alastair Campbell, yesterday hit back following his furious on-air spat with a leading political broadcaster, claiming the way the media covered the election was “a joke”.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s attempts to strike a power-sharing deal with the Liberal Democrats were severely undermined today as a string of senior Labour figures spoke out against the move.

HE became Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party without an election, and now Gordon Brown has lost his job after failing in the biggest electoral test of his life.

Liberal Democrat MPs today called for “clarification” of a possible deal with the Tories, including on the key issue of electoral reform.

GORDON BROWN yesterday returned to Downing Street amid warnings from Labour MPs that his position as prime minister was becoming increasingly untenable.

WITH two opinion polls last night still pointing to a hung parliament, Labour’s election supremo Peter Mandelson said the Tories had failed to recover the lead they enjoyed at the start of the campaign.

Gordon Brown will attempt to lift himself for the third and final prime ministerial debate today after offering a grovelling apology for branding a pensioner “bigoted”.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown described himself as a “penitent sinner” today after personally apologising to a voter he described as a “bigoted woman”.

Labour fought back today against charges that it has not been straight with voters over public finances after an independent economic think tank warned Britain was heading for cuts on a scale unseen for a generation.

Electoral reform was today shaping up as the key issue in determining what sort of government would emerge if the May 6 UK general election results in a hung parliament.

David Cameron will today make an all-out pitch to win over Liberal Democrat voters claiming that only the election of a Conservative government can ensure a “more liberal Britain”.

Peter Mandelson today issued a warning to straying Labour voters who are considering voting Liberal Democrat – flirt with Nick Clegg and you will end up married to David Cameron.

Gordon Brown today warned that his “novice” rivals could not be trusted to run the economy as he vowed to fight “as though my life depended upon it” to secure the return of a Labour government.

GORDON BROWN yesterday hit out at the resurgent Liberal Democrats, branding their economic policies a “mistake” and attacking their plans to cut tax credits and the child trust fund.

GORDON Brown came under fire yesterday for his admission that, as chancellor, he was not tough enough in regulating the financial sector.