The UK stepped in to shore up the country’s rail operators after Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned they face “tougher measures” to fight the coronavirus outbreak, including a potential lockdown if they continue to ignore calls to stop social gatherings.

Sterling plunged 5% to its lowest level against the dollar in over three decades and was trading at Brexit crisis levels of 93.4 pence against the euro as the shocks caused by the coronavirus rippled through global markets.

The European Champions Cup quarter-finals have been postponed, with Leinster and Ulster among the clubs to be hit by rugby's latest cancellation.

It is believed a number of people have been stabbed in the incident in Streatham, the Metropolitan Police said.

EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan has warned that it is “dangerous to think that Brexit is sorted.”

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have both spoken positively after a day of talks at Stormont.

Reacting to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decisive victory, European Union leaders said they are hoping for a quick British parliament vote on Britain's withdrawal.

The president of the European Council has said he expects a vote on the UK’s Brexit agreement “as soon as possible”, as world leaders commended Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s General Election success.

Police in London have confirmed that officers shot one man during the incident who died at the scene.

Sterling fell yesterday after an opinion poll showed the Conservative Party’s lead is narrowing before the British election next month.

“Our competitors have become masters at exploiting the seams between peace and war,” the General wrote in The Sunday Telegraph.

It was billed as “Super Saturday” as the UK Commons held a weekend sitting for the first time in 37 years, but things did not go the way British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had planned.

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.

Surging optimism for a breakthrough Brexit deal also sent the value of the two main Irish banks, AIB and Bank of Ireland surging by an unprecedented €1.5bn by last night.

More often than not, politics is the art of deliberately fogging up the view while claiming to have cleared the air.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has described yesterday’s talks between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as an indication of a "positive pathway” in Brexit negotiations.

Since the UK voted over three years ago to leave the EU, sterling’s exchange rate has acted as a barometer of fears that the UK would crash out without striking any sort of transition deal.

Hopes are growing for a Brexit deal following breakthrough talks between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and British prime minister Boris Johnson, with both leaders saying they can “see a pathway” to agreement before the October 31 deadline.

IN ANOTHER extraordinary week, Donald Trump and Boris Johnson continued to hog the headlines, much as they have done in recent times.

The Taoiseach has said there is still a "very wide gap" on Brexit following his meeting with UK prime minister Boris Johnson.

Media in Britain have been scrambling to react to the news that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s prorogation of Parliament was deemed unlawful.

The decision was made by the 11-judge Supreme Court after British Prime Minister Johnson suspended parliament for five weeks ahead of the October 31 Brexit deadline

The 88th Ploughing Championships have broken all attendance records.

The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator said the bloc is still waiting for proposals from Prime Minister Boris Johnson to end the impasse over Britain’s departure, which is due at the end of next month.

A legal challenge in Belfast High Court that argued the UK government’s Brexit strategy will damage the Northern Ireland peace process has been dismissed.

Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald has said UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is following a Brexit “fantasy”, and that his plan is “profoundly stupid and immeasurably dangerous”.

Boris Johnson’s Government has been told to publish communications connected to prorogation and no-deal Brexit planning after MPs supported an emergency Commons motion.

Speaking to reporters as the two leaders met for the first time at Government Buildings, Mr Varadkar made clear that a no-deal Brexit has profound consequences for Ireland.

It is anticipated that a North-only backstop will be one of solutions discussed between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and British prime minister Boris Johnson today in fresh attempts to break the Brexit deadlock.

A no-deal Brexit would cause chaos in Northern Ireland, a legal challenge in Belfast heard.

A legal challenge brought over British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend Parliament for five weeks has been rejected by leading judges at the High Court in London.

Leading judges are expected to announce their decision on Friday on the latest legal attack brought over Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament for five weeks.

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has charged that the current British government has reneged on the Joint EU/UK report committed to frictionless trade.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has challenged Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to back an October 15 general election as he (Johnson) battled against efforts to delay Brexit.

A judge at the highest court in Scotland has found Boris Johnson's planned prorogation of Parliament lawful.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has suffered a double blow after it emerged Britain is seeking to renege on its commitments to protect the all-Ireland economy and US vice- president Mike Pence called on Ireland and the EU to respect the UK’s right to leave.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s latest gambit to prevent any close scrutiny of his Brexit strategy by the British parliament, by closing down the shop for five weeks, should not blind either the EU or Irish negotiators to the enormity of trade disruption that will arise from a hard exit of the UK at the end of October.

The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is attempting to ram home hard Brexiteer policy by playing with the House of Commons rules, writes Eddie Hobbs

Minister for European Affairs Helen McEntee has said it is important to remain calm following British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to suspend parliament.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke on the phone for almost an hour this evening.

Donald Trump wants Brexit to be a success, with the UK being “first in line” for a trade deal with the US, possibly on a gradual “sector-by-sector” basis, according to his national security adviser.