When, late last year, Taoisech Leo Varadkar met British prime minister Boris Johnson in Thornton Manor there was a positive response to the outcome.

More than three million EU citizens have applied to live and work in the UK after Brexit, according to the Home Office.

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

A large number of moderate MPs, especially young women, will not contest next month’s British election. Many say they cannot endure the aggression representatives face.

The impending threat of Brexit, the domestic beef crisis and the growing awareness of climate change have put the importance of supporting local food producers back on the menu in Co Cork, writes Ellie O’Byrne

Instead of hiding under the covers every time someone outlines threats to the future, we should take inspiration from how our forefathers addressed the challenges of the past, writes Joe Gill

Ahead of Sunday's gathering, Spanish premier Pedro Sanchez demanded last-minute changes to the deal despite Mrs May's efforts to win him round.

The meek are promised that they shall inherit the earth. That distracting, deferred consolation, though of ever more questionable value, may transpire. 

The UK Work and Pensions minister Penny Mordaunt has been appointed as the new International Development Secretary.

Priti Patel is thought to be on her way to Downing Street to learn her fate, after being summoned back from an official visit to Africa by Prime Minister Theresa May.

Hurricane Maria has intensified into a "potentially catastrophic" category five storm as it continues on a collision course with Caribbean islands already battered by Irma.

The “Breaking Point” anti-EU poster unveiled by Ukip’s Nigel Farage has been branded “un-British” by pro-Brexit employment minister Priti Patel.

‘More than 50 MPs’ ready to act against leader in rift over Europe

Five British Cabinet ministers have declared they will campaign to leave the European Union - despite a stark warning from David Cameron that an "out" vote would be a "leap in the dark".

Tories in the UK have demanded a clampdown on trade unions in a show of “Thatcherite zeal” aimed at stopping a wave of industrial unrest.

The UK will pay its final respects to Margaret Thatcher today as friends and foes continue to row over her legacy.

A JUDGE convicted a gay couple in Malawi of unnatural acts and gross indecency after a trial that drew worldwide condemnation of this southern African country’s colonial-era laws on homosexuality.

A Malawi gay couple have been convicted of having a criminal relationship and could face up to 14 years in jail under the country’s colonial-era laws.

A surrogate baby born to an Indian mother could end up with no parents after the Japanese couple who paid for her split up.