He said he would listen to alternatives to the backstop, but so far suggestions have been on just managing the border, which he told RTÉ was not the outcome Ireland wanted.

Following his re-election as FAI President and the filling of eight places on a new 12-person board, Donal Conway has said that he believes stability has been returned to the embattled organisation.

Outgoing Chief Executive of the English FA Martin Glenn was paid a salary of £699,000 (€819,000) in 2017, an increase of £109,000 (€127,000) from the previous year.

Latest: Mike Pence has told Leo Varadkar his partner, Matthew Barrett, would be welcome in his home next year.

The winning exhibitors in the main championships at the 2017 Tullamore Show & AIB National Livestock Show were as follows.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has insisted the 50,000 illegal Irish in America must be protected from US president Donald Trump’s contentious immigration policies, saying the issue is one of his “absolute priorities” this week.

While regarded as historic and celebratory occasions, not all US presidential inaugurations have passed off as the solemn state event desired, as Robert Hume describes.

The European Investment Bank will open its first office in Dublin later this morning.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

The European Commission has no plans in place to accommodate Ireland’s special relationship with Britain in the wake of Brexit.

Eurozone economic confidence rose for a second month in May as the ECB prepares to present updated economic projections that could provide further clues about the impact of its stimulus programme.

US vice-president Joe Biden will travel to Ireland next month as part of his repeatedly stated aim to visit his ancestral home before his term in office ends.

Galway dairy farmer Joe Healy looks set to become the next president of Irish Farmer’s Association.

The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades has flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast.

Not too many people are in farming for the money. And they are certainly not in it for a steady income.

Vice-president Joe Biden’s associates have resumed discussions about a 2016 presidential run after largely shelving such deliberations while his son was sick and dying earlier this year.

Barcelona’s Copa Del Rey final win may have been Xavi’s last game at the Nou Camp but after the game it was Lionel Messi’s wonder goal which was at the forefront of the captain’s mind.

FIFA was plunged into crisis on Wednesday morning after Swiss authorities made early-morning arrests of six football officials and opened separate criminal proceedings over the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

Frustrated finance ministers for the first time broke the taboo of talking about a “Plan B” for Greece at a fraught meeting in Riga.

The first thing Arsenal’s players will see when they exit their dressing room at the Stade Louis II in Monaco tonight is a photo of Arsene Wenger emblazoned on the tunnel wall leading to the pitch.

Sierra Leone’s vice president has put himself in quarantine following the death from ebola of one of his security guards.

Irish women are in the top 10% in Europe for traffic accidents caused by alcohol.

With jobs still at a premium across the sector, many skilled construction workers are accepting as little as the minimum wage in order to secure work in the trade.

Ted Bishop has been sacked as PGA of America president after making "insensitive gender-based statements" about Ian Poulter.

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.

The European Operations Centre of PayPal is a 10-minute walk from Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) where many of the international students were interested to hear that the company is to recruit another 400 staff.

The selfie craze has now reached the very top of the White House.

Garda whistleblowers should not be “buried” or “suffer reprisal” when they make allegations of malpractice, middle-ranking officers have said.

Barcelona’s reaction to the news that it had been banned from making transfers by Fifa has shown yet again that the Camp Nou club’s directors operate at a level well below that of its football team.

Ireland has one of the highest monthly charges for Broadband in the EU.

He may be an All-Ireland champion now, but once Dublin star Ger Brennan was a child receiving help from St Vincent de Paul.

Mario Balotelli is just 23 and playing for his dream club AC Milan, yet that has not stopped his agent from discussing a move in the future.

Barcelona vice-president Josep Maria Bartomeu says his club will be ready to sign Neymar as and when the Brazil striker decides he wants to leave Santos.

The Lega Serie A will meet tomorrow to consider sanctioning Inter Milan after fans reportedly directed racial abuse at Mario Balotelli during last night’s Milan derby, it is understood.

Mario Balotelli has found himself at the centre of a racism storm in Italy after a shocking public remark by AC Milan vice-president Paolo Berlusconi, younger brother of the club president Silvio.

Lady Gaga is to play at Barack Obama's inauguration tomorrow.