Last February, the President of the European Council, Donal Tusk, said on Twitter: “I’ve been wondering what the special place in Hell looks like, for those who promoted #Brexit, without a sketch of a plan how to carry it out safely.”

The conventional wisdom among many Brexit opponents has been that the UK’s new prime minister is “doing a Varoufakis” and will be crushed in similar fashion.

Boris Johnson could strike a chord with key sections of the electorate in the short-term before major damage is done. They will live to regret it, writes Andrew Hammond

Boris Johnson has claimed any Brexit deal must involve the Irish backstop being abolished.

So there we have it, Boris Johnson is officially the new British Prime Minister.

If, as is expected, Boris Johnson becomes the new Prime Minister this week, he will find himself engaged in a political fire-fight almost before he has even got his feet under the desk at 10 Downing Street.

Irish dance superstar, Michael Flatley, has recorded a special video endorsing his former chef's bid to become the directly elected Mayor of Clonakilty in West Cork.

Latest: Theresa May has described the delay to Brexit as a “matter of great personal regret”, adding: “It is now time for MPs to decide.”

Sorting out Cork people for ages.

As they disembarked the team bus at the Shelbourne Hotel on their return to Dublin last Sunday, the heroes of Ireland’s Six Nations success were manhandled into the waiting embrace of Minister for Sport, Shane Ross.

A legal challenge against the UK government's controversial parliamentary deal with the Democratic Unionist Party is to be launched at the High Court.

The European Commission president has denied leaking a disparaging account of a dinner to discuss Brexit with Theresa May.

The quality of food on supermarket shelves could suffer if the Government fails to secure frictionless trade with the European Union after Brexit, the head of the maritime trade body warned.

Consultation on which issues the Grenfell Tower public inquiry should examine has ended following more than 400 submissions.

A new book on reaching important life goals advocates for small, attainable objectives. Helen O’Callaghan talks to one of its authors

Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has said his country wants to seal a free trade agreement with the UK "as soon as possible" after Britain's withdrawal from the European Union.

A beaming Leo gave it socks, while everyone gushed over the bromance, says Lise Hand

Latest: Democratic Unionist leader Arlene Foster has said today that she is disappointed an agreement to restore powersharing has not been reached in Northern Ireland, suggesting a deal will now have to wait until at least the autumn.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has been accused of jeopardising peace in the North, after reaching a £1bn deal with the DUP to prop up her minority Government.

There are deep concerns within the Cabinet about the UK election result and what it means for Ireland, with one minister saying: “This really now is a crisis.”

David Cameron was prescient in his assertion that last year’s UK referendum on EU membership would ‘unleash demons of which ye know not.’ His remark reminds Josephine Fenton of Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’

Crowds jeered the French prime minister as he joined other officials in Nice to remember victims killed during the lorry rampage on the city’s promenade.

ITV political editor Robert Peston has apologised to his BBC counterparts after mischievously photobombing them during a live news report.

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Boris Johnson’s decision to rule himself out as the next British Prime Minister has catapulted current Home Secretary Theresa May to the front of the race to be the next occupant of 10 Downing Street.

Britain’s largest police force has been put on heightened alert for any spike in hate crime in the wake of the EU referendum.

David Cameron has hailed the apparent death of ‘Jihadi John’ as a “strike at the heart” of Islamic State (IS).

Celebrity chef and food campaigner Jamie Oliver has asked a UCC student to become an ambassador for his latest global food initiative.

David Cameron is preparing for another term as the UK's Prime Minister, as the General Election put his Conservative Party on the brink of securing an absolute majority in the House of Commons.

David Cameron prepares for another term as British Prime Minister, the DUP retains its position as the largest party in the North and Ed Miliband, Nigel Farage and Nick Clegg step down in light of the British Election results. In other news a Dublin man admits to cheating on his wife on live radio and UCD look set to enter the Europa League. Just some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

The five leaders of the five national political parties sum up in five sentences why voters should back them. Here is what they said (in alphabetical order):

Prime minister David Cameron is Britain’s most popular major party leader and his Conservative Party the most trusted on the economy after helping revive it. However, win or lose a knife-edge election today, his career hangs by a thread.

Nigel Farage has described David Cameron as “somebody we can sit down and talk to” after the election in the event of a hung parliament.

In a deeply political budget seven weeks ahead of the general election, British chancellor George Osborne offered financial goodies to taxpayers, savers, home-buyers and the regions of Britain, while doing his best to blunt Labour’s lines of attack in what is expected to be the most tightly-fought campaign of modern times.

Russell Brand got a taste of his own medicine yesterday as Irish reporter Paraic O’Brien got a little too personal during an interview outside number 10 Downing Street.

Alex Salmond’s dream of independence has been shattered after Scotland voted to stay part of the United Kingdom.

LAST Sunday’s YouGov opinion poll showing a lead for the yes side in the Scottish independence referendum, was a bowel- loosening moment for the British establishment. 

David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband are making the biggest "blunder" yet of the pro-UK campaign by making a last minute trip to Scotland ahead of next week's independence referendum, the country's First Minister said.

Today marks the 75th anniversary of one the most memorable All-Ireland hurling finals in history.

Gerry Adams is a shrewd political bargainer who. for many, must be kept on side, writes Michael McHugh

Calls for a public inquiry into the year-long miners’ strike are being stepped up as communities across the country gear up to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the start of the most bitter industrial conflict in living memory.