Companies are currently mired at their lowest level of risk and volatility preparedness for at least 10 years, a survey shows, just as Britain begins formal exit negotiations with the EU.

Philip Hammond has warned failing to secure a Brexit deal would be "very, very bad" for Britain ahead of the start of exit talks in Brussels on Monday.

It is vital Ireland secures a strong role in Brexit trade talks, writes John Whelan.

The British Government comfortably defeated attempts to give British MPs a decisive say over the final terms of Brexit in the face of anger among Tory remain campaigners.

THE gods who order these things have a perverse sense of humour. 

The pound has soared as British Prime Minister Theresa May outlined her vision for how Britain should divorce from the European Union.

The final Brexit deal reached between the UK and European Union will be put to a vote of both the UK’s Houses of Parliament, Theresa May has announced.

The pound slumped to its lowest point for more than three months after reports that Theresa May is heading for a "hard Brexit".

Graeme McDowell is not only fighting Henrik Stenson for the European number one title, but he is equally determined to unseat the Swede to be voted European Tour ‘Player of the Year’.

The world will “pay a price” if it ignores the plight of Somalia, British Prime Minister David Cameron said today.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny is travelling to London today for a meeting of the British-Irish Council in Lancaster House where economic co-operation is expected to top the agenda.

US President Barack Obama today called on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to step down from power.

UK prime minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy will hold talks today in London on further action to stimulate the global economy in the face of the worsening economic downturn.

TV presenter Trisha Goddard is being treated for breast cancer, it was announced today.

Northern Ireland Assembly members must be given a say over the running of the North even if talks to restore power-sharing fail next month, the British government was told tonight.

NORTHERN IRELAND Secretary Paul Murphy met with Democratic Unionists yesterday as the North’s parties prepare for an intensive push to restore devolution.

Politicians in Northern Ireland are facing one of the most critical phases of the peace process over the coming weeks, they were warned tonight.

Bertie Ahern insisted today he will still be Taoiseach when Northern Ireland parties take part in efforts to revive devolution in the autumn.

The British and Irish Governments are to hold talks in September to move the Northern Ireland peace process forward, British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced today.

Taoiseach Bertie and Ahern and British Prime Minister Tony Blair will be assessing the prospects for restoring devolution when they meet Northern Ireland parties later this week, Northern Secretary Paul Murphy confirmed today.

Bertie Ahern and Tony Blair will hold talks with Northern Ireland’s political leaders next week, it was announced tonight.

SINN FÉIN president Gerry Adams said it was time for British Prime Minister Tony Blair to refocus his attention on the peace process after he bitterly attacked the British and Irish Governments’ decision to suspend political talks following the Independent Monitoring Commission’s report.

The postponement tonight of planned meetings between the Irish and British governments showed an “almost casual attitude” towards the peace process, it was claimed.

Ian Paisley tonight challenged Tony Blair to give details of any secret deal he may have struck with Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble.

The people of Northern Ireland must “play their part” in its future by turning out to vote in Wednesday’s Assembly elections, Tony Blair said today.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair and French President Jacques Chirac today declared their determination to combat international terrorism in the aftermath of the suicide bomb attacks on British targets in Istanbul.

The Irish and British governments today agreed to press forward with the implementation of all aspects of the Good Friday Agreement which lie within their power to deliver.