Ireland must now fight to take a lead role in both the exit negotiations with Britain and the discussions on mapping out a future for the EU after the country leaves.

British customs officers seized more than 60,000 litres of illegal fuel from filling stations along the Northern Ireland border, they said tonight.

Gardaí have formally ended a two-week-long search of a mountainside bog near the Northern Ireland border for the remains of Columba McVeigh, who was kidnapped and murdered by the IRA as a teenager nearly 30 years ago.

Gardaí tonight formally ended a two-week-long search of a mountainside bog near the Northern Ireland border for the remains of Columba McVeigh, who was kidnapped and murdered by the IRA as a teenager nearly 30 years ago.

A political letter from Michael Collins written after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty was expected to fetch more than €8,000 at an auction in Dublin today.

Tight security was in place around a 17th century Co Monaghan castle today amid rumours that former Beatle Paul McCartney has chosen the location for his fairytale wedding with Heather Mills.

The Swiss government has eased a ban on meat imports from Ireland.