Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin says political parties should not confuse Irish unity with Brexit.

Sinn Féin will be ready to “talk and listen” to other parties about forming a Government after the next General Election, President Mary Lou McDonald has said.

A hard Brexit will force communities in the North to consider the possibility of a united Ireland, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said.

So that’s Friday nearly wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said Ireland must be wise to the possibility of British prime minister Boris Johnson calling a snap general election in the autumn.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and incoming British prime minister Boris Johnson must avoid public spats and commit to restoring power-sharing in the North, Fianna Fail's Micheal Martin has said.

The international rugby season just past — in an Irish context, the Six Nations — provoked the annual harrumphing over our anthem not being played at away games.

What would a United Ireland look like? Would it mean the end of the Irish language? Would we see King Billy’s Day competing with dear old St Patrick?

A look back at the biggest news stories 2018 had to offer.

Cork’s favourite agony aunt, peers into the new year with predictions.

Early governments acted as if Irish independence amounted to Rome Rule. It took the revelation of the clerical sex abuse scandal to end such deference, writes Ryle Dwyer

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams is planning to retire from republicanism. This is not his first time. Mr Adams has been coming and going.

We have no ambition to be part of the system. Our ambition is to change it” was Gerry Adams’ line at the Sinn Féin think-in yesterday.

WHO knew Sinn Féin and Fine Gael had so much in common?

The imposition of a customs frontier on the Irish border would "play fast and loose" with both the economy and peace process, Sinn Féin has warned.

The Taoiseach said he is "very much opposed" to holding a referendum on a United Ireland.

The DUP leader dismissed renewed talk of a border poll on the issue.

Simon Coveney says he can win the fight to be the next Fine Gael leader and Taoiseach by just 2% if he can reverse just six votes for his rival and win the support of most members and councillors.

Not for the first time, Ireland looks like it will be centre-stage at this weekend’s meeting of European leaders in Brussels, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell.

Here's your lunchtime news bulletin.

European leaders could sign off on plans to allow Northern Ireland immediately rejoin the EU in a united Ireland at their summit this weekend.

Enda Kenny has said former taoiseach Bertie Ahern was “wrong” to say Ireland is entitled to negotiate with Britain on Brexit.

If he tries for a long goodbye, or even no goodbye at all, he puts himself at the mercy of the next crisis, writes Fergus Finlay

Taking Northern Ireland out of the EU will "destroy" the Good Friday Agreement peace deal, Gerry Adams said.

Paul Rouse takes a look at the evolution of Gaelic football.

There is next to no environmental law that did not originate in the European Union, writes Victoria White

A hard border involving military and customs check points in the North has been categorically ruled out by Taoiseach Enda Kenny and British prime minister Theresa May in the wake of Brexit.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has accused Fianna Fáil of reneging on their election promises and of working to put acting Taoiseach Enda Kenny back into power, writes Juno McEnroe of the Irish Examiner.

Question: Can you look forward 10 years and set out the sort of changes that you would have helped to bring about in wider society if given the mandate to do so by the electorate on Friday.

Danny Morrison is a fine writer. He is also ‘a good republican’ as Gerry Adams might say. He is not much of an historian. (Irish Examiner, Monday 11).

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has left the door open to a new northern body to monitor paramilitary activity.

It’s not just because of the current Greek problem, there is ongoing turbulence with the euro. Ireland already had its share. Then there was Cyprus and Portugal.

Former Democratic Unionist Party leader Dr Ian Paisley has died aged 88, it has been confirmed today. Here is a selection of his most memorable quotes through the decades.

For nearly a decade the United Ireland newspaper was a propaganda vehicle for Charles Stewart Parnell. JP O’Malley on a new history of the publication

I would like to applaud Gerry Adams on his implied change of mind as set out during his call last week for a border poll.

Maurice Fitzgerald (Letters, Jun 2) says Gerry Adams and Sinn Féin are engaging in a wasted dream about a united Ireland.

The North's deputy first minister Martin McGuinness says Republicans and Unionists have begun a process of national reconciliation.

The EU treaty which will be voted on next month will represent “the complete opposite of the Proclamation”, Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams said in a speech to mark the anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising.

A former television presenter has become the new leader of the Ulster Unionist Party.

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