Enda Kenny: UK relations remain, 27 leaders will agree exit terms

The Government is on a direct collision course with Europe over demands to allow Ireland maintain special trading links with Britain in the wake of Brexit.

Following another day of carnage on the stock markets, Taoiseach Enda Kenny was last night at odds with European leaders like Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande over how relations with Britain are to be handled.

Mr Kenny travels to Brussels today to attend a crunch summit meeting of European leaders and Dublin is most unhappy with events in Brussels since Friday.