Enda Kenny: Ireland will not follow Britain out of the European Union

Mr Kenny told an event in New York that the "cornerstone" of much of Ireland’s social progress in the last generation was due to the EU.

Ireland will not be following the UK out of the European Union, Enda Kenny has insisted.

The Taoiseach also said he was more confident about the EU’s future in the wake of the centre ground victory in the Dutch election.