Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has told the Irish parliament that the UK Conservative government’s reliance on DUP votes “creates a problem” in restoring a government in Northern Ireland.
The Irish government has discussed its contingency plans for a no-deal Brexit at Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting.
Ireland will not be “steamrolled” into giving ground on the border backstop, the country’s deputy premier has said.
Irish Premier Leo Varadkar has said anyone hoping that EU solidarity with Ireland will falter on the Brexit border backstop is “in for a nasty surprise”.
The European Union is in no mood to sacrifice Ireland’s interests to get a Brexit deal, Ireland’s Foreign Affairs Minister has claimed.
Alternatives to the border backstop represent “wishful thinking”, the Irish Government said.
Former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab has accused Leo Varadkar of leaking details of a confidential meeting he held with an Irish minister.
Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney has said there are no “alternative arrangements” to replace the backstop in any Brexit deal.
Dublin has delivered a thinly veiled warning to Downing Street not to go back on the Brexit deal hammered out with the European Union.
Ireland’s deputy premier has played down comments made by Leo Varadkar who said soldiers could return to the border if Brexit goes “very wrong”.
Ireland’s deputy premier has said that the European Union would be “willing to accommodate” the UK if it changed its red lines on Brexit.
Ireland’s Foreign Affairs minister has said a no-deal Brexit would become an exercise in damage limitation for the country.
The Irish premier has faced accusations that his party is not telling the public the full truth about the impact of a no-deal Brexit.
Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney says the EU is no “no mood” to change the Withdrawal Agreement significantly after Theresa May’s defeat in Westminster on Tuesday.
Ireland’s deputy premier has insisted a crash Brexit is not inevitable.
Ireland’s deputy premier has denied meddling in UK politics, insisting he has an obligation to challenge those “misrepresenting” what the Brexit deal contains.
The Irish border backstop is not a trap to ensnare the United Kingdom or Northern Ireland, Ireland’s deputy premier has said.
Ireland’s Foreign Affairs Minister has said the country will not stand in the way if the British Government asks for an extension to Article 50.
Ireland’s Foreign Affairs Minister has warned the British Government that time for “wishful thinking” is over if it wants to avoid crashing out of the European Union.
The Irish government is considering a grant scheme for Northern Ireland students applying to universities in the Republic, to avoid fee hikes post-Brexit.
Dublin Port is creating extra parking for hundreds of trucks from the UK awaiting inspection after Brexit, the Irish Government said.
US sanctions on an Irish industrial plant are due to be lifted, the Government in Dublin has said.
There is no other credible fall-back solution to replace the backstop that would allay Irish fears of seeing a “corrosive” hard border on the island of Ireland, the country’s foreign affairs minister has said.
The Brexit backstop is not about the UK but is about ensuring no border infrastructure re-emerges on the island of Ireland under any circumstances, Ireland’s deputy premier has said.
Irish political representatives have criticised the country’s main opposition party after it announced it would extend the confidence and supply arrangement with the Government for another year.
One of Ireland’s chief negotiators has said after the EU accepted the Brexit draft proposals there was a collective sense of melancholy in Brussels.
The Irish Government has been criticised for apparent delays in providing support services to women affected by the cervical cancer screening controversy.
Ireland’s insistence that the Brexit treaty includes a backstop to preserve the island’s open border enjoys the full support of Germany, the country’s foreign minister has insisted.
Ireland’s insistence that the Brexit treaty includes a backstop to preserve the island’s open border enjoys the full support of Germany, the country’s foreign minister has insisted.