Leo Varadkar
Ireland voted by a landslide to ditch its strict abortion laws in a landmark referendum that Leo Varadkar said had finally lifted decades of stigma and shame.
Prime Minister Theresa May failed to clinch a deal on Monday to open talks on post-Brexit free trade with the European Union.
Ireland is "surprised and disappointed" that the British was unable to conclude a deal Dublin believed had been agreed on the future of the Northern Ireland.
The Irish government's still believes Deputy Prime Minister Frances Fitzgerald should not resign over her handling of a case involving a police whistleblower.
A political crisis that has left Ireland on the brink of a snap election deepened on Monday as the deputy prime minister resisted fresh calls to resign.
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar "is doing everything he can" to avoid a snap general election, his spokesman said.
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Friday he would not seek the resignation of his deputy prime minister, as sought by the party propping up his government.
The Irish gov was on the verge of collapse after the party whose votes Varadkar depends on to pass legislation appeared set to break the terms of a "confidence and supply" deal.
Three people have been killed as Hurricane Ophelia lashes Ireland, with a national emergency declared in the Republic of Ireland.
President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi congratulated newly elected Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on Monday.
Sisi received on Monday a phone call from Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar who hailed as deeply-rooted the relations between the two countries.
Leo Varadkar has said he hopes the UK will pull back from the precipice of leaving the EU and that part of his remit is to “keep the door open” for our neighbors.
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