Leo Varadkar said Fine Gael is the party to "unify our island" in his lifetime.

Mr Watt, in his conclusion of the BBC piece, says that what "alarms so many Tories" is that "after centuries of troubled Anglo-Irish relations it is the smaller of the two islands which appears to be exercising greater power for the first time".

'The message must go out to all countries... that this is a British government that doesn't necessarily keep its word,' Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said in the wake of 'alarming' comments by Boris Johnson's former aide Dominic Cummings.

Approximately 1,000 new veterinary and customs inspectors are set to be hired to deal with Brexit, An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, has announced this evening.

Alternative arrangements to inspections on the border in Ireland cannot be a replacement for the backstop, the Taoiseach has told reporters in Brussels.

'There is no way Ireland will vote for the EU-Mercosur agreement if Brazil does not honour its environmental commitments' Leo Varadkar said.

German chancellor warns against return of border and recalls death toll during Troubles. / Angela Merkel has likened the Irish border question to the fall of the Iron Curtain and said Theresa May must bring worked-out proposals to a meeting of EU leaders next week.

Just hours before letter to Donald Tusk, one EU leader insisted withdrawal agreement ‘cannot be reopened’.

Talks in jeopardy as no breakthrough emerges in meeting with Ursula von der Leyen.

The new foreign policy formula is simple, Trump tweets and the Tory leadership hopeful jumps.

Luxembourg talks are not expected to deliver a breakthrough as the clock ticks down to 31 October.

The Prime Minister has written to the EU demanding the 'backstop' is scrapped - but he got short shrift from Leo Varadkar

The European Union is "open but not convinced" by the UK PM's new proposals for a Brexit deal with the EU, the president of the European Council says.

UK proposals "do not match even remotely" Northern Irish backstop plan, says steering group.

'It does not reopen the withdrawal agreement or undermine the backstop or its application' says Leo Varadkar

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said that the Cabinet’s Brexit sub-committee met on Monday to “essentially dust down and restart contingency preparations” in case a trade war develops with the UK.

The president of the European Council has said he is open to a “long” delay to Brexit if the UK needs time to rethink its strategy to leaving the bloc.

Leo Varadkar says UK has struggled to accept its is less important than it once was.

Molotov cocktails and barricades have returned to Northern Ireland. The conflict there is 4 centuries old. But Brexit is the new reason why the situation has reached the boiling point in what had been an era of peace.

Brexit gets biblical: Donald Tusk's special place in hell for Brexiteers who had no plan, Theresa May on pilgrimages to Belfast, Brussels and then Dublin to break bread with Leo Varadkar. / Also Brexit Republic Guest: FoodDrink Europe's DG Mella Frewen on the impact of 'no deal' on the food and drink sector.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May stepped down as Tory leader. The Brexit Party came up short in the Peterborough by-election. US President Donald Trump visited three countries. RTÉ Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Fiona Mitchell and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin look at a busy (but surprisingly calm) week.

Boris Johnson stands accused of lying to the Queen amid calls for him to go. John Bercow, one of the most colourful protagonists of the Brexit drama, is to quit as Speaker of the House of Commons.

As UK Theresa May headed to EU Summit in Salzburg this week, the expectation was that her Brexit Chequers White Paper would be met with a muted, but not hostile response, relieving her of some pressure before her party's conference later this month. Europe Editor Tony Connelly talks to Brexit Republic from Salzburg and we'll hear from An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and UK Prime Minister Theresa May.

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said that the Cabinet’s Brexit subcommittee met on Monday to “essentially dust down and restart contingency preparations” in case a trade war develops with the UK.

Sinn Fein was once disparaged as the political wing of the IRA. It’s now on course to be the biggest party in both the north and south of the island.