To what extent are people happy to adopt a new flag? Are they happy to adopt a new educational system? A new national anthem?'

Speaking after his first official visit to Stormont in his new role, Harris said Irish unity is not his current priority.

Ireland may be caught between the European continent and the United States in military powerplays, civil servants have warned Tánaiste Simon Harris. The new Defence Minister has been told Ireland could become “more isolated within the EU” because of our limited co-operation with other member states.

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Tánaiste says his priority is harnessing the "full potential" of the Good Friday Agreement - while others argue that the Irish Unity debate can no longer be avoided.

Key leaders of Vietnam on January 26 sent congratulatory messages to newly-elected leaders of the Republic of Ireland.

President Michael D Higgins was right to make reference to the war in Gaza during a speech marking Holocaust Memorial Day, Tánaiste Simon Harris has said.

Ireland’s new deputy premier has said he ... On his first full day as Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Harris said the pair discussed repealing and replacing the contentious ...

Micheál Martin and Simon Harris react to disruption during effort ... same week that President Trump was sworn in – given that Ireland is thought to be particularly exposed to the effects ...

Nearly a quarter of a million customers are without power in the Republic of Ireland, as crews continue to repair "unprecedented" damage to the electricity network caused by Storm Éowyn. Friday's storm brought record wind speeds, with Irish weather service Met Éireann recording 183km/h (114mph) in Mace Head, County Galway.

US President Donald Trump’s pledge to bring "thousands" of overseas US factories back to America could have an impact on the 240,000 people employed by US companies on the island of Ireland, a top economist has warned.

ESB Networks in Ireland and NIE Networks say they expect significant further outages as Storm Eowyn continues to batter parts of the island.