Britain will be asking for an extension, and the speed at which Theresa May’s ‘We will leave the EU on March 29’ mantra was cast aside speaks volumes about the desperation and confusion at play even among diehard Brexiteers

An isolated Theresa May heads into a vital week of Brexit votes, surrounded by a small coterie of advisers and confidants who want her to put fear into her MPs to swing a deal on the exit from EU

Trump had made deficit reduction one of his central promises during his election campaign and he committed specifically and repeatedly to a deficit reduction plan

Even when journalists are sure of their facts, they take a risk once they tangle with power, a risk worth taking because it’s important for journalism and democracy

An obstacle course of three crucial votes next week could leave the Irish government broadly content with the outcome, but the path to a partial Brexit salvation looks fraught

A survey asked EU citizens if they, like the British, would like to leave the EU. The answer was a resounding no

Despite the denials, extending Article 50 now represents the only viable lifeboat that can carry Theresa May to safety

Leopards do not change their spots, and the cultivation of centuries of secrecy will not be wiped out by a bit of chat in Rome

The success of the Brexit referendum campaign has created a growing sense that the European Parliament could be ‘completely overturned’ in the May elections, as populist groups take inspiration from London

Peadar Tóibín has tangible living proof of the trauma and the challenge involved in pulling a new party into existence

It’s the only road trip in Ireland that passes the Ballroom of Romance and the traffic line used by IRA snipers as a guide for targeting British soldiers. Susan O’Keeffe travels from Sligo to Enniskillen to find out what locals feel about the threat of a hard border

By the time he mounts his re-election campaign, Trump’s supporters will not have bothered to move their position on climate change. And neither will he

From ZOPA to ‘Max Fac’, Susan O’Keeffe flicks through an A to Z of Brexit terminology that negotiators will draw on in the coming weeks

Former journalist and first vice-president of the European Parliament Mairead McGuinness switches off from the stress of Brexit on her family’s farm in Co Meath

Theresa May still has the wriggle room of a gnat to try to upend the backstop in the face of cohesive opposition from the EU – but she may be heading for a softer family-type Brexit deal, with a Corbynista touch

It operates in the shadows of British politics, it has no website and no apparent structure, and its membership includes many of the most hardline Eurosceptics in the House of Commons. Meet the European Research Group

Last week, the prospect of Britain crashing out of the EU loomed into view like a screen villain. Let’s hope the no-dealers wake up to reality before the credits roll

The Democrats' decision to block the annual presidential address to the country’s 325 million citizens is rare, but is it wise?

While admitting a no-deal Brexit might be ‘a bit bumpy’, Brexiteers in Westminster remained defiant as they and others spoke to Susan O’Keeffe in London during a tumultuous week

Jeremy Corbyn has failed to capitalise on the Tories’ wretched incompetence. Now he thinks he can lead Britain to sunlit socialist uplands after Brexit