Ireland will host an all-island Civic Dialogue on Brexit, starting with a meeting in Dublin in November, the Government has announced.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan will host the meeting in Dublin on Wednesday 2 November.

Businesses, trade unions, NGOs and political parties from north and south are among organisations who will be invited to nominate representatives to attend.

After a series of meetings, the forum will produce a report and recommendations which will be used to help inform the Government’s position on issues related to the UK’s exit negotiations.

Mr Kenny said Ireland “faces unique challenges from Brexit, not least given the all-island issues that arise”.

He added: “I will continue to engage with Northern Ireland party leaders on the range of issues involved and I welcome the commitment of the Executive parties to working through the issues in the context of the North South Ministerial Council (NSMC).

“The next NSMC Summit, on 18 November in Armagh, will be hugely significant, when we will have completed our Brexit audit of North/South programmes and will consider how we can best protect the peace process and North-South interests in upcoming negotiations.

“I also look forward to a broader dialogue with civic society in the weeks ahead, including on the all-island issues which we will consider at a civic society conference on 2nd November.”