Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting of the G8 on Tuesday at Lough Erne,   Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. Photograph:  Stefan Rousseau/ WPA Pool /Getty Images

Syrian conflict condemned, but no joint demand for Assad to step down

Taoiseach  Enda Kenny  and International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde after a G8 summit group photograph at Lough Erne, Enniskillen, yesterday. Photograph: Reuters/Andrew Winning

Kenny reminds G8 leaders that Irish corporate tax rate is statute-based

Taoiseach says he can support inititative because it does not mean tax harmonisation

“For the Taoiseach it was an image to die for. There’s nothing a leader likes more than proximity to more powerful leaders.” US president Barack Obama, British prime minister David Cameron and Taoiseach Enda Kenny take a walk at the G8 summit at Lough Erne in Fermanagh. Photograph: Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland

Analysis: shortage of specific action plan means issue could be long-fingered

Britain’s prime minister David Cameron (5th from left) has a group photograph taken with (l-r) European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso; Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe; German chancellor Angela Merkel; Russia’s president Vladimir Putin; Cameron; US president Barack Obama; France’s president Francois Hollande; Canada’s prime minister Stephen Harper; Italy’s prime minister Enrico Letta and European Council president Herman Van Rompuy, at the G8 Summit, at Lough Erne, Co Fermanagh, today. Photograpgh: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters

Final communique does not even mention Assad’s name

British Prime Minister David Cameron chairs an EU/US trade discussion with EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso; US President Barack Obama; German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Taoiseach Enda Kenny.

Taoiseach insists Ireland has nothing to fear

US president Barack Obama, European Commission president José Manuel Barroso and British prime minister David Cameron at a news conference at the G8 summit in Enniskillen. Photograph: Andrew Winning/WPA Pool/Getty Images

Deal approved on sidelines of G8 summit in Fermanagh has potential to generate revenue in excess of €300 billion for global econom(...)

US president Barack Obama reacts as the sun comes out as he works alongside Britain’s prime minister David Cameron and students on a school project about the G8 summit during a visit to the Enniskillen Integrated Primary School yesterday. Photograph: Reuters

Leaders confront concern that years-long austerity drive is fanning recession

Opening of two-day summit marked by tensions over Syria

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