The Minister for Finance has said it is in Ireland's interest that the UK economy is stable in the wake of the departure of Liz Truss as Prime Minister.
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Paschal Donohoe said he hopes the Government can build on the friendship that exists between the two countries with whomever is the next prime minister.
"The events of the last few days emphasise to me two things about Government and politics: consequence and cost," he said.
Meanwhile Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said the unsettled situation in UK politics was not "good for anyone", but particularly it was not good for Northern Ireland.
In recent days and weeks, Irish ministers had emphasised how Ireland is closely linked to the UK economy and the need for stability ahead of what is expected to be a difficult winter.
Mr Varadkar said he had some "good meetings" this week with the Labour Party leader Keir Starmer as well as UK government ministers such as the deputy minister.
"We're going to try and work with whoever is in government in Britain, because Britain is our biggest neighbour, our closest neighbour, and it's really important that they do well economically because that matters to us and it's very important that they have political stability because that’s particularly relevant to Northern Ireland."
He said that Northern Ireland works best when the UK and Irish governments "work hand in glove", adding that he would like to get back to that situation.
"We want there to be a stable government in Britain that we can work with and negotiate with and I just hope that that will be possible under the new prime minister and the new government when they take office".
He added that choosing a new prime minister was a matter for the Conservative Party, the king and the House of Commons and it would be "inappropriate" for him to choose a preference.
While Minister Donohoe said: "The matter of who leads the Conservative party or who is the next Prime Minister is clearly a matter for those who are voting in it. I'll leave that to them.
He said it proves that it does matter who is making decisions and the decisions that are made have an effect on a country and on an economy.
"It really matters to Ireland that the UK is doing well, that they are stable and their economy is growing," he said.
"And we hope there's a prime minister in place and we expect there will be that we can resume close cooperation and build on the friendship that's there between our two countries."
Yesterday, Taoiseach Micheál Martin called for a new British prime minister be selected quickly in order to bring about stability following Ms Truss's resignation.
He told reporters in Brussels that "we would like to see the UK system, within its capacity, to be in a position to have a successor selected as quickly as possible".
Minister for Foreign Minister Simon Coveney expressed concern at "being back to instability again", referring to tensions around the Northern Ireland Protocol and its impact on Northern Ireland.
Ms Truss's resignation has raised concerns about the progress that had been made on reaching a breakthrough on the protocol, and on closer relations between the British and Irish governments.
