Brexit: The top 12 reads

Brexit was a momentous event in the EU's history and unsurprisingly, a heavily ready subject area.

The Irish Times has published numerous pieces of news, analysis and opinion over the past week.

The following are some of our most widely read articles, exploring a host of differn issues such as how the result affects Ireland, what comes next for the EU, and how Brexit is an English nationalist revolution.

1) Impact on Ireland

Ireland now faces a series of consequences - and hard choices - in the short, medium and long term for both its economy and political relationships, writes deputy political editor, Pat Leahy.

2) Impact on trade between Ireland and Britain

Irish businesses need to know the terms on which they will be able to buy from and sell to the UK, but it may be some years yet before they find out what they are really dealing with, writes managing editor, Cliff Taylor

3) Where the campaign was won and lost

The Remain campaign had a number of strong advantages from the beginning, but the Leave side found the most effective message was to tap into popular disquiet about immigration, writes London Editor, Denis Staunton.

4) What’s next for Europe?

European Correspondent Suzanne Lynch analyses what comes next for the EU as it faces its biggest ever crisis.

5) Northern Ireland

Brexit has pushed the North into "uncharted waters" with anxiety over jobs, investment, tariffs and Border controls, writes Northern Ireland editor, Gerry Moriarty.

6) Brexit and you

From your finances, to your shopping habits and your children's education, Fiona Reddin outlines six ways you may, or may not, find your life changed in the wake of the Leave victory.

7) Populism

"People in this country have had enough of experts," said Conservative PM Michael Gove during the campaign. And there it was: a celebration of ignorance that writes the opening line of the populists' playbook.

8) Chaos at Westminster

Brexit exposed the sordid, seedy underbelly of British culture, says Chris Johns, leaving Westminster badly in need of adult supervision.

9) Irish writers react to Brexit

"The UK has just been groomed": Edna O'Brien, Paul McVeigh, Eimear McBride and a host of other writers respond to Brexit.

10) Nationalist revolution

The English always prided themselves on not doing revolutions, until now. Fintan O'Toole writes that Brexit was an English nationalist revolution, that had the appeal of an Us against Them campaign.

11) The Single Market

Economist Kevin O'Rourke writes that if the UK was to become firmly embedded in the European Economic Area, while remaining outside the EU, it would keep economic disruption to a minimum, and would be an important move towards a more shock-resistant economic architecture for Europe as a whole.

12) Ireland’s greatest foreign policy challenge

Not since the Second World War has Ireland faced such a challenge in foreign policy. Now, we must maintain and reconcile our bond with Britain and our reputation as good Europeans, says UCD history professor, Ronan Fanning.