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100 days ago, the partnership government between Fine Gael and the Labour Party entered government with a strong mandate from the Irish people to deliver our plan to get our country working again....

Taoiseach Enda Kenny today addressed the Ambassadors' Conference in the Department of Foreign Affairs....

MerrionStreet.ie goes behind the scenes of the State visits of Queen Elizabeth II and President Barack Obama...

Monday 23rd May 2011 A collection of photos of the public event at College Green, Dublin today to welcome President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama....

If there’s anyone out there who still doubts that Ireland is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our ancestors is alive in our time; who still questions our capacity to restore ourselves, reinvent ourselves and prosper.....

President Barack Obama today visited Moneygall, County Offaly as part of his state visit to Ireland....

The Taoiseach's special guests included a civil servant, a fireman, a garda, a soldier, a teacher and a nurse. The Taoiseach extended this invitation as a gesture of appreciation to all of the thousands of public servants who worked to make the visits of Queen Elizabeth and President Obama...

Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport Leo Varadkar has backed efforts to make President Obama’s visit to Ireland one of the most globally talked-about subjects on Twitter. This Irish-based initiative is today (Monday) hoping to get the world talking about the President’s visit, by encouraging Twitter users to use the #IRLday hashtag whenever they tweet....

An online book of condolences for former Taoiseach Dr. Garret FitzGerald is available at the link below...

18th May 2011 Wednesday 18th of May was the second day of Her Majesty Elizabeth II's state visit to Ireland. The images below demonstrate many of the events she attended...