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Chairman, fellow Oireachtas members, ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to be invited to give the opening address to this meeting. I think it is an opportune time for the Royal Irish Academy to host such a discussion, to place scientific facts...

12th April 2013 Political agreement was today reached at the Informal Ecofin in Dublin Castle to extend the maturities on the EU...

Political agreement was today reached at the Informal Ecofin in Dublin Castle to extend the maturities on the EU element of Ireland's and Portugal’s EU/IMF programme loans. The weighted average maturity limit of these loans will be increased by...

The Eurogroup and Ecofin Ministers discussed today the state of play of the adjustment programmes in Ireland and in Portugal. Both programmes are broadly on track despite challenging macro-economic circumstances...

An informal meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) is traditionally hosted by the Member State holding the EU Presidency. The Irish Presidency is hosting the informal ECOFIN today and tomorrow with the working...

10th April 2013 A total of 2,000 additional ICT graduates-level professionals will be provided in the coming year...

Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte has welcomed the agreement reached under the Irish Presidency on the re-use of Public Sector Information. Public Sector Information refers to the wide variety of information held by Public bodies, ranging...

A total of 2,000 additional ICT graduates-level professionals will be provided in the coming year through the education system and the employment permits system, as part of a series of reforms aimed at making Ireland the internet capital of Europe...

I would like to thank Matthew Elderfield for his work as Deputy Governor Financial Regulation and wish him every success in his future career. He took up this post at a period of great financial instability in Ireland and has played a key role in greatly...

It is my great pleasure to welcome you all to this morning’s opening of this prestigious and fundamentally important conference for Europe, and indeed for Ireland. In this first half of 2013, which sees us mid-way through the Irish Presidency...