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The Minister for European Affairs, Lucinda Creighton TD, begins a two day visit to Frankfurt today (Tuesday, 19th March 2013). Minister Creighton delivered a speech on Ireland’s EU Presidency Progress to the Frankfurt School for Finance and...

The Minister for European Affairs, Lucinda Creighton TD, begins a two day visit to Frankfurt today (Tuesday, 19th March 2013)...

The Irish Presidency has today reached provisional agreement with the European Parliament on the single EU bank supervisor. The creation of this supervisor is a major step towards banking union, restoring confidence in the...

The Secretary General of the Department of Education and Skills, Seán Ó Foghlú, will today (Tuesday 19th March) open a conference in Dublin Castle on the role of evaluation and assessment in education...

The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore T.D., has announced a free historical app to mark St Patrick’s Day during Ireland’s EU Presidency....

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will travel to the meeting of the European Council in Brussels on 14-15 March...

EU Home Affairs Ministers held discussions on the concrete actions which the EU can take in the justice and home affairs...

I’m delighted in fact honoured on behalf of Ireland to deliver this year’s Robert Schuman Lecture. At the outset let me congratulate the Lisbon Council on its ten-year anniversary. I pay tribute to its Board its leadership particularly Anne Mettler and...

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will be in Brussels today, Thursday 7th March, to deliver the 2013 Robert Schuman lecture, entitled...

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