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The Taoiseach and Tánaiste, along with ministerial colleagues, are hosting the European Parliament’s Conference of Presidents today in Dublin Castle. This is the first formal Presidency-related event to take place in Ireland...

Tomorrow will bring the first major event of the Irish Presidency of the EU to take place in Ireland. The government will meet the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, and the chairpersons of the Parliament’s political groups in...

I am pleased to have this opportunity to brief the House on the outcome of last week’s European Council meeting in Brussels on 22 and 23 November. The main item for discussion at the meeting was the Union’s budget for the period...

Jimmy Deenihan TD Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht today (Monday 26th November, 2012) attended the Meeting of Ministers of Culture as part of the Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council in Brussels...

23rd November 2012 The Institute of International and European Affairs today hosted a Presidency Conference in...

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am delighted to address you this morning at the opening of this IIEA-TEPSA Conference on the Priorities for Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union during the first six months of 2013...

Taoiseach Enda kenny is greeted by Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council & Mr José Manuel Barrosso, President of the European Commission at a special meeting of the European Council...

Thank you for the kind introduction, and for this opportunity to set out Ireland’s priorities for the first six months of next year....

Taoiseach Enda Kenny today gave his statement to the Dáil in advance of the European Council meeting this week, 22nd and 23rd November...

The extraordinary meeting of the European Council on Thursday and Friday will be an important one, with significant implications for the Union over the coming years...