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Visiting Castletownbere this weekend, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, announced a ‘Special Assistance for Young Fishermen’ scheme. Fishermen under 40 years of age who have not previously...

Tourism Minister Leo Varadkar today marked the introduction of the new lower 9% VAT rate for tourism products. The Minister called on businesses to pass the reduction on to customers, and welcomed the lead shown by the...

Minister for Communications, Pat Rabbitte T.D, today approved an extensive package of telecommunications Regulations which turn EU rules into Irish law. Announcing the decisions the Minister said "This is a significant update to the...

Ms Kathleen Lynch, T.D., Minister for Disability, Equality, Mental Health and Older People, today, Friday 1 July 2011, published the Fifth Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Group on A Vision for Change...

Justice Minister Alan Shatter today annouced the appointment of Senator Dr. Martin McAleese as the Chairperson of the Inter-departmental Committee on the Magdalene Laundries....

Marking the introduction of the new lower 9% VAT rate for tourism products today (Friday) as part of the Jobs Initiative, Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport Leo Varadkar called on businesses to pass the reduction on to...

Mr Alan Shatter TD, Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence today announced the appointment of Senator Dr. Martin McAleese as the Chairperson of the Inter-departmental Committee on the Magdalene Laundries....

Minister for European Affairs, Lucinda Creighton TD, today addressed the opening ceremony of the Charter of European Rural Communities in Cashel. The five day event, which concludes on 4th July, will welcome over 300...

Education Minsiter Ruairí Quinn today announced the allocation of 3,000 additional Back to Education Initiative (BTEI) places to Vocational Education Committees (VECs) around the country as part of the almost 16,000 additional...

Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton today announced that Alere, a leading global healthcare company headquartered in Massachusetts, US is establishing its International Business Service Centre in Galway and creating 100 jobs over four...