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Education Minister Ruairi Quinn has welcomed the commitment by the main educational publishers to give substantial discounts to schools that run book rental schemes....

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD strongly condemned the aggressive nature of the IFA protest when his Department offices in Johnstown Castle were occupied. While acknowledging the right to...

Tourism Minister Leo Varadkar today presented proposals for the biggest tourism initiative ever staged in Ireland. ‘The Gathering’ will be a year-long event in 2013 where people at home and abroad can play a part in the...

7th October 2011 The Global Irish Economic Forum is taking place in Dublin Castle on the 7th and 8th of October...

Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills Ciarán Cannon today welcomed the announcement by the European Commission of its approval of three Irish applications worth €55 million under the European...

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore today spoke to MerrionStreet.ie ahead of the Global Irish Economic Forum, which takes place in Dublin Castle this weekend...

6th October 2011 Speaking at the US Ireland Business Conference today in Farmleigh House, Taoiseach Enda Kenny...

Jobs Minister Richard Bruton today announced that he has begun preparation of a comprehensive Jobs Strategy, at the request of the Taoiseach and Cabinet...

The Government has today nominated the Secretary General of the Department of Finance, Mr Kevin Cardiff, as the new Irish member of the European Court of Auditors. Mr Cardiff will succeed Mr Eoin O’Shea who...

6th October 2011 Taoiseach Enda Kenny today 6th October announced the creation of 92 jobs in the marine sector while on a visit to the national research vessel R.V. Celtic...