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The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney T.D. today announced details of the direct aid package for the dairy and pig sectors of €27.4m. This compromises €13.7m of EU funding and a further €13.7m in matching national funding...

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, today announced that the European Commission has agreed and adopted Ireland’s new €241 million development programme for the seafood sector for the period up to 2020 co-funded...

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine Simon Coveney TD this evening concluded his weeklong trade mission to West Africa. Commenting on the trip the Minister said 'with a population of over 200million, these markets provide a huge opportunity for...

The Minister for of Defence, Mr. Simon Coveney, T.D., today (3rd of December 2015) addressed delegates at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre in Accra. The Centre which was established in 2003, is a Centre of Excellence for training...

Today, contracts worth over €50 million for Enterprise Ireland client companies were among the initial results of the West African Trade Mission, led by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney in Lagos...

Ann Phelan, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, addressed the All-Island Horizon 2020 Conference on the newly published research agenda for Sustainable Agriculture, Forestry, Marine and the Rural Economy...

The Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine, Mr Simon Coveney T.D., has confirmed that the farmer supports in respect of the disposal of PI (Persistently Infected) calves under the Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Eradication Programme will continue in 2016...

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney T.D. marked the first day of his trade mission to West Africa today with a number of promotional events for Irish companies in the agri-food, education and ICT sectors in the Nigerian capital, Abuja...

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has been informed today by the European Commission, through the Committee on the Agricultural Funds of their decision to exclude a total of €68.9m from EU funding of various agricultural schemes for the seven year period 2008 to 2014 inclusive...

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan, TD, has today provided updated travel advice for Irish schools intending to travel through the Île-de-France region. This follows new instructions from the French Ministry for Education...