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The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD, has today (Thursday) announced that she has secured an additional €5 million in funding for her Department in 2016. It brings the total 2016 allocation for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to over €315 million...

Minister for Business and Employment Ged Nash TD has launched a call for applications for a pilot programme to develop and support expert business skills within the design sector...

The Minister for Defence, Mr. Simon Coveney, T.D., today announced the third release online of material from the Military Service (1916-1923) Pensions Collection (MSPC) and the welcome extension of the Military Service Pensions Project to 2023...

Minister of State Ó Aodhán Ó Ríordáin T.D., today ( 9 December, 2015 ) announced that Culture Ireland has awarded €1.2m for Irish artists and arts organisations to support the presentation of Irish arts globally in 2016...

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, today launched the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage survey of Dublin North City at the Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square...

The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD, has welcomed the decision of Disney Ireland and Lucasfilm to gift a preview special screening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens to Kerry as a ‘thank you’ for hosting the shoot of some scenes for the movie on Sceilg Mhichíl...

The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys, TD, this evening (Monday) launched the National Library of Ireland (NLI) 2016 programme, which includes the release of a unique digital repository of personal papers and photographs that tell the story of the momentous events of...

Ireland today joined with a number of other countries in a demarche to the Government of Japan about its whaling activities. The demarche expresses “serious concern” at the decision of the Government of Japan to resume whaling in the Southern Ocean...

The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD, has today congratulated Saoirse Ronan, Brendan Gleeson and Lenny Abrahsom on their successes in last night’s British Independent Film Award (BIFA). In what proved a great night for the Irish at the BIFAs...

Minister of State for Tourism and Sport Michael Ring has today (Thursday) congratulated the Ireland Women’s Cricket Team on securing qualification to the T20 World Cup in India next year by beating Scotland in the semi-final of the T20 World Cup qualifier this morning...