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Public Expenditure & Reform Minister, Brendan Howlin and Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney were in Cork Today to highlight the benefits of the Government’s capital investment programme...

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr Charlie Flanagan T.D., will welcome 300 key influencers from 29 countries to the 2015 Global Irish Economic Forum taking place in Dublin Castle this Friday and Saturday (20-21 November)...

The Government today unveiled the 24 young entrepreneurs who have reached the national finals of “Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur” competition...

Welcome to this press conference to publish the Action Plan for Jobs progress reports for quarters 2 and 3 for 2015. These events are an important part of our effort to keep up the momentum on job creation as we work towards our target of reducing unemployment down to 6% by 2020...

The Government today unveiled the 24 young entrepreneurs who have reached the national finals of “Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur” as we reach the final stages of the annual competition which this year attracted 1400 applicants between the ages of 18 and 30 (40% increase on last year)...

The Minister for Business and Employment, Gerald Nash TD, has today (Thursday) welcomed the publication of Ireland’s Small Business Act (SBA) Factsheet for 2015 by the European Commission...

Check against delivery Good morning. I’m very pleased to be here today at what promises to be a very informative event. But I’d like to start with a word or two about last Friday’s atrocities in Paris. There will be...

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan, TD, today announced the Galway element of the Global Irish Economic Forum. NUI Galway will host a Regional Session, including a public forum, on November 19 ahead of the Dublin Castle events on 20-21 November...

Minister Murphy today attended a meeting of the General Affairs Council in Brussels where Europe ministers discussed the draft agenda for the forthcoming European Council meeting in December, which is expected to focus on the issues of migration, Economic and Monetary Union, the single market, the United Kingdom and the EU, and the situation in Ukraine... 

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