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Thank you to everyone for coming. I felt it was important that while we are waiting the conclusion of Government negotiations not to merely wait for these talks to go on, but to see on what matters some form of political understanding may emerge when...

Clare McGrath, Chairman of the of the Office of Public Works, chaired the second meeting of the Shannon Flood Risk State Agency Co-ordination Working Group in Athlone Civic Offices, Athlone, Co. Westmeath on 14 March, 2016...

The Office of Public Works today (15 March 2016) confirmed that it has received reports of significant winter storm damage on Sceilg Mhichíl, the famous World Heritage Site off the Kerry coast...

Tree Week, 6th to 13th March, sees the realising of the Seven Trees for Seven Signatories initiative. The initiative was launched in September 2015 by Alan Kelly, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, and Heather Humphreys, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in association with the...

Ireland will tomorrow (Thursday) mark World Wildlife Day. World Wildlife Day is a United Nations initiative that coincides with the anniversary of the signature of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), an international agreement between governments...

The long-buried geological history of the Dublin, Meath, Kildare, Wicklow, Offaly and Laois region has been revealed in new detail as the results of the most recent phase of the Geological Survey of Ireland’s Tellus Programme are published...

At the end of January, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe TD, announced that, based on initial estimates received from Local Authorities and transport agencies, he had agreed with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform...

Clare McGrath, Chairman of the of the Office of Public Works, today (1 February 2016) chaired the first meeting of the Shannon Flood Risk State Agency Co-ordination Working Group...

Mr. Alan Kelly, T.D., Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government today (29 January 2016) announced a total of €1.09 million in allocations from the Environment Fund under two environmental grant schemes in 2016...

Minister Simon Harris, Minister of State with special responsibility for the Office of Public Works, today (26 January 2016) welcomed the Government Decision to approve the terms of reference for the Shannon Flood Risk State Agency Co-ordination Working Group...