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This is a good week to be discussing British Irish relations. We have lots to talk about! May I first congratulate the British Irish Chamber of Commerce on this event. I see today is devoted to Innovation and Competitiveness, two themes which are...

REYKJAVIK - The Minister for European Affairs, Lucinda Creighton TD, is in Iceland today for talks on the country’s EU accession negotiations. During her visit the Minister will convey the message that the European Union remains committed to the...

Madame Chairperson, distinguished members, ladies and gentlemen. It is a great honour for me to outline Ireland’s Presidency Programme to the ITRE....

Jimmy Deenihan TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, will today (Wednesday 22nd January, 2014) address the Culture and Education Committee of the European Parliament...

President Schultz, Dr. Kantor, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, We meet to remember the victims of the Shoah. We remember the Roma, Sinti, Slavs, gay men, disabled persons, Jehovah witnesses and dissidents who were murdered...

The Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Alan Shatter TD, today presented the Irish Presidency priorities in the JHA area to the JURI and IBE Committees of the European Parliament...

European Affairs Minister Lucinda Creighton today launched the European Year of Citizens at an event organised by the European Commission in Brussels this morning...

Good morning everybody. I was delighted to receive an invitation from Vice President Reding to speak at this Conference on the European Year of Citizens. Recently in Dublin we participated together in a Citizens’...

Public Expenditure & Reform Minister Brendan Howlin travels to Brussels today for meetings in the European Parliament at the start of Ireland's Presidency of the European Union Council of...

The Minister for European Affairs, Lucinda Creighton TD, launched the European Year of Citizens at an event organised by the European Commission in Brussels this morning...