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Ireland this evening was elected to the United Nations Security Council and will now take a seat on the 15- member body in 2021 and 2022.
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Minister Zappone announces funding package of €75M for Reopening Early Learning and Childcare Services
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An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar has welcomed the broad thrust of the publication today by the European Commission of the €1.85 trillion Covid19 recovery package, the ‘Next Generation EU’...
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Climate Action and Sustainability will be a key focus for the Government at the National Ploughing Championships (NPC) this year, with Minister Bruton leading a discussion on the recently-published All of Government Climate Action Plan on Wednesday the 18th of September...
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This week, an Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Minister for Health Simon Harris & Minister of State Catherine Byrne launched the 2019 Healthy Ireland campaign and announced funding of €1m to help boost health and wellbeing. Visit http://gov.ie/HealthyIreland for information and support...
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The Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Regina Doherty, T.D., today announced that the new increased rate of pensions...