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Social Protection Minister Joan Burton and the Environment Minister Phil Hogan today announced that the Government has agreed to set up a Humanitarian Assistance Scheme with an allocation of up to €10 million to...

The audio of Finance Minister Michael Noonan's doorstep as he left the Ecofin meeting in Brussels today can be listened to below...

Leaders' Questions took place today in the Dáil at 3.15pm. The full session can be viewed below, divided into segments by speaker...

Today, the Minister of State for Defence, Mr Paul Kehoe, T.D., reviewed the members of the 105th Infantry Battalion who will leave later this month for service with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)...

John Perry T.D., Minister for Small Business, has welcomed the publication of the Central Banks revised Code of Conduct for Business Lending to Small and Medium Enterprises (SME Code)...

Commenting on the first ever Irish Discards Atlas, which was launched today, Minister Simon Coveney said "Ireland has now taken the lead in the debate on discards and this Atlas will inform the process to achieve real...

Shane McEntee TD, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with responsibility for forestry, today launched CRANN’s 25th Anniversary publication at the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin....

Minister Howlin stated “this Government supports a strong policy of ensuring that senior public sector managers show leadership on the issue of pay. Since...

The Minister for European Affairs, Lucinda Creighton T.D., welcomes the approval by the European Parliament Budgets Committee of aid totalling €35.7 million from the EU Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to support...

Speaking at the Cork Food Forum Networking 2011 event, Minister of State McEntee said that "every opportunity presented must be seized upon in the development of the agri-food sector." Remarking on the various sectors...