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Tesco Ireland today announced a €120 million investment programme which is creating 757 new jobs across the country. Construction work on the various projects will also support another 548 building jobs....

The Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases was officially launched in Rome today, the 24th June. Simon Coveney TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine stated that Ireland fully supports and will continue...

The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., today congratulated more than 116,000 students following the completion of the State Examinations this week...

Irish researchers, businesses and educational institutions have received a total of €300million since 2007 under the EU’s €55billion FP7 fund, and are expected to draw down at least the same figure again before fund ends in 2013...

Taoiseach Enda Kenny's doorstep interview from the EU summit in Brussels can be listened to below...

Taoiseach Enda Kenny is pictured with British Prime Minister David Cameron at the meeting of the European Council in Brussels....

The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr. Eamon Gilmore, T.D., met this afternoon with the Israeli Ambassador, Mr. Boaz Modai, for a routine call during which a number of issues of bilateral and international importance...

Minister of State with responsibility for public and commuter transport, Alan Kelly TD this morning launched an innovative online facility linking up consumers with rural transport services in the Sligo-Leitrim area....

Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney today launched a safety campaign encouraging fishermen and fish farmers to wear lifejackets. The Minister unveiled a series of initiatives today onboard a fishing vessel in Howth Harbour...

BIM, Irish Water Safety, and the RNLI have joined forces to create an ongoing campaign to highlight the importance of wearing a lifejacket for fishermen. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, T.D. officially unveiled...