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Taoiseach Enda Kenny today launched the "Strategy for the International Financial Services Industry in Ireland 2011-2016", setting out a vision for the future development of the IFSC, with the goal of creating 10,000 net new...

13th July 2011 Justice Minister Alan Shatter and Children Minister Frances Fitzgerald today held a press...

The Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Alan Shatter TD, today published the Scheme of a Bill to create a criminal offence of withholding information relating to the commission of arrestable offences, including...

Environment Minister Phil Hogan today announced €1 million in funding to local authorities under the Anti-Litter & Anti-Graffiti Awareness Grant Scheme, and a further €0.5 million to assist local authorities to deal with...

Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney today welcomed the news that researchers from Irish institutes and agri-food SMEs are participants will be funded under the EU's 2010 Research Call under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7)....

Finance Minister Michael Noonan spoke to the media as he departed today's Ecofin meeting in Brussels. The full doorstep can be viewed below...

12th July 2011 Taoiseach Enda Kenny today met with the President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek. Following the meeting the Taoiseach and President Buzek held a press conference...

Children & Youth Affairs Minister Frances Fitzgerald and Education Minister Ruairí Quinn today jointly launched the Report of a Consultation with young people on reform of the Junior Cycle....

"During the course of a recorded radio interview yesterday, I stated that I had not made personal commitments regarding local services in advance of the... general election....

8th July 2011 Education Minister Ruairi Quinn today launched the National Literacy and Numeracy Strategy. The strategy, Literacy and Numeracy...