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Having upgraded its travel advice in respect of Ukraine on 12 February, the Department of Foreign Affairs continues to monitor the situation closely...

The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD today publishes the ‘Sláintecare Implementation Strategy and Action Plan Progress Report 2021’...

The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, has congratulated the cast and crew of the Irish language film ‘An Cailín Ciúin’ which has won the prestigious Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury for the Best Film at the Berlin Film Festival...

The NDFEM Crisis Management Team held a second virtual meeting today (Wednesday 16th February) with Met Éireann, the OPW, the local authorities, the Principal Response Agencies, key Departments and responding national organisations in preparation for Storm Dudley and Storm Eunice which are expected to impact Ireland today, Wednesday 16th and on Friday 18th February...

The Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has today announced the Steering Committee established to review the Department of Education’s Action Plan on Bullying which was published in 2013 and develop a new Action Plan. Both Minister Foley and Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion Josepha Madigan TD attended the committee’s inaugural meeting today...

New penalties for those failing to comply with 12 month cooling off period...

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine today announced that the application process for the 2022 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and the other related schemes has now opened...

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, has approved the standards for Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) which were submitted by the Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority (AHBRA) in accordance with the provisions in the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019...

The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with responsibility for Research and Development, Martin Heydon, T.D. has announced the participation of his Department in a new European-led research Call on ‘A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life’. The call will be rolled out under the EU Joint Programming Initiative...

The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD, and Minister with responsibility for Trade Promotion, Robert Troy TD, today welcomed the latest Goods Exports and Imports release from the Central Statistics Office, with preliminary figures showing that the value of goods exports from Ireland rose to €165.2bn in 2021, the highest level on record...