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The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charles Flanagan TD, has announced that today, 8 December, the Council of Europe in Strasbourg discussed a number of legacy cases including the case of Pat Finucane...

The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD, has welcomed the decision of Disney Ireland and Lucasfilm to gift a preview special screening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens to Kerry as a ‘thank you’ for hosting the shoot of some scenes for the movie on Sceilg Mhichíl...

A man in his sixties who had be reported missing overnight in Sprat Hill near Bantry, Co Cork, has been located safe and well. The Shannon based Coast Guard Helicopter, R115, and local Coast Guard units assisted Bantry Gardaí with a search operation that commenced last evening...

The Minister for Research, Innovation and Skills Damien English TD, together with the Taoiseach and the Minister for Jobs, today published Innovation 2020, Ireland’s 5-year strategy for...

The latest NTPF figures, published on Monday 7 December, continue to show improvements across all categories. These figures cover all people waiting any length of time, ranging from a few weeks to a period of months. The combined total figures have fallen consistently since September...

A meeting of the National Coordination Group to discuss the on-going severe weather was convened in the (NECC) National Emergency Coordination Centre today...

The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys, TD, this evening (Monday) launched the National Library of Ireland (NLI) 2016 programme, which includes the release of a unique digital repository of personal papers and photographs that tell the story of the momentous events of...

Ireland today joined with a number of other countries in a demarche to the Government of Japan about its whaling activities. The demarche expresses “serious concern” at the decision of the Government of Japan to resume whaling in the Southern Ocean...

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe TD, today (Monday) attended a special event to mark the completion of the cross-border Drogheda...

The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD, has today congratulated Saoirse Ronan, Brendan Gleeson and Lenny Abrahsom on their successes in last night’s British Independent Film Award (BIFA). In what proved a great night for the Irish at the BIFAs...