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The Minister of State in the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett, today announced the commencement of the 2022 balancing payments for the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS), two months ahead of schedule

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin, T.D., today launched Ireland’s Climate and Environmental Finance Report 2021.

Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett has launched ‘Growing Organics’, a new programme focused on supporting and increasing organic production

Ministers Catherine Martin Thomas Byrne have today paid tribute to Jason Smyth, the fastest Paralympian on the planet, on his retirement from sport

The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has today (Wednesday, March 29th, 2023) announced almost €8 million for community and sports facilities nationwide.

Tánaiste and Minister for Defence, Micheál Martin TD, today published the report of the Independent Review Group on dignity and equality issues in the Defence Forces.

Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has today announced the publication of the Initial Teacher Education Policy Statement: Reflecting on a decade of change and creating a vision for the future.

The Minister of State for European Affairs, Peter Burke TD, today congratulated 17 local authorities and library services who have been awarded funding under the Department of Foreign Affairs’ 2023 EU50 Local Government Grant Scheme. A total of €119,700 has been awarded.

Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has today announced a new €13 million Fund designed to tackle vacancy and dereliction in Rural Ireland.

On the 20th March two men were before Portlaoise District Court to face charges of hunting protected wild birds, and for using artificial crow decoys and a crow caller to lure rooks into what was described by one of the defendants as ‘the kill zone’.