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Minister for the Diaspora, Jimmy Deenihan TD, will today (Friday 1 January) join Government colleagues at the flag raising ceremony in Dublin Castle to mark the start of the 2016 State Ceremonial Programme...

As the after effects of Storms Frank & Gertrude continue to be felt across the country, the National Coordination Group again met in the (NECC) National Emergency Coordination Centre today...

The Minister for Business and Employment Ged Nash TD and the Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation Damien English TD have welcomed the introduction of the new rate of €9.15 for the National Minimum Wage...

Minister of State for New Communities, Culture, Equality and Drugs Strategy, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin T.D., today welcomed the coming into force of section 25 of the Disability Act 2005...

The Coast Guard has seen a record response for 2015, with it being particularly relevant to both the Shannon and Sligo SAR helicopters who both flew over 330 missions each. In total all four helicopter bases completed over 1000 missions for the first time since the helicopter service started in 1991...

There is widespread flooding on roads in many parts of the country, and motorists are advised to heed the local authority warnings in this regard. The RSA also has useful advice on their website....

Following a request from the UK Coast Guard, the Irish Coast Guard through its coordination centre at Valentia has coordinated the airlift of a Spanish national...

Frances Fitzgerald TD, Minister for Justice and Equality, has today announced that the Government has designated the following persons as the first members of the Policing Authority...

As the aftermath of Storm Frank continues to be surveyed, the National Coordination Group once again convened in the (NECC) National Emergency Coordination Centre today (30th December 2015) to review the situation ahead of a visit to Athlone by Ministers Kelly and Harris...

In a special message to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising, President Michael D. Higgins evokes the events and people of 1916, whose beliefs and actions make it possible for us, as a nation, to remember and reflect on the full richness of our history and the diversity of people and events that are part of what we are today...