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Comment by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr James Reilly TD. on the success of the Australian Government in a legal dispute with Tobacco companies on the issue of plain packaging of tobacco products...

A further meeting of the National Coordination Group to discuss the on-going severe weather was held in the (NECC) National Emergency Coordination Centre today (17th December 2015) to review the response to date...

Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Mr. Tom Hayes TD, yesterday announced a number of appointments to the Board of Bord na gCon...

Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Michael Ring TD, welcomed the fact that Irish fans going to see the latest instalment of the Star Wars franchise will be treated...

The Taoiseach today congratulated Arlene Foster on her election as the new leader of the Democratic Unionist Party...

Simon Harris TD, Minister of State with special responsibility for the Office of Public Works today (17 December) renewed his appeal for the 'Kilmainham Jail Restoration...

Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Michael Ring TD, has announced today (Friday) that additional funding of €925,000 will be provided in 2016 to assist...

The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD, has today (Thursday) announced that she has secured an additional €5 million in funding for her Department in 2016. It brings the total 2016 allocation for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to over €315 million...

The Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation, Damien English, T.D. today welcomed the EU budgetary authority’s approval of the Irish application under the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to assist 108 former workers of the closed aircraft maintenance facility of PWA International in Rathcoole, Co. Dublin and a similar number of young persons under the age of 25 years not in employment, education or training (NEETs)...

On the final day of the Dail before the Christmas break, Minister Kathleen Lynch, Minister of State with responsibility for Mental Health Primary Care and Social Care (Disabilities and Older People)...