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Minister for Research and Innovation, Seán Sherlock, TD, today (Friday) welcomed the publication of the First Progress Report on implementation of the National Research Prioritisation Exercise which is...

The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn, T.D., today published the “National Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development, 2014-2020”, Ireland’s first such strategy...

I want to begin by welcoming you – one and all – to this great day which marks a major milestone in your lives. I want to specially welcome all of those of you immediately in front of me who will...

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD today invited Irish Trade Organisations to submit proposals to his Department by 30 September 2014 for EU co-funding of...

The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton T.D., today (Friday, 4 July 2014) hosted the Department’s annual Pre-Budget Forum in the Conference Centre, Dublin Castle.  The Forum, moderated...

Following the withdrawal of the DUP and the UUP from the political talks earlier today, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore, T.D. made the following statement...

Thursday, July 3rd 2014: Jimmy Deenihan T.D., Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, will this evening launch the PhotoIreland Festival 2014 in The Banquet Hall, Smock Alley, Dublin 2 at 7.00p.m...

Today’s figures are very welcome and highlight the strength of the recovery in the Irish economy that is well underway. The upward revision to the level of GDP last year, in line with technical...

Jimmy Deenihan T.D., Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht together with Joan Burton T.D., Minister for Social Protection, will today launch the Indexes to the Registers of the General Register Office (GRO)...

The Tánaiste today welcomed the release of new CSO figures which show strong growth in Ireland’s export of services. The value of total service exports for the first quarter of 2014 was €22.3bn, an...