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The Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly, has welcomed the publication of a study in the British Medical Journal on the impact of plain packaging of cigarettes in Australia...

Speaking at a press event in Glenveagh National Park today to highlight an innovative and enterprising partnership initiative between Grassroutes...

Jimmy Deenihan TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, has provided a Departmental grant of €45,000 to enable the digitisation of some of the most important paper-based documents held by the National Museum of Ireland...

Minister for Housing and Planning Jan O’Sullivan, TD, today (22 July, 2013) announced the first funding allocation under the €50m energy efficiency programme for local authority homes. €10m will be invested this year improving the energy...

The Government announced today (19 July 2013) that it will proceed with the transfer of responsibility for recipients of rent supplement with a long-term housing need from the Department of Social Protection to housing authorities using a new...

The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton TD today (Saturday) departs on a trade and investment mission to China and Japan. Since the Action Plan for Jobs was launched in early 2012 the number of trade missions led...

Mr. Brian Hayes, TD, Minister of State with special responsibility for the Office of Public Works (OPW) today (19 July 2013) officially handed over the keys of the former Garda Station in Dromahair for community use...

The Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Alan Shatter TD has today published the Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013. The Bill represents a major reform of the fine payment and recovery system in Ireland and provides for the payment...

The JobsPlus scheme to provide direct cash incentives to employers to hire the long-term unemployed, a new €175million Seed and Venture Capital Scheme and the beginning of the roll-out of the new Local Enterprise Offices to support...

An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton, TD today [Friday] announced that three multinational companies are establishing new operations near Portarlington, in Kinvara...