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Over the past six months, Irish Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Alan Shatter TD, had the privilege of chairing the EU Council on Justice and Home Affairs. During this time, Minister Shatter delivered substantial progress on a wide ...

Another 6,000 free part-time higher education places are being made available to provide re-training opportunities for jobseekers. The third Springboard allocation was announced today by the Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn...

The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton T.D., has today (Thursday, June 20th, 2013) urged EU Member States to maintain the momentum behind the Youth Guarantee in order to ensure swift implementation to help unemployed young...

EU Employment Ministers today (Thursday) agreed the general approach of the European Council of Ministers on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). The EGF provides co-financing support for approved programmes of...

The Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Mr Alan Shatter, T.D., today hosted, in association with the Estonian Ministry of Defence and the European Defence Agency, a conference aiming to advance preparedness to face cyber...

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin TD, welcomes the announcement that Vodafone Ireland has been...

As part of Ireland’s EU Presidency, Frances Fitzgerald TD, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, is to host a two-day expert round-table event on the contribution of youth work to youth employment, commencing today Thursday 20th June at...

The Irish Presidency has secured agreement with the European Parliament to improve access to finance for SMEs under the Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs (COSME) 2014 – 2020. The Programme proposes to allocate...

Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I’d like to start by re-enforcing the Taoiseach’s words of welcome at last night’s reception. As Enda Kenny said, Ireland is fully committed to ensuring that Digital will continue to be at the heart of the...

Ireland’s Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan TD, has today (19th June) welcomed the agreement...