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The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe TD, today (Friday) announced a new Fixed Charge Notice (FCN) offence for motorists who drive with defective or worn tyres on their vehicle. Although it is already an offence to drive a vehicle with defective or worn tyres...

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government Alan Kelly T.D. today (14 April 2016) published Laying the Foundations: Housing Actions Report. The document sets out thirty-one actions taken across the housing spectrum to date...

Following todays vote in the European Parliament, the Minister for Justice and Equality, Ms. Frances Fitzgerald, T.D., welcomes its approval of the proposed EU Passenger Name Records (PNR) Directive. The PNR Directive will establish a European framework for the collection and use of PNR data by law enforcement agencies for the purposes of combatting terrorism and serious crime...

Following a Public Appointments Service competition, the Government today appointed Mr Raymond Byrne as the full-time member of the Law Reform Commission...

The Office of Government Procurement, on behalf of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht is undertaking a tender competition for a four-year contract for an air service to the Aran Islands...

The Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan T.D., today announced improvements to the student grant scheme for 2016/17...

The national student grant awarding body, SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland), has announced that its online application system, for new and renewal student grants, for the 2016/17 academic year is now open, more than two weeks earlier than last year...

Minister for European Affairs and Data Protection, Dara Murphy T.D. has welcomed the formal adoption by the European Parliament today of new EU-wide rules...

The Department of Education and Skills (DES) and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs...

The Minister for Business and Employment, Ged Nash, has today signed the 'Construction Contracts Act 2013 (Appointed Day) Order 2016' which will give legal effect to the provisions of the Construction Contracts Act, 2013...