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The Government, yesterday, approved the general scheme of the Criminal Justice (Corruption) Bill 2012. The Bill, when enacted, will clarify and strengthen the law criminalising corruption. It will replace seven overlapping corruption Acts stretching back...

During his visit to the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government, Mr. Phil Hogan today (20th June) signed major education and research agreements with two Brazilian...

Irish Energy Minister, Pat Rabbitte, met with his UK counterpart Minister Charles Hendry in London this morning. Both Ministers discussed the development of renewable energy trading between the two countries and plans to enhance gas market planning...

The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan, TD, today (Wednesday 20 June, 2012), commemorated 50 years of excavations by Professor George ...

During his visit to the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government, Mr. Phil Hogan today ...

The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Frances Fitzgerald TD, is today publishing the Report of the Independent Child Death Review Group. In her response ...

The Minister for Research and Innovation, Seán Sherlock TD, today attended the European Fibonacci Project Awards Ceremony in St. Patrick’s College Drumcondra, Dublin...

The Minister for Education and Skills, Mr. Ruairí Quinn T.D., today outlined his response to the report of the Advisory Group to the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the Primary Sector...

Speaking in advance of Bord Bia’s Food and Drinks Summit later this week, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, said today that he had asked Bord Bia to now begin work with key stakeholders on the development of a national...

The Board of Culture Ireland is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Christine Sisk as Acting CEO. Christine has worked with Culture Ireland since its inception in 2005 and is currently Director of Grant Programmes. Christine is an Arts Graduate of...