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An incident involving the EAS helicopter, operated by the Irish Air Corps on behalf of the Health Service Executive, occurred this afternoon. The Helicopter departed Custume Barracks, Athlone at 13.50 en route to an emergency call out in Tipperary...

Dublin, Tuesday 19th June, 2012: Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte T.D. today announced that every home in the country will receive a Digital TV Switchover Information booklet within the next ten days as part of the...

The National Advisory Committee on Drugs (NACD) today, 19th June 2012, presents the second bulletin from a series of seven arising from the data collected in the third drug prevalence survey Drug Use in Ireland and Northern Ireland 2010/11...

The Minister for Trade and Development Joe Costello TD today expressed concern at the increasing numbers of refugees displaced across the world...

Divers working this week to recover two anchors from the wreck of the 1916 German gun running ship, the Aud, located in Cobh Harbour have successfully retrieved the first of the anchors earlier today (Tuesday 19th June, 2012)...

The Minister for Health, James Reilly TD today, 18th June 2012, announced that agreement has been reached with the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association (IPHA) on interim drug price reductions. The price of certain off patent medicines are...

The Minister for Research and Innovation, Seán Sherlock TD, today launched Cork Institute of Technology’s (CIT) Continuing Education Prospectus for the 2012/13 academic year. The prospectus provides details on the part-time...

DUBLIN, 18 June 2012 – A conference hosted by Ireland’s 2012 OSCE Chairmanship on the challenges to freedom of expression and media freedom online and the debate around Internet governance opened in Dublin today...

Minister for Public and Commuter Transport, Alan Kelly TD today encouraged everyone to get involved in the wide range of events taking place this week across the country during National Bike Week 2012. Bike Week 2012 takes place nationwide from 16-24...

Frances Fitzgerald TD, Minister for Children & Youth Affairs has today hosted the first meeting of the new Expert Advisory Group which has been established to advise on the preparation of Ireland’s first-ever Early Years Strategy. Preparation of this...