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The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett, today participated in the 32nd Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Europe (ERC)...

The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD, has thanked the total of 260 Garda trainees and instructors being deployed today from the Garda College in Templemore as part of the national policing plan to support the public health guidelines to suppress the spread of COVID-19...

A range of measures that will make healthcare more affordable for more than a million people across the country came into effect yesterday, November 1, 2020...

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D., today announced that the 2020 advance payments under the Green Low-Carbon Agri Environment Scheme (GLAS) will commence this week which is two weeks ahead of schedule. €138 million will arrive in almost 40,000 GLAS farmers’ bank accounts this week...

Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, today (Monday, November 2) announced details of over €4.1 million in funding to support 115 projects in rural communities under Measure 1 and Measure 2 of the 2020 CLÁR programme...

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD, has today confirmed that an additional €15 million is to be given to higher education institutions for capital works and equipment, bringing the minor works capital allocation for this academic year to its highest point in a decade...

Catherine Martin TD, Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media has today announced recipients of the €5 million in funding to assist commercial venues, producers and promoters to plan live performances across the country over the coming months, with a total of 58 organisations benefitting from the scheme...

Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team...

Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team...

Mr. Peter Burke, TD, Minister of State with responsibility for Local Government and Planning, today (31 October, 2020)confirmed that Government funding of €3.3million will be provided to Offaly County Council in 2021 and an amount of €1.4million will also be provided to Longford County Council in 2021...