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Minister of State for European Affairs, Helen McEntee, T.D., will join her EU Ministerial colleagues today, by videoconference, for a meeting of Ministers for European Affairs.

Mr Michael Ring TD, the Minister for Rural and Community Development, has today (21 April 2020) announced the cancellation of the TidyTowns competition for 2020 in the interests of public health and safety...

Minister Madigan today launched the ‘Courage’ programme, a series of live concerts interspersed with musical footage from the archives of Other Voices, to run over a four week period from Thursday, 23rd April...

Over 120,000 people have tuned in to the first week of Ireland Performs, the Department’s Culture Ireland initiative with Facebook Ireland that supports Irish artists to perform live to a global audience...

The Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan TD, today welcomed publication by the Garda Commissioner of up-to-date statistics on the use of the new Garda powers...

Minister for Disabilities Finian McGrath has welcomed the launch of a video by An Garda Siochána outlining the Garda assistance available for deaf and hard of hearing people during the COVID-19 public health emergency.

Iconic Irish artist and presenter Don Conroy has teamed up with the Department of Culture Heritage and the Gaeltacht’s National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) to promote World Curlew Day 2020, taking place on April 21st...

It has been announced by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht that no Irish language courses will be run in the Gaeltacht this summer as a result of Covid-19.

Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team...

The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross, has announced the details of the legislative steps he has taken in support of the necessary closure of a range of Road Safety Authority services as result of the ongoing COVID 19 situation...

 

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