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The Minister for Business and Employment, Ged Nash TD, has today (Monday 1st February 2016) welcomed the passing of all stages of the Credit Guarantee...

The Minister for Agriculture Food & the Marine Simon Coveney T.D. has announced the mechanism for the distribution of the €1m direct aid package for pig farmers in Ireland...

Jan O’Sullivan TD, Minister for Education and Skills, launched Phase 1 of the implementation of a new Leaving Certificate subject, Politics and Society, in Limerick on Monday 1st February. The launch event was organised by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment and also featured workshops...

The Department of Health welcomed the announcement by Pobal of the amounts to be allocated to a range of project proposals and initiatives submitted under the latest round of the Dormant Accounts Fund. The projects, which were successful following a competitive...

Mr Alan Kelly, T.D., Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government has today, Monday 1st February 2016, announced details of a new €40m programme of construction / refurbishment of 26 fire stations for the five year period 2016 - 2020. The programme will see 16 new fire station...

The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD has signed into law an initial set regulations aimed at regulating certain practices in the grocery goods sector...

Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar, has announced his intention to provide public funding for assisted human reproductive treatment in conjunction with the planned introduction of legislation in this area...

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe TD, today (Monday) launched the National Civil Aviation Development Forum at the headquarters of the Irish Aviation Authority in Dublin. The event was attended by representatives of airlines, airports, aircraft leasing companies, the public sector, academic institutions, and other bodies...

Mr. Paudie Coffey TD, Minister of State for Housing, Planning and Co-ordination of Construction 2020 Strategy, announced today (Monday, February 1) that he has appointed Mr. Dennis McCarthy to chair the expert panel that is being established to investigate the problems that have emerged in the concrete blockwork of certain dwellings in Donegal and Mayo...

Almost 90% of Irish households will see their waste bills reduced with the introduction of pay-by-weight from July this year Minister Kelly outlined today (1 Feb. 2016)...