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Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport Leo Varadkar has confirmed a number of developments at the National Sports Campus in Blanchardstown including the development of high performance training facilities for Horse Sport Ireland and Pentathlon...

Today, the Minister of State for Defence, Mr. Paul Kehoe, T.D., reviewed the members of the 107th Infantry Battalion who will be travelling to Lebanon next month for service with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)...

Jimmy Deenihan T.D. Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht will today, (Wednesday 24th October, 2012 ) officially declare Kilbarrack Fire Station, Tonlegee Road, Dublin 5 as the ‘Worlds First Carbon Neutral Fire Station...

The Taoiseach and the Tanáiste today (23 October 2012) announced that the Government has appointed Mr. Tom Arnold (CEO of Concern Worldwide) as Chairperson of the Convention on the Constitution. Welcoming the appointment, the Taoiseach...

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Mr. Brendan Howlin TD today announced the completion of the passage of the Ombudsman Amendment Bill 2008 through the Oireachtas. The Bill is expected to be enacted shortly...

Agreement on how a fisheries fund of approximately €6 billion will be allocated among EU Member States was reached in Luxembourg today following two days of negotiations at the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council...

The Tánaiste has welcomed the inclusion of TG4, RTE 1 & 2 and Raidió na Gaeltachta in the channels being made available on Freeview in Northern Ireland, as part of the digital...

The Government is to provide €200,000 in emergency funding to help some of the half a million Palestinian refugees living in Syria whose lives have been....

The Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton announced the publication of the Report on Pensions Charges 2012 today Tuesday 23th of October 2012. Minister Burton explained: “This is the first comprehensive Government...

The Minister for European Affairs, Lucinda Creighton TD, is today stepping up engagement with the European Parliament ahead of Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union starting 1 January 2013...