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The Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan, calls on the public to immerse themselves in Ireland’s rich heritage ahead of Heritage Week 2019 which takes place from the 17th to the 25th of August...

Today Minister with Responsibility for Defence, Paul Kehoe T.D. confirmed that his Department has submitted an application to the Pre Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) to renew the recognition of Civil Defence as a Pre Hospital Emergency Care Service Provider...

Statement on behalf of the Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine

The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D., Minister of State for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D. and Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation and Research and Development John Halligan T.D., congratulated Leaving Certificate students and adult learners who today (Tuesday 13 August) are receiving their Leaving Certificate examination results...

The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr. Katherine Zappone, has published the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019. This Bill addresses significant inadequacies in existing Guardian ad litem (GAL) provisions under Section 26 of the Child Care Act 1991...

Statement on behalf of the Minister for Agriculture Food & Marine

Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Andrew Doyle T.D welcomed the participants from Ireland and abroad to the Federation of Irish Beekeepers’ Associations 73st Annual Beekeeper’s Summer School, which is currently taking place in Gormanston Co. Meath...

New circulars for implementation in primary and post-primary schools from the start of the new school year...

A disease fatal to rabbits and hares, but of no risk to humans, has been confirmed in the wild in Ireland for the first time. The Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht’s National...

Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development, has reminded interested parties of the importance of making submissions to a public consultation process relating to the control of dogs in Ireland.