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I welcome the unanimous adoption by the United Nations Security Council of Resolution 2270, which was co-sponsored by Ireland and 49 other Member States, including all 28 EU Member States...

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe, has this evening (Thursday) welcomed renewed efforts by the Workplace Relations Commission...

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine today announced the opening of the online application facility for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and the Greening Scheme...

There was a delay in payment to a number of Department of Social Protection customers who were due to receive their social welfare payment in their bank...

The Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan, today welcomed the publication of the ESRI report: Review of the Droichead Teacher Induction Pilot Programme which was commissioned by the Teaching Council. The executive summary is available here...

Ireland will tomorrow (Thursday) mark World Wildlife Day. World Wildlife Day is a United Nations initiative that coincides with the anniversary of the signature of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), an international agreement between governments...

Applying modern testing methods to stream samples collected in the 1980s, the Geological Survey of Ireland’s Tellus Programme has discovered there is more platinum...

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe, has welcomed news this morning (Thursday) that both parties to the Luas dispute are to return to talks at the Workplace Relations Commission next week in a bid to averting further industrial action by Luas workers and resolving the dispute...

2015 was a record breaking year for overseas visitors to Ireland and figures released today (Thursday) show that the positive trend has continued into 2016. CSO data shows that the number of overseas visits between November 2015 and January 2016 increased by 18.4% compared to the corresponding period of 2014/2015...

The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr James Reilly, today announced the reform of the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Higher Capitation model to support capacity building and quality...