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Mr. Fergus O’Dowd, T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources and Mr. Edwin Poots, MLA, Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety, today...

The Irish Presidency has brokered agreement on a new programme of some €16 billion to support initiatives in education, training, youth and sport over the next seven years. The programme, called Erasmus +, brings together all...

The independent survey on the demand for credit by SME’s in Ireland was published today (26 June 2013) covering the period October 2012 to March 2013. This survey was conducted by Red C and follows on from similar surveys covering...

Michael Noonan T.D., Minister for Finance, commented: “We welcome the announcement this morning (25 June 2013) of the launch of Green REIT plc - Ireland’s first REIT following the Budget 2013 announcement and introduction of...

The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton T.D, has today (Wednesday, 26th June, 2013) announced that An Post is the preferred bidder for the delivery of over-the-counter cash services to Department of Social Protection...

This Summit will be the fourth and final such meeting to take place while we have held the chair of the Council of the European Union. This meeting will take place over our final two working days as Presidency...

The political agreement with the European Parliament secured by the Irish Presidency on the EU’s c. €70bn research and innovation...

The Minister for Health Dr. James Reilly today announced the appointment of Mr Pat McLoughlin as Independent Chair...

The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., has today announced the appointment of Eamon Stack to chair the working group established to develop a new model for allocating resource teachers in schools...

Mr Phil Hogan T.D., Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government and Ms Jan O’Sullivan...