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Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte, today announced he is making a further allocation of grants available for digital skills training under the BenefIT scheme...

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney T.D, and the Minister for Trade and Development....

The Government and the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice will host a major international conference today and tomorrow (April 15 and 16) to explore the links...

Speaking today, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Alan Shatter TD, said “There is a report today of 150 business leaders being present at a dinner...

I welcome the detailed consideration given by the Constitutional Convention to the issue of civil marriage for same sex couples. I also welcome the support expressed...

The Minister of State for the Gaeltacht, Dinny McGinley T.D., has announced that he is sanctioning an allocation of €435,226 or 80% of the cost, whichever is lower...

Political agreement was today reached at the Informal Ecofin in Dublin Castle to extend the maturities on the EU element of Ireland's and Portugal’s EU/IMF programme loans. The weighted average maturity limit of these loans will be increased by...

The Eurogroup and Ecofin Ministers discussed today the state of play of the adjustment programmes in Ireland and in Portugal. Both programmes are broadly on track despite challenging macro-economic circumstances...

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney TD today invited comments from stakeholders on an All-Ireland Chalara Control Strategy. The draft Strategy developed jointly by DAFM with the Department of Agriculture and...

Frances Fitzgerald TD, Minister for Children & Youth Affairs has today announced that the Government has approved the appointment of Ms. Norah Gibbon as first Chairperson of the board of the new Child & Family Agency. The Government...