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Dr James Reilly TD, Minister for Health today, 16th April, 2012, launched the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Survey (HBSC) 2010. The HBSC is a cross-sectional study conducted in collaboration...

Following on from yesterday’s announcement that Ireland has been chosen as a partner to establish the first national equine facility in China, today the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine...

Mr Phil Hogan T.D., Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government has today ( 16 April 2012) taken this early opportunity to encourage people to vote in the referendum on the Stability...

The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., today announced the appointments to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA)...

The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore T.D., in his capacity as Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), today said he was relieved that Belarusian opposition leader Andrei...

The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore T.D., in his capacity as the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), today expressed his condolences to the families of five ethnic...

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, today said “I am greatly concerned about the finding of dead greyhounds in County Limerick recently and I have asked...

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, will lead the largest ever Irish trade delegation from the meat, dairy, seafood, beverages, bloodstock and agri-services sectors...

Mr. Phil Hogan, T.D., Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, today (13 April 2012) announced the provision of €2,150,000 in grants to local authorities, €900,000 under the...

There is predictably a grossly misleading headline in today’s Irish Independent. It quotes me as saying that “I refuse to reveal if I met Lowry”. In fact in reply to a query from the journalist concerned...