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Minister Browne launches Youth Justice Strategy 2021-2027

Existing network of 105 Garda Youth Diversion Projects to be strengthened to provide greater early intervention, family support, engagement with younger children and support to schools...

Minister Martin and Fáilte Ireland announce €19 million investment to develop state-of-the-art facilities for outdoor water-based activities

22 locations nationwide will be developed...

Minister Foley invites applications from schools for funding to work together on Creative Projects

The Minister for Education Norma Foley TD today invited primary and post-primary schools across Ireland to apply for Creative Clusters, an initiative taking place as part of Creative Ireland and under the Schools Excellence Fund...

Minister Coveney launches new human rights guidance for business enterprises

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence, Simon Coveney, will today (Thursday) launch new guidance human rights for business...

Minister Harris announces new SFI programme to support research in Technological Universities and Institutes of Technology

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD has today (Thursday) announced details of the Science Foundation Ireland Frontiers for Partnership Awards programme...

Work on Progressing to Living Wage to Formally Begin – Tánaiste

Terms of Reference for Low Pay Commission Report into Living Wage Agreed...

Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 12 additional deaths related to COVID-19...

Minister Colm Brophy launches flagship UN report highlighting the importance of women’s bodily autonomy

Colm Brophy T.D., Minister of State for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora today launched the UNFPA 2021 State of World Population report...

Bookings for mandatory hotel quarantine temporarily suspended pending capacity review

The Department of Health and Tifco Hotel Group have agreed to temporarily pause the mandatory hotel quarantine booking portal...

Statement from Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn

On 7 April 2021, the European Medicine Agency (EMA) announced that they had concluded an investigation into a number of very rare, unusual blood clots occurring with low platelets in people following vaccination with Vaxzevria (formerly COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca)...

 

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September  4th,  2023

Increased use of speed detection cameras authorised by Minister McEntee and Garda Commissioner

December  29th,  2022

Minister McConalogue announces International Development Assistance funding of €28.9 million for 2022

December  28th,  2022

Department of Health and Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage announce €1m for initiatives to support the health and wellbeing of Ukrainian refugees

November  18th,  2022

Government announces commencement of tender process for iconic Narrow Water Bridge

November  16th,  2022

Digitisation of the 1926 Census

August  8th,  2022

Taoiseach releases white tailed sea eagle chicks in significant biodiversity initiative to restore a native and once extinct bird to Irish skies

August  2nd,  2022

Ministers Humphreys and O’Brien announce over €1.5 million for The Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Protestant Aid

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