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Minister for Health Leo Varadkar has welcomed an important new cross-border cardiology service which will give Donegal patients suffering from a STEMI heart attack direct access to services in Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry...

The Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Michael Ring T.D., welcomed figures published today (Thursday) by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) which show that the number of domestic holidays trips in Ireland grew by 6.5% in 2015 compared to 2014. Minister Ring was speaking following publication of the CSO’s Household Travel Survey...

“Ireland enjoys warm and positive bilateral relations with China and maintains open and respectful dialogue on all issues...

The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD, has today (Thursday) warmly congratulated the Little Museum of Dublin on winning the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award 2016...

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charles Flanagan TD, has announced that Ireland has been elected to the United Nations Commission on the Status...

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, has announced a new scheme to grant-aid the conservation of traditional farm buildings...

The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs and the Minister for Education and Skills have awarded a contract for a major new higher education programme aimed at providing education and training in best practice for the inclusion of children with a disability in pre-school...

Minister White has announced that the Government consented today to the appointment of Dee Forbes as the new Director General of RTÉ in accordance with Section 89 of the Broadcasting Act 2009...

The Office of Public Works is delighted to announce the official opening (today 6 April 2016) of ‘In the Shadow of the Castle – Dublin Castle in 1916’ – an exhibition on the role that the building played leading up to, during and after the Easter Rising...

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, today expressed strong concerns on the latest developments in relation to the EU-Mercosur trade negotiations. His comments come in response to indications that an EU offer will shortly be presented...