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The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Mr. Alan Kelly TD, has today Monday, 14th March 2016 published the Organisational...

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan, today announced a centenary gift from Ireland to the world; a free downloadable e-copy of the Royal Irish Academy’s book “1916 Portraits & Lives”...

Today (Friday, 11 March) the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan TD, announced the 2016 programme of St. Patrick’s Day Ministerial travel, which will see the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and eight ministers travel abroad this year to six priority markets for the promotion of trade, tourism, investment and education services...

In a special ceremony today (Friday 11th March) at Tallaght Hospital School, a group of young students received delivery of a handmade Irish flag by members of the Defence Forces in the final ceremony of the hugely successful Flags for Schools initiative...

Interested bodies or individuals have until close of business tomorrow (Friday 11th March 2016) to make submissions relating to the appropriate rate of the National Minimum Wage. The Low Pay Commission, an independent body whose main function is to advise the Government on the appropriate rate of the National Minimum Wage...

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, today announced that the deadline for completion of the GLAS actions “Protection of Watercourses...

The Passport Service of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has announced that as of 29 March 2016, all first-time passport applicants aged 18 and above who are resident in Ireland will need to present a photocopy of their individual Public Services Card (PSC) for identification purposes...

I welcome the decision of Irish Life, owned by Great West Lifeco of Canada, to purchase Aviva Health Insurance. It is another positive endorsement of the Irish economy...

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney T.D. today hosted the second meeting of the Dairy Forum with key stakeholders from the Irish dairy sector...

The Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin today ( Tuesday 8 March, 2016) announced that Culture Ireland and the Arts Council, have selected artist, Jesse Jones...