Minister for Justice Helen McEntee TD has today published the Annual Report of the Private Security Authority along with the Financial Statements for 2022. The Private Security Authority (PSA) is the statutory body with responsibility for licensing and regulating the private security industry in Ireland. The PSA was established following the passing of the Private Security…
Tánaiste and Ambassador Sarah McGrath launch Ireland’s updated Asia Pacific strategy Tánaiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Minister for Defence Micheál Martin, TD has launched Ireland’s updated strategy “Global Ireland: Delivering in the Asia Pacific Region to 2025”. In his keynote address at the Global Ireland Summit, the Tánaiste said: “This region includes important…
The Turkish War of Independence started when Atatürk arrived in the Black Sea port city of Samsun in 1919. Following Anatolia’s liberation from occupation the new Turkish state was recognized under the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923. On the 29th of October 1923, Atatürk officially declared the country’s status as a republic. Türkiye this year…
During his visit to Cork to celebrate the 5th anniversary of Joining the Dots, British Ambassador to Ireland, Paul Johnston, announced the British Embassy’s new Honorary Consul for the South West of Ireland, Katherine Fitzpatrick, alongside the Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Kieran McCarthy and Ann Doherty, CEO of Cork City Council, at Cork City…
The Minister of State for International Development and Diaspora, Seán Fleming TD, met today with the Irish community in Britain at the annual Emigrant Support Programme reception in the Irish Embassy in London. Minister Fleming said: “I am very pleased to announce £6.23 million in funding for British-based organisations from the Irish Government’s Emigrant Support Programme…
The Tánaiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Minister for Defence, Micheál Martin, presented to Government the report of the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy this morning. The report, prepared by the Chair of the Forum, Louise Richardson DBE, provides a summary and analysis of the four days of discussions and over 800 submissions to the…
Meeting of the League of Arab States (11.10.2023) In an extraordinary ministerial session of the Arab League, convened under the leadership of the Kingdom of Morocco and at the invitation of it and the State of Palestine, foreign ministers discussed and formulated a series of decisions regarding the ongoing Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.…
The Minister for Justice Helen McEntee TD has announced that people are now able to apply for Irish Citizenship online at www.irishimmigration.ie. The digitisation of the citizenship application process is a key milestone in the Department of Justice’s Immigration Service Delivery Modernisation Programme. The Immigration Modernisation Programme will, over the coming years, digitise a number of…
Catherine Martin T.D., Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, and Thomas Byrne T.D., Minister of State for Sport and Physical Education, today welcomed UEFA’s announcement that Ireland and the UK will be the hosts of the UEFA EURO 2028 Championships. Following a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee at its headquarters in Nyon,…
Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin has welcomed Budget 2024 as a budget that expands Ireland’s global reach and reaffirms the Government’s commitment to investing in Ireland’s place in the world. The Department’s development assistance budget for 2024 will increase by €60 million to €776.5 million, representing an 8.4% increase on the 2023…