Irish Harpist Performs Concert On The Summit of Mount Kilimanjaro In A Bid To Break Guinness World Record.

In the early hours of last Tuesday morning (the 25th of July), the welcome news began to slowly filter through that 24 year old Siobhan Brady from Castletroy in County Limerick had successfully completed her quest to reach the 5,895 metre summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.  Siobhan’s ambitious and imaginative challenge is part of a Guinness…

Tánaiste meets President Ramaphosa of the Republic of South Africa and Minister Pandor

Tánaiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence, Micheál Martin TD met with the President of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa and Minister for International Relations and Cooperation, Naledi Pandor today (Tuesday) during a series of engagements in Pretoria. During a visit to Waterkloof Airforce Base, the Tánaiste and President Ramaphosa discussed the close…

Tánaiste hosts annual gathering of Diplomatic Corps

The Tánaiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence, Micheál Martin TD, welcomed over 90 members of the diplomatic corps to Dublin Castle this afternoon (Monday). The annual gathering takes place on the occasion of the National Day of Commemoration, the State ceremony which the diplomatic corps also attends. This year the ceremony took…

Minister McEntee welcomes the passage of Bill giving effect to major reforms in how judges are appointed

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee TD has welcomed the passage of the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022 through its final stages in Seanad Éireann. The Bill, when enacted, will lead to the biggest reform in how judges are appointed in a quarter of a century through the establishment of a new Judicial Appointments Commission. The Commission will replace the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board…

New Ambassadors present Credentials

    His Excellency, Mr. Yong-kil Kim, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea, Her Excellency, Ms. Albertina Maria Domingos Mac Donald, Ambassador of the Republic of Mozambique and His Excellency Mr. Gyan Chandra Acharya, Ambassador of Nepal, presented their Letters of Credence to President Michael D. Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin today. His Excellency, Mr.…

Ministers O’Gorman and Humphreys announce details of My Little Library 2023

Roderic O’ Gorman, Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, together with Heather Humphreys, Minister for Rural and Community Development, today launched #MyLittleLibrary2023. This initiative, funded through Dormant Accounts Funding, offers a free book bag with storybooks for children and supportive information for parents for all children starting school in September 2023. Little Library…