The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD, today announced that she has secured Government approval to publish the General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill 2023, and for her Department to commence work with the Office of Parliamentary Counsel on drafting the Bill. The Irish Prison Service (IPS) is currently a non-statutory executive office…
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, 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…
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 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…
The first words spoken on Teilifís Éireann sixty-three years ago were on the potential for the new service to present the good and the true, and to instil vigour and confidence in the people of Ireland. Since that time, public service broadcasting in Ireland has, when it is at its very best, fulfilled that potential. RTÉ has…
The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin TD, has today launched a survey seeking the public’s input into the design of the new passport book and card. Speaking today the Tánaiste said: “I am delighted to launch the passport design survey which will invite the public to participate in the process of designing…
Ireland will provide €27 million in humanitarian support for the people of Syria in 2023, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin T.D has announced. This funding brings to €245 million Ireland’s humanitarian support for Syria, and countries hosting Syrian refugees in the region, since the outbreak of conflict in 2012. The funding was…
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.…
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…