Today Minister of State for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora, Colm Brophy T.D. launched the ‘Back for Business’ programme and a call for applicants for this free initiative to help returned emigrants start and develop businesses in Ireland. In its fifth year, the Back for Business developmental programme is funded from the Government’s Emigrant Support Programme,…
This reflects the ‘Global Ireland’ ambition to double Ireland’s impact in the world by 2025 with the continued expansion of Ireland’s overseas network. On the recommendation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence, Mr. Simon Coveney T.D., the Government today approved 22 Ambassadorial level nominations from currently serving staff in the Department…
The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee, TD, will host a very special virtual celebration event this evening to welcome 1,800 people who recently received their Irish citizenship. The event will be the third virtual event to welcome new citizens following the success of the previous events in April and July. Speaking in advance of the…
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is advising organisations to urgently assess their web servers for exposure to a new vulnerability, and to take measures to address the risk of compromise. This issue only affects organisations operating web server infrastructure and not users operating home or personal devices. The NCSC has been working with partners across…
Ireland contributed over €150m to the global response to COVID-19 in 2020, the newly published Irish Aid Annual Report has shown. Ireland’s total overseas development aid spend for 2020 was €867m. Included in this was an investment of over €150m to the global response to COVID-19. This spend supported partners to mitigate both the health…
The eighth annual Dublin Arabic Film Festival (DAFF) curated by Oscar-nominated filmmaker, Jim Sheridan and film director, Zahara Moufid, will run online from the 8th-12th of December 2021. Six feature length and eight short Arab films will be shown on www.dublinarabicfilmfestivalonline.com Zahara Moufid and Jim Sheridan established DAFF in 2014 in a bid to allow Irish audiences the…
The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD, has today announced that the Government has approved a scheme to regularise thousands of undocumented migrants and their families who are living in Ireland. The scheme, which is a key part of Minister McEntee’s Justice Plan 2021, will be for long-term undocumented migrants and their eligible dependents, where the…
The Minister for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora, Colm Brophy T.D., today announced that funding for Global Citizenship Education in Ireland will increase by almost 60 per cent to €10 million per year by 2025. The commitment was made as part of the launch of the Irish Aid Global Citizenship Education Strategy 2021-2025. Global Citizenship…
The Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, Ossian Smyth T.D., has today published Cyber Security Baseline Standards and associated implementation guidelines for use by Public Service Bodies. The publication of Baseline Standards was one of the key measures identified in the National Cyber Security Strategy 2019-2024. The Strategy stated…
Joe O’Brien TD, Minister of State with responsibility for Community Development and Charities spoke today (Friday 26th November) of the key role philanthropy plays in our society, in advance of welcoming the European Research Network on Philanthropy, ERNOP, 10th International Conference to Dublin next week. Speaking in advance of the Conference, Minister O’Brien stated “The Department welcomes the…