Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney T.D. will launch Ireland’s six-month Presidency of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers in Turin on Friday 20 May. The Minister will present Ireland’s Presidency priorities at a meeting of the Council of Europe’s 46 member states, where the continent’s Foreign Ministers will agree new steps to support…
The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, today announced the 10 new recipients of the Decade of Centenaries Markievicz Award for artists. The Markievicz Award is intended to support artists to develop their craft and ultimately produce great art that recognises and commemorates the role of women in the historical…
This World Ocean Day, act locally to make a global difference Starting today, Clean Coasts and National Spring Clean are offering communities around Ireland a free clean-up kit to host a clean-up on World Ocean Day With less than a month to go, Irish environmental charity Clean Coasts has joined forces with National Spring Clean,…
Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, today offered a formal apology on behalf of the Government for the deep hurt and anguish experienced by people whose births were illegally registered. The Minister placed the apology on the record of the Houses of the Oireachtas at the commencement of the Birth Information…
Details have been announced of President Michael D. Higgins’ upcoming State Visit to Malta, the first such visit by an Irish Head of State to Malta since 2006. The visit has been re-scheduled following an earlier postponement in December 2021 in light of global developments with the emergence of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. The President…
Minister of State for Charities and Community Development, Joe O Brien TD, today announced four pilot projects to support engagement with marginalised communities in planning and decision making processes. Four Local Community Development Committees (LCDCs) have been selected to develop and test engagement strategies to support inclusive participation. The project aims to develop…
Call comes as Ibec published latest Economic Outlook report Forecasting economic growth of 4.3% for 2022 Ibec, the group that represents Irish business, today published its latest Economic Outlook report (see attached), forecasting economic growth of approximately 4.3% in the year ahead, a decrease from the 6.1% that was predicted for 2022 in Q4…
Thank you Madam President, and thank you Director General and Deputy High Commissioner. As we meet this morning, we do so in the shadow of a renewed offensive by Russian forces on Eastern Ukraine. In the shadow of further bloodshed, further scenes of killing, further disregard for civilian lives – and of continued blatant violations…
“So many of all our thoughts over recent days have been with our LGBTQI+ community and it is greatly heartening to see the outpouring of solidarity with them. I know this will have provided comfort to many people in what is a time of great distress, and I would like to express my deepest support…
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence Simon Coveney is visiting the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, today. He will hold several meetings with the Ukrainian government in secure locations and will visit areas directly affected by the Russian invasion. Minister Coveney’s visit to Kyiv is the first by any foreign minister on the United Nations…