Old Cork Waterworks Experience Launches Online Booking Platform

Visitors to Ireland’s only Victorian Waterworks now have the comfort of booking in advance with Old Cork Waterworks Experience launching a new online booking platform. The introduction of dedicated time slots will offer certainty and reassurance to visitors and enhance the onsite experience.  Staff are looking forward to welcoming back visitors to one of Cork’s … Read more

Cruinniú na nÓg Cork City-A day of free creativity for children and young people

Ireland is the first, and only, country in the world to have a national day of free creativity for children and young people under 18. Cruinniú na nÓg is a flagship initiative of the Creative Ireland Programme’s Creative Youth Plan to enable the creative potential of children and young people. The inaugural Cruinniú na nÓg took place on 23rd June 2018 … Read more

“Lost Children Archive” by Valeria Luiselli is the winner of this year’s Dublin Literary Award

Novel,”Lost Children Archive” which weaves together the stories of Mexican migrants with those of a US family on a road trip south, by Valeria Luiselli wins €100,000 Dublin literary award ,and is the largest prize for a single novel published in English. Lost Children Archive tells the story of a couple, both sound artists, who … Read more

IMPORTANT UPDATE – Long stay Join Family visa in the priority/emergency list for visas of Ireland

The Minister for Justice, Heather Humphreys TD, and the Minister of State for Law Reform, Youth Justice and Immigration, James Browne TD, have today announced that two new categories have been added to the priority/emergency list of visas being processed at this time. Visa applications will now be accepted from people who are seeking to … Read more

Ireland’s pavilion launched online at the Venice Architecture Biennale.

The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin T.D. today (Thursday, 20th May 2021) launched Ireland’s Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. This year Ireland is represented by Annex, a multi-disciplinary research and design collective, comprised of a core team of architects, artists, and urbanists who are presenting an exhibition entitled … Read more

Minister for Foreign Affairs announces 1.5 million in humanitarian funding for people in Gaza

The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Simon Coveney, T.D., today announced €1.5 million in emergency support for people in the Gaza Strip in response to the deteriorating humanitarian situation. Minister Coveney said:“I am deeply concerned by the terrible humanitarian consequences of the ongoing violence in the occupied Palestinian territory.  Two million people in Gaza, who … Read more

Department of Agriculture offers free bee health diagnostic service ,on World Bee Day

The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett visited the DAFM Bee Health laboratory today at the Backweston Campus in Co Kildare as part of the celebrations of World Bee Day today 20 May 2021. The Department provides a bee health service, free of charge, facilitating the … Read more

Mr. John Hogan appointed as Secretary General of the Department of Finance

The Government has appointed Mr. John Hogan as Secretary General of the Department of Finance. Mr Hogan is currently the Assistant Secretary General with responsibility for Tax Policy Division in the Department of Finance. He was previously Assistant Secretary General with responsibility for Banking Policy in the Financial Services Division of the Department. Throughout his … Read more

Fully-vaccinated passengers from outside the EU to enter this summer for holiday purposes.

EU member states have agreed to allow fully-vaccinated passengers from outside the EU to enter the bloc this summer for holiday purposes. The EU will also expand the list of non-EU countries which have a good epidemiological situation to allow more travellers to enter the EU for non-essential reasons. “At the same time, to limit … Read more

Stamp duty charge of 10% on the multiple purchase of 10 or more residential houses

The Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe TD, will bring a Financial Resolution to the Dáil tomorrow (Wednesday) evening, which will impose a stamp duty charge of 10% on the multiple purchase of 10 or more residential houses. This higher charge, as well as applying to bulk purchases, will also apply to a situation where a … Read more

Ireland will not import fracked gas

Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan TD today received Government approval for a Policy Statement on the Importation of Fracked Gas including a moratorium on the development of LNG import terminals pending the completion of review of security of supply. The policy statement stems from a commitment in the Programme for Government, and confirms … Read more