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Minister Martin meets with Oleksandr Tkachenko, Ukraine’s Minister for Culture and Information Policy

Minister Catherine Martin met with Oleksandr Tkachenko, Minister for Culture and Information Policy, Ukraine, to discuss Ireland’s support for Ukraine. Discussions focussed on making Ukrainian news and content available to Ukrainian people in Ireland, cultural programmes in Ireland available to people arriving from Ukraine and cooperation on the conservation and restoration of Ukraine’s cultural heritage. … Read more

Minister of State Chambers approves €37,218 for the Administration of the Gaelic Games Programme in the Mayo Gaeltacht

Jack Chambers TD, Government Chief Whip and Minister for the Gaeltacht and Sport, approved a grant of up to €37,218 for Connacht GAA Council to enable them to expand the Gaelic Games Programme to schools in the Mayo Gaeltacht. A total of 15 schools involved in the implementation of the policy for Gaeltacht education in … Read more

Ministers announce €264,910 for 83 local projects in Galway City

Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, and Minister of State with responsibility for Community Development and Charities, Joe O’Brien TD, have announced the successful projects in Galway City under the 2021 Community Activities Fund. The 2021 Community Activities Fund was launched in November 2021 with funding of €9m available. Galway City received an … Read more

Covid-19: 5,883 new cases and 1,182 patients in hospital

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 2,845 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. In addition, on Thursday 7 April, 3,038 people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal. It brings the combined total of Covid-19 cases reported today to 5,883. As of 8 am today, 1,182 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of … Read more

Girl seriously injured after road traffic collision in Co Waterford

A girl has been seriously injured in a road traffic collision  that took place in Co Waterford yesterday. The collision happened around 4.30 pm on the R671 at Ballymacarbry, Gardaí said it involved a van and a child pedestrian. The child was later taken to Children’s Health Ireland at Temple Street in Dublin, where she … Read more

Funding to local authorities for the development of playgrounds and play areas announced

Minister Roderic O’Gorman, today approved the awarding of €450,000 to Local Authorities across Ireland for the refurbishment of existing playgrounds and the development of new playgrounds and new play areas. Local Authorities will benefit from funding for 30 projects under the Capital Grant Scheme in 2022. The projects funded by the Department of Children, Equality, … Read more

McConalogue welcomes European Commission response to Ukraine Crisis

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue T.D. today voiced his support for the European Commission’s agri-food related response to the impacts arising from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Speaking ahead of his attendance at today’s Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Luxembourg, which will be addressed by Ukrainian Minister for Agriculture, Mykola Solskyi, … Read more

Picturesque Annes Grove Gardens open to the public following extensive restoration works

The Office of Public Works (OPW) is delighted to announce the opening to the public of Annes Grove House and Gardens near Castletownroche, Co. Cork. After the donation of the historic estate to the State by the Annesley family in December 2015, the grounds underwent the first phase of extensive restoration works. Now, on the … Read more

Covid-19: 7,005 new cases and 1,251 patients in hospital

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 3,150 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. In addition, on Wednesday 6 April, 3,855 people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal. It brings the combined total of Covid-19 cases reported today to 7,005. As of 8 am today, 1,251 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of … Read more

Dept of Finance announces extension of Bank of Ireland share trading plan

The Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe TD, announced a further extension of the Bank of Ireland’s (the “Company”) share trading plan. The plan has been very successful to date and this decision will enable the Department of Finance to continue to deliver on the Government’s objective of returning the banks to private ownership. Proceeds generated … Read more

McConalogue meets French Minister of the Sea in Paris to discuss access to Irish coastal waters

Irish Minister for the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D. met with his French counterpart, Annick Girardin, the French Minister of the Sea, in Paris. The primary focus of the meeting was to discuss Minister McConalogue’s case to provide greater protection to the inshore fishing waters around Ireland under the Common Fisheries Policy. The background to the meeting … Read more

Minister Brophy welcomes President Zelenskyy highlighting global food security

Minister for Overseas Aid, Colm Brophy, has welcomed the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, highlighting the impact on global food security of Russia’s war in Ukraine while addressing the Houses of the Oireachtas today. Speaking to members of the Oireachtas this morning in a historic address, President Zelenskyy spoke eloquently of the wider humanitarian consequences … Read more