Taoiseach Micheál Martin will visit Finland and Estonia tomorrow, two nations closely aligned with Ireland on issues including climate change, digital transformation, and opposition to Russia’s unjustified war on Ukraine. Finland Prime Minister Sanna Marin and Micheál Martin will meet in Helsinki. The President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö will host the Taoiseach … Read more
Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, has announced the opening of the Transition Fund for Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School-Age Childcare (SAC) providers. The Transition Fund will provide up to €6.4 million per month to services for the period of time between the end of the Employment Wage Subsidy … Read more
A man aged in his 30s has died after a single-car road crash in Co Tipperary last night. Gardaí were alerted to the fatal collision on the R664, at Garyduff, Aherlow, at approximately 9.45 pm. The road is currently closed to allow for a technical examination to take place by Garda forensic collision investigators, and … Read more
Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Michael McGrath announced the Exchequer returns and expenditure for the first quarter of 2022. An Exchequer surplus of €0.2 billion was recorded in end-March 2022; this compares with a deficit of €4.2 billion in the same period last year. The €4.3 billion improvements … Read more
The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has accepted new recommendations in relation to Ireland’s COVID-19 vaccination programme. Work has been ongoing between the department and the HSE regarding the COVID-19 mid-term vaccination strategy. The recommendations made last night by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) to the Chief Medical Officer (CMO), who has endorsed these … Read more
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, TD, and the Minister of State with Responsibility for Biodiversity and Land Use, Senator Pippa Hackett, have welcomed the signing into law last night by the President; of new legislation relating to Fur Farming and Forestry. The bill had been passed at all stages by … Read more
Minister Eamon Ryan and Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton today announced that the Licensed Haulage Emergency Support Scheme is now open for applications. The Licensed Haulage Emergency Support Scheme is a targeted and temporary grant scheme that will provide a payment of €100 per week for 8 weeks for every heavy goods vehicle (over 3.5 … Read more
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 2,743 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. In addition, on Monday 4 April, 4,990 people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal. This leads to a total of 7,733 new cases of Covid-19 being reported in Ireland today. As of 8 am today, 1,360 COVID-19 … Read more
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, has opened a new Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board (MSLETB) Hospitality and Catering Training Centre in Sligo. This new facility will train apprentice chefs and staff for the hospitality, tourism, and food sectors. The facility will be used in the … Read more
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has announced a short extension to the closing date for its Multi-Species Swards Measure. The Measure will now close at midnight on 14th April. It had been due to close at midnight on 4th April. As of Monday lunchtime, over 800 farmers had applied for the Measure. … Read more
US company Workday, Inc. a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, announced that it intends to create 1,000 new jobs over the next 2 years at its European headquarters in Dublin, increasing its Ireland-based workforce by approximately 60%. This investment is supported by the Irish Government through IDA Ireland. In addition, to support its future growth … Read more
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 3,164 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. In addition, on Sunday 3 April, 3,354 people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal. On Saturday 2 April, the HPSC was notified of 3,750 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. 4,045 people registered a positive antigen test through the … Read more
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, and Science, Simon Harris, has officially opened the new Atlantic Technological University (TU). Atlantic TU sees the dissolution of Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Institute of Technology Sligo, and Letterkenny Institute of Technology. Speaking at the launch event, Minister Simon Harris called the creation of the new Atlantic … Read more
Dublin Zoo has opened its newest habitat –’The Himalayan Hills’ for Red Pandas and Snow Leopards. Inspired by the natural habitat of Red Pandas and Snow Leopards in the wild, the Himalayan mountain range, the new area will reflect the look and feel of a Nepalese Village. With its colorful roofs and prayer flags, visitors … Read more
The Government has taken the first step towards providing free school books for children at the primary level with a €1 million pilot project which will benefit more than 60,000 students. The Children’s Minister, Roderic O’Gorman announced the roll-out of the First 5 My Little Library Initiative. The initiative will see more than 60,000 children … Read more