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April 28th, 2012

Minister Noonan addresses Irish League of Credit Unions AGM

Finance Minister Michael Noonan today addressed the Irish League of Credit Unions Annual General Meeting. In his address, the Minister spoke of the importance of credit unions…

April 26th, 2012

Successful completion of Quarter 1 2012 Review of the EU/ IMF Programme

Ireland has successfully concluded the sixth review of the Programme with the EU Commission, the ECB and the IMF. In line with each of the previous five quarterly reviews Ireland has continued …

April 26th, 2012

Publication of the General Scheme the Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012

Finance Minister Michael Noonan today published the General Scheme of the Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012. This General Scheme sets out the draft…

April 25th, 2012

Taoiseach extends sympathies following the death of outstanding artist Louis le Brocquy

I was greatly saddened to learn today of the death of Louis le Brocquy. Louis was one of the greatest artists of his generation and earned critical acclaim for…

April 25th, 2012

Taoiseach marks Job Shadow Day

25th April 2012
Taoiseach Enda Kenny today officially marked Job Shadow Day 2012 with the Irish Association for Supported Employment (IASE) and Cian O’Connor who shadowed the Taoiseach as he went about his official duties…

April 25th, 2012

Shatter and Fitzgerald announce Bill to Further Strengthen Child Protection

25th April 2012
Justice Minister Alan Shatter today announced the publication of the Criminal Justice…

April 24th, 2012

Defence Forces to Support New UN Mission in Syria

Defence Minister Alan Shatter has secured Cabinet approval to deploy members of the Permanent Defence Force as unarmed military observers to the new UN mission in Syria…

April 23rd, 2012

€14m funding to replace prefabs with permanent classrooms – Quinn

77 schools around the country have been given the green light to replace rented prefabs with permanent classrooms…

April 23rd, 2012

Ireland’s underlying deficit outturn of 9.4% in 2011

Finance Minister, Michael Noonan noted the publication of the end-March Maastricht returns for Ireland today by Eurostat and the publication of the key tables and…

April 22nd, 2012

Social Protection Minister, Joan Burton announces new powers to crack down on Social Welfare fraud

Social Protection Minister, Joan Burton TD, today announced the new powers she is proposing to give to Social Welfare inspectors to help in the prevention and detection of fraud…

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