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President Carter is right on the need to criminalise the purchase of sex - Keane

Fine Gael Senator and the Party’s candidate in the upcoming Dublin South-West bye-election, Cáit Keane, has today (Monday) welcomed the correspondence from President Jimmy Carter to An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, detailing his views on prostitution and the need to criminalise the purchase of sex.

1st September 2014

Taoiseach attending Special Meeting of the European Council

The Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, T.D. and Dara Murphy, T.D., Minister of State for European Affairs will travel to Brussels for the special meeting of the European Council today (Saturday, 30 August).

30th August 2014

Taoiseach congratulates Polish PM Tusk on election as next President of the European Council

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD today congratulated Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, on his election as the next President of the European Council.

30th August 2014

Minister Bruton leads 5-day trade and investment mission to Australia accompanied by 32 Irish companies

The joint Enterprise Ireland/IDA mission includes more than 40 high-level meetings and events to target opportunities in financial services, ICT and healthcare

29th August 2014

Minister Dara Murphy calls on Europe to ensure strong focus on competitiveness

Minister Dara Murphy attended the Informal meeting of Ministers for European Affairs yesterday and today (Thursday and Friday 28/29 August) in Milan.

29th August 2014

Minister Donohoe welcomes LRC intervention in Irish Rail dispute

Minister Donohoe has welcomed the intervention by the Labour Relations Commission in the Irish Rail dispute.

29th August 2014

Coveney Welcomes Dairy Supports

Commissioner response to calls for dairy supports will help to alleviate impact of Russian ban- Coveney

28th August 2014

COVENEY MEETS IFA ON BEEF ISSUES MINISTER CALLS FOR FLEXIBILITY FROM FACTORIES

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD met with the Irish Farmers Association today to discuss the current issues in the beef sector.

27th August 2014

Focus on Road Safety needed as child deaths double – Mitchell O’Connor

Fine Gael Dun Laoghaire TD and teacher, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, has today (Wednesday) urged parents preparing to send children back to school to think about road safety, in light of the news that road deaths among children have doubled this year.

27th August 2014

Government Welcomes CSO Residential Property Price Index for July 2014

The government recognises that certain parts of the country are experiencing the effects of the lack of supply of accommodation resulting in increased prices along with increased demand.

27th August 2014

Hometime is peak time for child road fatalities – Farrell

Immediate focus needed on road safety as child fatalities double

27th August 2014

Minister Donohoe welcomes growth in employment and visitor numbers to Ireland

The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe TD, today (Wednesday) welcomed the latest official data on overseas travel from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), which showed an increase of 9.9% in overseas visits to Ireland for the first seven months of 2014 compared to the same period of 2013.

27th August 2014