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Upward momentum continues as record €17.1bn in exports by Enterprise Ireland client companies in 2013

2013 saw the best performance in over a decade in export growth and net job creation by Enterprise Ireland client companies, as detailed in Enterprise Ireland’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2013, published today.

10th July 2014

Upward momentum continues as record €17.1bn in exports by Enterprise Ireland client companies in 2013

2013 saw the best performance in over a decade in export growth and net job creation by Enterprise Ireland client companies, as detailed in Enterprise Ireland’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2013, published today.

10th July 2014

Welcome efficiencies in workplace relations - Heydon

Fine Gael TD for Kildare South Martin Heydon, has welcomed this week’s announcement by Minister Richard Bruton TD, of Government approval for the Workplace Relations Bill 2014, which will reduce from five to two, the number of workplace relations bodies in the State.

10th July 2014

Welcome efficiencies in workplace relations - Heydon

Fine Gael TD for Kildare South Martin Heydon, has welcomed this week’s announcement by Minister Richard Bruton TD, of Government approval for the Workplace Relations Bill 2014, which will reduce from five to two, the number of workplace relations bodies in the State.

10th July 2014

€289,000 in funding for Offaly social housing - Corcoran Kennedy

Fine Gael Laois/Offaly TD, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, has welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Housing and Planning, Jan O’Sullivan TD, that 19 vacant homes in the Offaly area are to be brought back into use within twelve months.

9th July 2014

Doyle welcomes agreement with Ontario on driving licences

Fine Gael TD for Wicklow/East Carlow, Andrew Doyle, has welcomed an agreement signed today (Wednesday) by the Minister for Transport, Leo Varadkar TD, which will allow for the mutual recognition of driving licences between Ireland and Ontario.

9th July 2014

Dublin City Council, Aiken Promotions and GAA to be called before Transport Committee – O’Donovan

Special meeting of Transport and Communications Committee to discuss cancellation of Garth Brooks concerts

9th July 2014

Feighan welcomes €60,000 in key funding to kickstart Ballyleague riverbank project

Fine Gael TD for Roscommon/South Leitrim, Frank Feighan, has warmly welcomed an allocation of €60,000 in Inland Fisheries funding to the Ballyleague riverbank development, which now ensures phase one of the project is fully financed and can proceed as planned.

9th July 2014

Minister Bruton announces ratification of ILO Convention on Decent Work for Domestic Workers

The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mr. Richard Bruton, TD, today announced the Government’s decision to ratify the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention on Decent Work for Domestic Workers (No. 189), 2011.

9th July 2014

Noone delighted to be appointed to Council of Europe

Fine Gael Dublin Senator, Catherine Noone, has said she is delighted to have been be asked by An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD, to take up a position on the Council of Europe, following the vacancy created by the election of Senator Deirdre Clune to the European Parliament.

9th July 2014

South East hoteliers offer free accommodation to Garth Brooks objectors

Fine Gael Wexford Senator, Michael D’Arcy, has today (Wednesday) said that he has been in contact with a group of hoteliers in the South East, who are offering to provide hotel accommodation for 300 Croke Park residents free of charge for the five nights of the Garth Brooks concerts, if they withdraw their objections to the events.

9th July 2014

Study recommended on the impact of the arts in combating social disadvantage – Corcoran Kennedy

Fine Gael TD and member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Environment, Culture and Gaeltacht, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy has, today (Wednesday), presented recommendations from the committee for a comprehensive study on the impact of funding through the arts.

9th July 2014