Skip to main content

Latest News

FF wants to axe plan to deliver high-speed broadband to every home, farm & business in Ireland – Burke

Fianna Fáil wants to axe the Government’s plan to provide high-speed broadband to every home, farm and business in Ireland, according to Fine Gael TD Peter Burke.

10th May 2019

Minister Mary Mitchell O'Connor T.D. Welcomes the Latest Athena SWAN Awards

The Minister for Higher Education, Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D., has welcomed the Athena Swan awards that were announced this week.The Athena SWAN Charter is a flagship accreditation scheme which recognises action to address gender equality within our higher education institutions.Two additional third level institutions have been successful in receiving Bronze awards. These are Cork Institute of Technology and the Institute of Technology Carlow. These bring to eleven the total institutional bronze awards made to date, including the award to the DIT in 2018.

9th May 2019

National Student Accommodation Strategy

The Minister of State for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D. and the Minister of State with special responsibility for Housing and Urban Development Damien English T.D. today released the end Q1 2019 progress report on the National Student Accommodation Strategy.The National Student Accommodation Strategy (NSAS) complements the initiatives being taken by the Minister for Housing to increase housing supply under Rebuilding Ireland. Eight key targets and 27 actions are outlined which are designed to support the delivery of an increased level of supply of Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) and an increase in take-up of digs accommodation. The target as set out in the NSAS is the provision of 7,000 bed spaces by end 2019 and a total of 21,000 additional PBSA beds by 2024.

8th May 2019

Fianna Fáil’s roll out of flip-flopping on broadband – Heydon

THE hypocrisy emerging from Fianna Fáil on the Government’s National Broadband Plan is staggering even by their standards, Fine Gael Parliamentary Party Chairman Martin Heydon has said tonight.

7th May 2019

Fine Gael launches Divorce Referendum YES campaign

Today (Monday, May 6), Fine Gael launched its campaign for a yes vote in the forthcoming referendum on divorce. 

6th May 2019

Airlines need to become autism aware - Richmond

FLIGHT attendants should be trained in autism awareness and airline companies need to be more mindful of families travelling with autistic children, Fine Gael Senator Neale Richmond has said.

5th May 2019

Fine Gael launches European and Local Elections campaigns

An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has today outlined how Fine Gael have the right team, vision and plan for Ireland on the European stage and across the country at local level.

3rd May 2019

Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD Leads Generation Apprenticeship – What’s Next Employer Consultation Event

Minister of State with special responsibility for Higher Education, Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D. today (1 May 2019) opened an apprenticeship employer consultation event to hear ideas on current and future apprenticeship provision. The event, entitled Generation Apprenticeship – What’s Next?, was organised by the Apprenticeship Council and held in Dublin’s Gibson Hotel.

1st May 2019

Naughton to attend Open Government Partnership Summit on internet safety

The Chair of the Oireachtas Communications Committee has been invited to attend the Open Government Partnership Summit in Canada later this month.

1st May 2019

Dublin Airport needs to become more sensitive to needs of those with autism and sensory issues - Richmond

Fine Gael Senator Neale Richmond has called on the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) to construct an alternative route for passengers to avoid the intense commercial area after the security checks in both Terminals One and Two.

28th April 2019