€24 million Government funding under new Human Capital Initiative creates additional university and college places on 138 undergraduate courses. 22 higher education institutions benefit from increased investment

An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, has paid tribute to Senator Paudie Coffey following his decision to leave public life at the end of the current Seanad.

Senator Paudie Coffey has notified the Taoiseach and Leader of Fine Gael, Leo Varadkar TD, and the Party’s General Secretary, Tom Curran, that he will not be contesting the next General Election whenever it may be held.

Fianna Fáil TD Lisa Chambers needs to give a full and frank account of her questionable Dáil voting record, a Fine Gael TD has said.

Dublin’s new 24-hour bus service has been declared a roaring success just two weeks after the service began.

A NEW primary care centre for Dublin 12 has been confirmed by Fine Gael Minister Catherine Byrne.

ENSURING that the legislation to allow interventions on certain institutional burials is tested through an Oireachtas Committee is a positive initiative, a Fine Gael TD has said.

FIANNA Fáil’s Keith Swanick needs to give a full and frank account as to why he failed to vote in Leinster House on the vast majority of days he recorded his attendance, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D. and Minister of State for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D. today (Wednesday 11 December 2019) confirmed the National   Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) has completed its review of Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE).

The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D. and the Minister of State for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D today announced €10 million funding in capital grants for the country’s 11 institutes of technology (IOT) and TU Dublin.