News & Statements
Cork’s fight for Irish independence needs State commemoration – Burke
State commemorations must be held in Cork to mark the contribution of the Rebel city and county in the fight for Irish independence, a Fine Gael Senator has said.
Landmark rollout of broadband a step closer with EU decision – Carey
Today’s decision by the European Commission to grant state aid approval to the National Broadband Plan means the landmark rollout of rural broadband is a step closer, a Fine Gael TD has said.
Fine Gael statement
The Fine Gael Executive Council met this evening and following a recommendation from An Taoiseach and Fine Gael party leader Leo Varadkar, Deputy Maria Bailey has been removed from the Dún Laoghaire constituency ticket for the next General Election.
Minster Mitchell O’Connor welcomes launch of Ireland’s largest accessible digital library for people with print disabilities
The Minister of State for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D. today attended the launch of Bookshare.ie - an initiative of the NCBI to provide a place that will be a single, secure platform to host both home-grown and international book titles across all higher and further education study areas/fields. Bookshare.ie will allow all eligible students to search and instantly download books freely.
Minister Mitchell O’Connor congratulates first graduates of the Insurance Practitioner Apprenticeship at Capstone Project Awards Ceremony
The Minister of State for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D. today congratulated the first graduating cohort of apprentices from the BA (Hons) in Insurance Practice who traveled to the Department of Education to receive awards for their capstone projects submitted as part of their final year work. The 33 graduates at the ceremony graduated from IT Sligo on Friday 1 November.
Fianna Fáil owe an explanation on their illegal first-time home buyers’ proposal – Brophy
FF leader’s first-time home buyer VAT proposal collapses before it even reaches the first hurdle – Brophy
THE proposal by Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin to reduce VAT on first-time homes has collapsed before it even got to the first hurdle as such a move would be illegal, a Fine Gael TD has said.
Full speed ahead for FingLUAS as design work gets underway – Rock
Design work is now underway on the FingLUAS project with a preferred route expected to be identified in 2020, a Fine Gael TD has said.
ESB’s planned closure of West Offaly Power is deeply concerning – Corcoran Kennedy
The ESB’s planned closure of the West Offaly Power plant is deeply concerning, a Fine Gael TD as said.
An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar joins Ministers to launch €300 million Human Capital Initiative and Future Jobs Ireland Skills and Talent Pillar
An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar T.D. today (Thursday 7th November) joined Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D., Minister for Business, Enterprise, and Innovation Heather Humphreys T.D., Minister of State for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D., and Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development John Halligan TD. to launch the €300 million Human Capital Initiative and the Skills and Talent pillar of Future Jobs Ireland.