Patrick O'Donovan, TD

The Minister for Higher Education, Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D, has today welcomed the approval by Government in seeking to advance university designation for the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI).

Amazon will have to answer questions before the Oireachtas Communications Committee, a Fine Gael TD has said.

Renowned politician Mark Durkan has announced he wishes to be a Fine Gael candidate in the Dublin constituency for the European elections in May.

Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal and Chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs, Alan Farrell has said the establishment of an Online Safety Commissioner will be an important advancement in terms of protecting our younger citizens online and builds upon the recommendations of the Committee’s Report on Cyber-Safety.

The Government is set to introduce groundbreaking legislation to improve online safety and protect children from harmful content on the internet, providing for the regulation of social media for the first time.

Fine Gael has selected three candidates to contest the European Parliament Elections in the Ireland South constituency.

A new electric vehicle charging point has been installed in the Houses of the Oireachtas, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

Dublin Senator Catherine Noone has called for greater vigilance about eating disorders affecting teenagers.

Fine Gael Senator Kieran O’Donnell has announced that the 60 modular bed unit at University Hospital Limerick has been given the green light. 

Fine Gael TD for Dublin South Central and Minister of State at the Department of Health, Catherine Byrne, has welcomed the appointment of retired Assistant Garda Commissioner, Jack Nolan, to undertake a scoping exercise in the Inchicore and Kilmainham areas.