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The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Mr Michael Creed, T.D., has launched a public consultation on a proposal to implement a pilot quota balancing scheme for demersal stocks. Quota Balancing means that where a vessel exceeds its catch limit for a relevant stock during (more…)
The Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan TD, has announced that 10,158 people – including 3,136 children – were granted Irish citizenship in 2018. The figures bring the number of new Irish citizens to have received their certificate of naturalisation since the introduction of Citizenship (more…)
The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Mr Shane Ross, has today announced the commencement of the drink-driving provisions of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2018, with effect from 26 October 2018. These provisions will ensure that all drink drivers, without exception, will receive (more…)
Team Ireland’s 88 athletes who took part in the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games, were welcomed back at Dublin Airport on 4th August by hundreds of screaming fans. The team took home a total of 82 medals 26 Gold, 28 Silver and 28 Bronze medals along with 41 Placement (more…)