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Politicians ‘may need to surprise people’ to resolve row over NI Protocol

Politicians may need to “surprise people” to resolve the dispute over the Northern Ireland Protocol, Ireland’s Foreign Affairs minister has said, amid fresh hopes that a compromise can be reached. Simon Coveney also said on Friday that renewed ...

07 Oct 2022 at 19:08

National News

UK ‘seriously engaging’ in Northern Ireland Protocol talks, says Coveney

The UK Government is engaging “seriously” in efforts to resolve the impasse over the Northern Ireland Protocol, according to Ireland’s foreign minister. Simon Coveney said that reports of protocol negotiations between the EU and UK restarting ...

05 Oct 2022 at 19:10

National News

Number of young Irish people in 3rd level education among highest in OECD - new report

...2021 also dropped from the previous year to 12.1% and is well below the OECD average of 16.1%. Speaking today, Minister SIMON HARRIS said, "The publication of this report highlights the significant advancements we have made in third level education. We...

03 Oct 2022 at 18:16

National News

Homeowners urged to rent a room to students to ease accommodation crisis

...by renting out a room and in turn benefit from a generous tax break. The Minister for Further and Higher Education SIMON HARRIS has appealed to homeowners to consider renting rooms to students ahead of the start of the new academic year, in what he...

17 Aug 2022 at 16:53

National News

€40m in funding announced to make colleges across Ireland greener and more accessible

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, SIMON HARRIS has today (Monday August 15) announced funding of €40 million which will be invested in universities and colleges across the country to make them greener and more...

15 Aug 2022 at 15:44

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St Joseph's staff hailed in wake of Hiqa report as HSE chiefs accused of showing 'lack of respect to people of Longford'

...it emerged last year that no money was ever ring-fenced for the facility some four years after then Health Minister SIMON HARRIS vowed to undertake a multi million euro revamp of the centre. Cllr Nolan pledged to keep her “foot to the peddle” in...

22 Aug 2022 at 14:00

National News

Some Ukrainians to remain in student accommodation into autumn as housing squeeze continues

SIMON HARRIS has said Ukrainian refugees will begin to leave student accommodation units on a phased basis over the next few months as the state continues to grapple with housing pressures. The Irish Government announced last month that it had run out of...

17 Aug 2022 at 16:03

National News

Civil service should make every effort to support Disability minister – Harris

Minister for Further and Higher Education SIMON HARRIS has said he fully supports the Disability minister in pushing for changes to services, and said that the civil service should make every effort to enact them. It comes after the Minister of State for...

17 Aug 2022 at 19:24

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Ministers defend Robert Troy over omission of property sale from declarations list

...did not officially declare a property in Co Westmeath that he sold in 2018. Minister for Higher and Further Education SIMON HARRIS said that Minister of State with responsibility for Trade Promotion Robert Troy was “right and proper” to amend the...

17 Aug 2022 at 21:41

National News

Ministers defend Robert Troy over omission of property sale from official list

17 Aug 2022 at 18:44

Budget will be comprehensive and sustainable, Taoiseach says

National News

Taoiseach promises Budget 2023 will be 'comprehensive and sustainable'

...to put in place measures that will stop a surge in pricing turning into a threat to jobs.” Higher Education Minister SIMON HARRIS said it is a “really important day”. “This budget is all about the cost of living,” he said. “It’s all about trying to...

27 Sept 2022 at 12:05

Northern Ireland

UK Government willing to have ‘serious dialogue’ over NI Protocol – Coveney

There is now a willingness in the British Government to have a “serious dialogue” about solving problems caused by the Northern Ireland Protocol, Irish Foreign Affairs minister Simon Coveney has said. Speaking following a meeting with new ...

28 Sept 2022 at 20:58

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