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Taoiseach Micheal Martin speaks at South by Southwest festival
Ireland offers competitive tax incentives and funding supports for film-makers, Irish premier Micheal Martin has told a panel at a major US media festival. Mr Martin, who is attending South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, as part of a...
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50 new jobs for Cork as Irish premier seeks further US investment
A US tech company has announced plans for 50 new jobs at its Irish base, as Ireland's premier visited its Texas headquarters. Tricentis, which offers artificial intelligence-led automated sofwtware testing tools, revealed plans to expand...
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Ireland offers competitive tax incentives and funding supports for film-makers says Taoiseach
Ireland offers competitive tax incentives and funding supports for film-makers, Irish premier Micheal Martin has told a panel at a major US media festival. Mr Martin, who is attending South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, as part of a...
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Taoiseach 'looking forward' to meeting with US President
Irish premier Micheal Martin has said he is “looking forward to” his bilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump in the White House on Wednesday. Mr Martin made the comments on his first full day of engagements in the US as part of...
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Taoiseach aiming to secure Ireland’s economic ties with the US in Trump meeting
Taoiseach Micheal Martin speaks during a press conference at Marriott hotel in Austin,Texas on the first day of St Patrick’s engagements in the US. The Irish premier discussed legal status for undocumented Irish people living in the US,...
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Martin aiming to secure Ireland’s economic ties with the US in Trump meeting
Irish premier Micheal Martin has insisted his priority in this week’s meeting with Donald Trump at the White House is to “bring home the message” that Ireland has been good for American investment. Amid concerns that the US president’s...
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Remote village in central Guatemala adapts to shifting climate patterns
In central Guatemala, a remote village of 24 Qʼeqchi Mayan families has had to adapt to shifting climate patterns. The ‘La Paz’ community's name means 'peace'. reflecting its longing for safety after the country’s violent conflict 40...
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Martin promises Irish help as Starmer seeks trade reset with EU
The UK and Ireland are opening the “next chapter” in their relationship, Prime Minister Sir Keir said, as he also hailed the nations having “turned a page on the turbulent years”. The Prime Minister and the Taoiseach Micheal Martin were...
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UK and Ireland opening 'next chapter' in their relationship, says Starmer
Sir Keir Starmer said the UK and Ireland were opening the “next chapter” in their relationship, as ministers from both countries gathered for a summit in Liverpool. Taoiseach Micheal Martin said Ireland would do “anything we can” to help...
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Starmer and Martin hold talks during UK and Ireland Summit
Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK and Ireland summit “marks a new era” in the relations between the two countries. Speaking at the top of the meeting attended by senior politicians from both Governments, the Prime Minister said: “Today’s...
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UK and Ireland summit 'marks a new era' in relations between the two countries, says Starmer
Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK and Ireland summit “marks a new era” in the relations between the two countries. Speaking at the top of the meeting attended by senior politicians from both Governments, the Prime Minister said: “Today’s...
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Starmer and Martin talk as they walk through gardens during UK-Ireland Summit
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer walks with Taoiseach Micheal Martin in the gardens during a summit at Inglewood Manor House in Ellesmere Port, in the first in a new series of annual UK-Ireland Summits taking place in Britain.
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60% of jobs in developed countries "under threat" from AI, says John McCarthy
Minister for Finance Michael McGrath and Chief Economist John McCarthy speak about Ireland's public debt and the change AI will have for workers and the economy. At the Department of Finance.
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434m euro funding pot to address ‘serious’ student accommodation shortage
Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris and president of the European Investment Bank Werner Hoyer, launch a financing initiative to help higher education institutions build student accommodation. in Ireland
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Prime Minister and Taoiseach pledge to work together ahead of inaugural summit
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (left) with Taoiseach Micheal Martin during a reception at Museum of Liverpool, ahead of the first in a new series of annual UK-Ireland Summits taking place in Britain.
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Higher Education minister says beds used to accommodate Ukrainians will be made available for student accommodation
Higher Education Minister James Lawless says thousands of beds would be made available for student accommodation, having been originally used to accommodate Ukrainians.
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Health minister meets with Irish Pharmacy Union to resolve HRT rollout delay
Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said she has met with the Irish Pharmacy Union in an attempt to resolve the delay in rolling out a national plan to make hormone replacement therapy (HRT) free to all women.
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Jennifer Carroll MacNeil says she wants more consultants working at the weekends
Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeil said she "wasn't pleased" by a recent weekend roster of hospital consultants. She wants more consultants working at the weekends.
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Dublin electrician transforms home into Halloween House of Horrors for charity
A Dublin electrician has said adults and children from the community are vital to transforming his home into a House of Horrors every year. For years, Ken Carraher has filled his Killiney home with ghosts, ghouls and monsters for the...
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Dublin electrician transforms home into Halloween house of horrors for charity
A Dublin electrician has said adults and children from the community are vital to transforming his home into a house of horrors every year. For 22 years, Ken Carraher's Killiney home has been filled with ghosts, ghouls and monsters for...
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Ireland's media minister expresses her 'concern and frustration' at how RTE exit revelations are affecting broadcaster
Media Minister Catherine Martin has said that she expressed her “concern and frustration” at how revelations of exit packages at RTE is undermining work to reform the broadcaster. She was speaking after a meeting with the chairwoman of...
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Centre to help people with disabilities access public transport unveiled
A “first of its kind” centre has opened in north Dublin that aims to help people with disabilities become familiar with public transport and teach authorities how to design more accessible services. Footage of (in order of appearance)...
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Silent Dublin protest marks 300 days of war in Gaza
Protesters in Dublin have taken part in a silent demonstration to mark 300 days of the war in Gaza. The protest, organised by a dozen solidarity, anti-war and student groups, began at the Dail with demonstrators wearing dark clothes....
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Leo Varadkar launches family and care campaign
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Minister Heather Humphreys launch Fine Gael’s campaign for yes votes on upcoming referenda on family and care.