Helen McEntee said her visit to the region on Wednesday has been a ‘priority’ for her since taking up her post in November 2025.

Helen McEntee and 13 counterparts co-signed a statement condemning new Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

The 127th Infantry Battalion came under "small arms fire" at 6.30 pm on Thursday evening, but "all personnel are well and accounted for".

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The park is named after former Israeli president Chaim Herzog, who was was born in Belfast and raised in Dublin.

Helen McEntee said further work was still needed to end the conflict with Russia.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs was commenting as talks between US, Ukrainian and European officials took place in Geneva.

The Education Minister also said the Connolly campaign should provide a full breakdown of her €3,700 taxpayers’ funded trip to Syria in 2018

A union representing school caretakers and secretaires has agreed to withdraw strike action and engage in negotiations, the Education Minister said.

A right to request remote working came into effect from March 2024 inspired by pandemic arrangements.

The Education Minister visited a summer programme for children at a Clondalkin primary school.

The Government approved the establishment of a commission of investigation into allegations of historical sex abuse in schools across the country.

The hiring process for occupational therapists and speech and language therapists will start in the next week.

Minister for Education Helen McEntee said she will provide updated figures to the cabinet in July, which will then be publicly shared.

Minister McEntee said the scheme will have a hugely positive impact on young people.

The identity of parents or guardians, the children or the schools involved may not be published by order of the court.

Lockable boxes and cubby holes, as well as controversial phone pouches, can be acquired with €9 million in Budget funding.

The number of students sitting State exams has passed 140,000 for the first time

The significant reforms from the next academic year will see 40 per cent of marks in all subjects given for practical exams or end of year projects.

Education Minister Helen McEntee said the changes would be “more reflective” of students’ and teachers’ work.

Teachers will be given permanent contracts after one year, under new measures announced by the Minister for Education

The review will be completed by a dietitian, who will be supervised by the Department of Health.

Verona Murphy will have the backing of Government parties, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, as well as Government-supporting independent TDs.

Bus Éireann has been unable to procure a service to bring the boy to school

In a judgment issued on Tuesday, Mr Justice Charles Meenan noted that legislation enacted since last year’s High Court ruling has repealed the State’s designation of the UK as a safe third country

Documents seen by Breakingnews from the Department of Justice show there was 269 emails to the Department on the proposed bill.

The decline follows the then Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee, last August imposing higher fines on airlines and ferry companies that allow someone to board or disembark without proper documentation.

The Criminal Justice (Hate Offences) Act 2024 will increase prison sentences for certain crimes motivated by hatred.

Justice minister Helen McEntee will outline the enhancements to the searchable database which was first launched last year.

Over 6,000 new Irish citizens, hailing from 140 countries around the world, will be granted citizenship in seven ceremonies being held on Monday and Tuesday.

Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Trade and Employment Louise O’Reilly said that opinion polls were reflecting what she had experienced on the campaign trail.

A repeat of the last government coalition cannot be ruled out, while Sinn Féin would struggle to bring a left-wing coalition together, according to a political commentator

Taoiseach Simon Harris said he spoke to Nikita Hand on Saturday after winning her case against the mixed martial arts fighter

Nikita Hand accused the sportsman of raping her in a Dublin hotel in December 2018.

There is little over a week left until polling day.

The Fine Gael leader said: ‘We need to call that out.’

The justice minister launched the party’s plans for law and order on Friday, with measures that include funding 6,000 Garda recruits.

The Tánaiste said he was surprised that Fine Gael had attacked his party’s manifesto pledge on decriminalisation.

The party has also vowed to create 30,000 public childcare places.

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Analysis of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil's social media advertisements for the general election shows a lot of repetition when it comes to issues and slogans

Hugh Harper said he felt ‘a step closer’ to the truth after the meeting with three ministers on Wednesday.

Sylvester Poff and James Barrett were hanged in Tralee Gaol in Co Kerry in 1883