Dáil Éireann

Irish Minister of Municipal Development, Natural Resources and Digital Development Seán Kyne will visit the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, the Ministry of Environment and Water, the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications as well as the National Assembly. Minister Seán Kyne will hold meetings with his Bulgarian counterparts.

BELGRADE - Creation of a positive business environment, strengthening of the rule of law and the fight against corruption are the key points of the success of the Serbian government and a good foundation for strengthening the relations with Ireland, Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said at a meeting with Irish Minister of State for European Affairs Helen McEntee on Tuesday.

European Union leaders promised on Saturday to embrace the British province of Northern Ireland into the EU if a referendum unites it with the Republic of Ireland, Reuters reports.

Migrant and refugee children play at Skaramangas reception center near Athens during a visit there Tuesday by Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas and Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister Frances Fitzgerald. The Irish politician chatted with refugees and volunteers. [Yannis Kolesidis/ANA-MPA]

Ireland waited for the final results on Feb. 28 of an election that has left the eurozone country in limbo, ejecting Prime Minister Enda Kenny's governing coalition but offering no clear alternative.

Prime Minister Enda Kenny on Oct. 11 said he did not intend to call a parliamentary election in Ireland before early next year, seeking to halt widespread speculation that he would call a snap vote next month.

The European Commission on Tuesday unveiled the details of its EUR 500M support programme for European farmers affected by the Russian ban on food imports from the West. 

Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis told Irish radio station RTE on Friday taht Greece has done everything it could to accommodate the “strange demands” made by its creditors. He added that his country is determined to remain part of the euro zone.

Chairman of Romania's Senate Calin Popescu Tariceanu, on Wednesday welcomed visiting Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann, chairman of the lower house of Irish Parliament, Sean Barrett, on an official visit to Romania at the invitation of the Chamber of Deputies.

Ireland goes to the polls on May 22 to vote on whether same-sex marriage should be legal, in a referendum that has exposed sharp divisions between communities in this traditionally Catholic nation.