At a reception in the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin on Monday 28th January, Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport Leo Varadkar presented plaques to the winners of the prestigious CIE Tours International Awards of Excellence.

Ireland’s Transport and Tourism Minister Leo Varadkar is backing proposals to allow the Diaspora to vote in Presidential and parliamentary elections.

The Irish government has confirmed it will not sell its 25 percent stake in Aer Lingus to Ryanair.

North American tourists who visited Ireland for the Notre Dame/Navy game provided a welcome boost to the economy.

Irish Tourism Minister Minister Leo Varadkar, who officially opened Ireland’s Great Hunger museum near the campus of Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, stated the Famine’s impact on Ireland was similar to the Civil War in the US and World War 2 on Europe.

Irish Tanaiste (Foreign Minister) Eamon Gilmore will travel to New York from September 24-28 to conduct United Nations business on behalf of Ireland.  

Protesters have turned down an appeal from Ireland’s Tourism Minister to abandon the Occupy Dame Street camp ahead of the St Patrick’s Day festivities in Dublin.

Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has claimed his bail-out comments were hyped out of all proportion by journalists – after all but sparking an economic crisis.