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Zerve Partners with Arcee AI to Automate AI Workflows with Enhanced Precision and Performance

Integration of Arcee Conductor into Zerve Platform Automates Model Selection while Reducing Infrastructure Costs

LIMERICK, IRELAND, June 27, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Zerve, the agent-driven operating system for Data & AI teams, today announced a partnership with Arcee AI, an industry-leading language model builder and the creators of the intelligent model routing system, Arcee Conductor. The new

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Speech by Minister of State Niall Collins at the Garda Síochána Retired Members’ Association Annual Delegate Meeting 2025

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President,

Delegates,

Distinguished guests,

Colleagues and friends,

It is a privilege to join you here today on the banks of the River Shannon, and to thank you for the warm welcome extended to me by President Joe Dirwan and the Central Committee.

Let me begin by paying tribute to the Garda Síochána Retired Members’ Association, a

Government Approves Major Expansion in Health and Social Care Profession Training Places

461 new places to be delivered across nine priority disciplines

Ireland - The Government today approved a significant expansion in training places for Health and Social Care Professions (HSCPs), a move that will see up to 320 additional student places created in 2025 and a further 141 in subsequent years, in disciplines critical to disability, health, and education services.

The decision follows a joint proposal led by the Department of Further and Higher

Minister Heydon to commence final leg of trade mission with engagements in Japan

Ireland - Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, TD, will today commence the final leg of the agri-food trade mission to the Republic of Korea and Japan, which is being delivered in collaboration with Bord Bia and Enterprise Ireland.

The Korean leg of the trade mission concluded yesterday, the focus of which was a series of

Minister Calleary opens applications for the 2025 Back-to-School Clothing and Footwear Allowance

More than 114,000 families will automatically receive the allowance in July

Over €54 million provided for the scheme this year

Ireland - Minister for Social Protection, Dara Calleary TD, has today announced the opening of applications for the 2025 Back-to-School Clothing and Footwear Allowance.

The Back-to-School Clothing and Footwear Allowance provides a once-off payment to

New guide to foster artistic creativity in young children launched by Ministers Foley and O’Donovan

Ireland - Minister for Children, Disability and Equality, Norma Foley, and Minister for Arts, Culture, Communications and Sport, Patrick O’Donovan, have today launched the ‘Principles for Engaging in the Arts: A Guide for Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare Settings’.

The Principles for Engaging with the Arts are designed to inspire and support meaningful

Ministers Grealish and Murnane O’Connor launch the publication of Ireland’s First Gap Analysis Report on Research needs in Relation to Antimicrobial Resistance

Ireland - Minister of State for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with special responsibility for Research and Development, Noel Grealish TD, and Minister of State for the Department of Health with special responsibility for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy, Jennifer Murnane O’Connor TD, have today launched a report entitled Ireland’s First Gap Analysis Report on Research needs in Relation to Antimicrobial Resistance.

The report, by researchers from Maynooth University, provides a comprehensive review of

Minister O'Callaghan secures Government approval to establish a new office for EU criminal justice cooperation

Ireland - Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration Jim O’Callaghan has secured Cabinet approval for priority drafting of the Criminal Justice (International Cooperation Office) Bill 2025, which will establish the Criminal Justice International Cooperation Office and set out its powers in line with the EU e-Evidence Regulation and Directive.

The EU e-Evidence Package allows authorities in one EU Member State to issue an order to

Minister of State Healy-Rae appoints two new Directors to Board of Coillte

Ireland - Minister of State with responsibility for Forestry, Farm Safety and Horticulture, Michael Healy-Rae TD, has announced the appointments of Michael Patten and Declan Meehan as Non-Executive Directors to the Board of Coillte.

Welcoming the new appointees, Minister Healy-Rae commented:

“I am pleased to appoint Michael Patten and Declan Meehan to the Board of Coillte.

Minister Dara Calleary announces €2,152,920 in funding for an Internships Scheme with the European institutions

  • Funding has been announced today for the extension of the scheme for five years
  • 7 translation/proofreading internships will be available in 2025-26
  • Internships will last 9 months – October 2025 to June 2026
  • Six European institutions to participate in the scheme in 2025-26
  • The Internships Scheme was established in partnership with the EU institutions in 2018

The Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht, Dara Calleary TD, today announced that he has approved €2,152,920 for the renewal of the Department's European Internships Scheme for the next five years (2025-2030).

This scheme gives people the opportunity to experience working life in Europe, receive

Minister for Finance informs Government colleagues of continued progress in reducing mortgage arrears in 2024

Ireland - The Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe TD, today welcomed the publication of the Mortgage Arrears Review for 2024. The Minister earlier briefed his Government colleagues on the 2024 Review, a new annual initiative arising from the recommendations of the Mortgage Arears Review Group, which reported in September 2024.

Minister Donohoe said:

“I am very encouraged by the trends which have been highlighted by the mortgage

Tánaiste Simon Harris Announces Service Commitment Scheme for Air Corps Air Traffic Control Personnel

Ireland - The Tánaiste and Minister for Defence, Simon Harris TD, today (10 June) announced the immediate extension of the existing service commitment scheme for Air Corps pilots to air traffic control (ATC) personnel.

Speaking after today’s Government meeting, the Tánaiste said:

“I’m pleased that the Government is today taking this important step, which is

Ministers Announce €4m Funding for Women in Sport Programme

Ireland - Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport, Patrick O’Donovan T.D., and Minister for Sport and Postal Policy, Charlie McConalogue T.D., have announced investment of €4m under the Women in Sport (WIS) Programme for 2025.

The funding allocation matches the record amount invested last year and represents more

Minister Browne launches new call to promote apartment building in our cities

Over 1,000 owner-occupier apartments already signed for delivery

High demand for completed apartments a huge “vote of confidence” for the scheme

Latest call makes it more feasible for smaller builders to apply

Ireland -The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, James Browne TD, has today announced the launch of the next call for expressions of interest under the Croí Cónaithe Cities Scheme.

The Croí Cónaithe Cities Scheme is a fund to support the building of apartments for sale to

Statement from the Tánaiste on funding for Casement Park announced as part of the UK Government’s spending review

Ireland - I welcome the British government’s announcement today of £50 million for Casement Park, as part of the UK Spending Review.

The Irish Government has long supported the redevelopment of Casement Park in Belfast as a landmark sports infrastructure project.

In February 2024, we made an early commitment from the Shared Island initiative of up to €50 million for the redevelopment of Casement. We underlined our commitment at that time to support the GAA in progressing this project in partnership with the UK and NI authorities.

I will now engage with all these partners to deliver a redeveloped stadium. The last match hosted in Casement was well over a decade ago and it is past time for the redevelopment of this historic venue to get underway.

Ministers Donohoe and Chambers welcome IMF assessment of Irish economy

Ireland - The Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe TD, and the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, Jack Chambers TD, today welcomed the publication of the IMF’s annual review of the Irish economy, the Staff Report for the 2025 Article IV Consultation.

Ireland’s 2025 Article IV Consultation was set against the backdrop of Budget 2025 which

Keynote address by Minister Byrne at IIEA forum on European Security and the EU White Paper on Defence

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Introduction

Your excellencies, fellow Oireachtas members, members of the Defence Forces, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen.

Good afternoon and thank you for the invitation to speak to you today.

This is by no means my first engagement with the IIEA, but it is my first engagement with its members, since my reappointment as European Affairs Minister in January.

So, may I take this opportunity to commend the IIEA for organising this important

Dáil passes motion clearing Ireland’s associate membership of CERN

Ireland - Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science James Lawless TD today secured the Dáil approval needed for Ireland to join the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, as an Associate Member.

Minister Lawless said:

“Today’s vote is the culmination of a long campaign, both nationally and personally,

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