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Dîner Celtique, 3rd May 2012

Ireland will be celebrated as "pays d'honneur" at this year's Dîner Celtique organised in partnership with NetworkIrlande. Find out more here .

Saint Patrick's Day Visit by Minister for Finance, Mr Michael Noonan, T.D.

During his Saint Patrick's Day visit, Minister Noonan rang the opening bell at the NYSE Euronext stock exchange in Paris on 16th March.

St Patrick's Day Festivities in Monaco, Greening of the Royal Palace, 17th March 2012

On the occasion of Saint Patrick’s Day and to reaffirm the links of friendship which unite Ireland the Principality of Monaco, His Serene Highness, Prince Albert II lit up the facade of the Palace in green, the symbolic colour associated with the festivities of the Christian feast day of Saint Patrick in the presence of Ambassador Paul Kavanagh at the Palace Square on Saturday 17th March at 7.45pm. Read more here .

St Patrick's Day Message from President Higgins

St Patrick’s Day is an opportunity for the global Irish family, wherever they are living, to joyously acknowledge our shared heritage and culture and to celebrate and make our commitment to an Irishness of which we all can be proud. The life story of St. Patrick is one of perseverance through adversity, generosity overcoming cruelty and a people being transformed through the power of spiritual idealism. Just as St. Patrick brought a vision of hope and renewal to his people, we in our time have our own Aisling - our dream of a better, kinder, fairer shared world. Read the full text here .

Taoiseach Mr Enda Kenny T.D. announces referendum on the European Stability Treaty, 28th February 2012

"I am pleased to have this opportunity to inform the House that the Irish people will be asked for their authorisation, in a referendum, to ratify the European Stability Treaty. I strongly believe that is very much in Ireland’s national interest that this treaty be approved, as doing so will build on the steady progress the country has made in the past year."
Read the full statement here .

Inauguration of the exhibition "Three Centuries of Franco-Irish Military Relations" by the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Sport, Mr Leo Varadkar T.D., 10-11 February 2012