The sale of alcohol in Ireland is declining, but a new survey has allowed Róisín Shortall, a Minister of State in the Irish government, to declare that it is "crucial people reduce their level of ...

Smoking is costing the Irish economy €365m a year, says Minister of State for Health Róisín Shortall, according to the Irish Times. Currently, 29 percent of the Irish population smokes, and if that ...

The European Court of Human Rights has dismissed a legal challenge to the reference to God in the Irish presidential oath. Social Democrats co-leader Róisín Shortall and four co-litigants brought the ...

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Despite being given several opportunities to do so, Ms Shortall would give not her full backing to the health minister after the two became embroiled in a public spat over the early departure of HSE ...

DUBLIN (Reuters) – An Irish junior minister resigned on Wednesday, the second Labour minister to stand down in 12 months, delivering another blow to the coalition government after its hopes of a deal ...