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Each of us can help to reduce Ireland’s transport emissions. Wherever you’re going, your journey counts. https://lnkd.in/eF-vW4DS #YourJourneyCounts

🚨 FOLÚNTAS Beidh an Príomhimscrúdaitheoir (Ainmnithe) ina gCeannasaí ar an Aonad um Imscrúduithe Timpistí Mara in Éirinn. Dáta Deiridh: 8ú Lúnasa 2024. ✍️ Iarratas Anois: https://bit.ly/3YgkBoy

📣 On this day sixty-five years ago (27 July 1959) our Department was established under the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1959. It was during the 16th Dáil that the Department of Transport and Power was set up with Erskine Childers appointed as Minister. 🤝 Thekla Beere was appointed as the Secretary of the Department in that year, making it the first Government Department to be led by a woman. 📜 In the past 65 years, the Department has had eleven name changes and twenty-five different Ministers with three of them serving for more than one term. (Pictured below is the cabinet in 1959 which includes Erskine Childers, the first Minister for Transport and Power [seated second from right].)

📜 Minister for #Transport Eamon Ryan announces the publication of the Investigation of Marine Accidents Bill, which will help pave the way for a new #Marine Accident Investigation Unit (MAIU). 🔗 https://bit.ly/4fmSlqk

To commemorate World Drowning Prevention Day, Minister James Lawless has teamed up with the Irish Coast Guard, Water Safety Ireland and the RNLI to urge the public to exercise caution when going on or near the water. For more, visit: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e4J6HGcX

🌊 Today is World Drowning Prevention Day In Ireland, an average of ten people drown every month Members of the Irish Coast Guard are sharing some important water safety tips for when you go on or near the water this summer For further water safety advice, check out: 🔗 Safety on the water: https://lnkd.in/eZybktge 🔗 Be Summer-Ready: https://lnkd.in/eX6rnHeT

How you choose to get wherever you’re going can help reduce transport emissions. https://lnkd.in/eF-vW4DS #YourJourneyCounts

🌊 So far this year, Irish Coast Guard have responded to 1,341 incidents alongside RNLI, Water Safety Ireland and other emergency services On World Drowning Prevention Day, they are coming together to appeal to communities to 'PAUSE' 🔗Find out more: https://lnkd.in/e4J6HGcX

🔔Cabinet has approved major developments to the national road network in Donegal The projects cover three stretches of road, and will include over 60km of walking and cycling facilities This is part of the TEN-T Project, an EU transport initiative 👉 https://bit.ly/4cRJHOY