Foreign travel costs for the office of the Minister for the Diaspora which was set up in July 2014, have amounted to almost €74,000, according to information released under the Freedom of Information Act.

A lavish fund-raising effort from Kerry GAA chiefs in New York, Chicago and Boston has helped put a €1 million dent in the cost of the Kingdom’s proposed Centre of Excellence at Currans, near Farranfore.

Even with technologies such as Skype, Irish emigrants still crave for more news from home, a study has found.

Twenty new jobs will be created following the launch today of Irish TV’s new Munster regional hub in Tralee.

Minister for Diaspora Affairs Jimmy Deenihan has announced today at the IIBN OpportUnity Conference in New York that the Irish Executive Mentoring Program (IEMP) will expand its platform globally.