# department-of-foreign-affairs - Friday 18 March, 2022
# Simon Coveney
# Simon Coveney
Coveney will meet his Polish counterpart Zbigniew Rau and speak to humanitarian organisations assisting those fleeing the war.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Tuesday 15 March, 2022
# Ukrainian Ambassador
# Ukrainian Ambassador
Ambassador Gerasko said she is awaiting a reply from President Zelenskyy on an offer to address the Oireachtas.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Thursday 10 March, 2022
# St Patrick's Day
# St Patrick's Day
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has written to all Irish embassies asking for monuments to be lit up in yellow and blue.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Wednesday 9 March, 2022
# Racheal Diyaolu
# Racheal Diyaolu
Racheal Diyaolu’s sister Christiana confirmed the news on social media.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Tuesday 15 February, 2022
# Families
# Families
The Department of Foreign Affairs is working with parents whose babies are due to be born soon in Ukraine, where tensions with Russia are high.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Monday 14 February, 2022
# Kyiv Embassy
# Kyiv Embassy
The department said that this number “may rise further over the coming days”.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Sunday 13 February, 2022
# Kyiv Embassy
# Kyiv Embassy
Ukraine today vowed to keep its airspace open to international travel.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Saturday 12 February, 2022
# Travel Advice
- The Embassy of Ireland in Kyiv is to remain open for a small number of staff.
- A number of countries, including Russia, have been pulling embassy staff from the Ukrainian capital.
- US President Joe Biden is due to speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin later today.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Tuesday 1 February, 2022
# Champagne Gate
# Champagne Gate
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty said the review of the gathering published last night is “insufficient” and called for an independent investigation.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Thursday 27 January, 2022
# Foreign Affairs
# Foreign Affairs
The go-ahead was communicated in an email from Niall Burgess’s private secretary the day before the gathering.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Tuesday 25 January, 2022
# Consular Assistance
# Consular Assistance
Figures released by the Department of Foreign Affairs show that 108 Irish citizens were evacuated from Afghanistan in 2021.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Monday 17 January, 2022
# Foreign Affairs
# Foreign Affairs
The Minister for Foreign Affairs has ordered an investigation into a gathering of his officials in June 2020.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Wednesday 29 December, 2021
# Champagne Problems
# Champagne Problems
At least 20 officials and staff were pictured celebrating with champagne in an event at Iveagh House on 17 June 2020.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Monday 27 December, 2021
# Head Count
# Head Count
The busts were bought on behalf of the State’s diplomatic network.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Tuesday 14 December, 2021
# Ambassadors
# Ambassadors
Nine consuls general are also to be appointed in the UK, US, India, Canada and France.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Monday 6 December, 2021
# Passports
# Passports
The number of passports has never even reached 1 million in a year before.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Sunday 5 December, 2021
# Omicron
# Omicron
Morocco has banned all incoming flights for at least two weeks.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Thursday 2 December, 2021
# Grounded
# Grounded
Flights to and from Morocco have been suspended until at least 13 December over Omicron fears.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Wednesday 24 November, 2021
# Irish In Ethiopia
# Irish In Ethiopia
Ethiopian authorities indicated that the decision was due to Ireland’s position on the ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis there
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Monday 6 September, 2021
# Document Drop
- Coveney is due back before an Oireachtas committee tomorrow morning and has promised to answer questions on the documents.
- Texts released today add further detail to the timeline surrounding the planned appointment of Zappone to the UN envoy role.
- The document dump also includes a text from Zappone in the aftermath of the Merrion-gate controversy.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Friday 20 August, 2021
# Irish In Afghanistan
# Irish In Afghanistan
The Department of Foreign Affairs has said that a total of six Irish citizens have now left the country.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Tuesday 25 May, 2021
# Extinction Rebellion
# Extinction Rebellion
Extinction Rebellion Ireland members staged a protest outside the courthouse in support of Orla Murphy.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Monday 24 May, 2021
# Diplomatic Immunity
- Niall O'Connor's report looks at the amount of times diplomats have escaped traffic fines by using their diplomatic immunity.
- The foreign embassy staff members were nabbed by gardaí across the country but granted immunity from prosecution.
- According to documents obtained by The Journal, the Department of Foreign Affairs were notified 17 times either by gardaí or by embassies.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Tuesday 18 May, 2021
# Passport Office
# Passport Office
The Galway woman is planning to leave the country next month, and has waited five months for her 10-year-old son’s passport to be renewed.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Friday 19 March, 2021
# Iveagh House
# Iveagh House
Graffiti was daubed on the front of Iveagh House, the headquarters of the Department of Foreign Affairs, earlier today.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Friday 19 February, 2021
# Passports
# Passports
The worker was eventually dismissed in December 2019 after the suspension.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Monday 28 December, 2020
# Department Of Foreign Affairs
# Department Of Foreign Affairs
The most popular baby girls’ names were Olivia, Mia and Saoirse, while Noah, Adam and Cillian topped the baby boys’ list.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Saturday 24 October, 2020
# Lagos
# Lagos
Amnesty International said that at least 12 peaceful protesters were killed in an incident involving the Nigerian army this week.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Friday 24 July, 2020
# Repatriation
# Repatriation
Irish government spent €890,000 on flights to repatriate citizens from Peru, India and Nigeria this year.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Wednesday 22 July, 2020
# Green List
# Green List
The much-anticipated ‘green list’ of countries was published last night.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Thursday 26 March, 2020
# Australia
# Australia
There are around 2,000 Irish citizens stranded in 83 countries around the world – most of these are in Australia.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Wednesday 25 March, 2020
# Stranded Abroad
# Stranded Abroad
The majority of stranded Irish citizens are in Australia or New Zealand, the Department of Foreign Affairs said.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Friday 20 March, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The Irish government is gauging interest from the estimated 100 Irish people on who want to fly home this weekend.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Thursday 27 February, 2020
# Not Going Green
# Not Going Green
In some countries, St Patrick’s Day events have already been cancelled.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Tuesday 25 February, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Here at home the National Public Health Emergency Team is meeting to monitor the situation and advance preparedness plans.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Monday 24 February, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
A fifth person has died from Covid-19 today in Italy.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Wednesday 19 February, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Two Irish citizens who were on the cruise ship tested positive for coronavirus.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Tuesday 18 February, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
The couple are understood to have tested positive for Covid-19 a number of days ago.
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
The Diamond Princess ship docked in Japan has more than 450 confirmed cases of Covid-19.
# department-of-foreign-affairs - Wednesday 29 January, 2020
# Outbreak
# Outbreak
Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said “there is no evidence to suggest that any Irish citizen has contracted the virus”.
