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France not carrying out military exercises in Irish-patrolled waters, Coveney says
Minister Simon Coveney spoke about the change of plan in the Dáil today.
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Minister Simon Coveney spoke about the change of plan in the Dáil today.
Minister Coveney has said his department is in contact with French authorities.
Winston Irvine was arrested on Wednesday as police were investigating the security alert that impacted Simon Coveney.
Minister Simon Coveney has urged the UK Government to step back from its plan to publish domestic legislation.
Simon Coveney had to halt his speech during a peace and reconciliation event.
Coveney will meet the the Foreign Affairs minister of Sweden and Finland while also meeting the Defence minister in Helsinki.
The representative bodies had been campaigning for better pay and conditions for Irish Defence Forces personnel.
Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney said that there had been over 500,000 passports issued in 2022 so far.
Reporter Niall O’Connor is accompanying the Taoiseach and reporting from Lebanon in the coming days.
Defence Minister Simon Coveney said that the government is aware of the ‘longstanding desire’ of the body to associate with the union
Last month, 170,000 passports went out successfully, said Minister Simon Coveney.
Liz Truss is expected to declare her intention to bring forward legislation which rips up parts of the UK’s post-Brexit trade deal.
Sinn Féin Vice President Michelle O’Neill said it would be “absolutely unfathomable” that a new Executive would not be formed after today.
Coveney is expected to raise the Northern Ireland Protocol as well the war in Ukraine.
Commander Serhiy Volyna said his marines are “maybe facing our last days, if not hours”.
“There was nothing fabricated about what I witnessed,” he told the assembly.
Coveney visited Bucha and Kyiv last week and will brief his colleagues on what he witnessed.
The Foreign Affairs Minister is to travel to areas directly affected by the Russian invasion.
First-time passport applications and children’s passports, particularly for foreign-born children are seeing the longest delays.
Ireland is focusing on building relationships with parts of the UK outside of London as part of its post-Brexit plan.
Simon Coveney was giving a talk in Belfast on Friday when he was abruptly evacuated due to a security alert.
Simon Coveney was giving a talk in north Belfast on Friday when he was abruptly evacuated due to a security alert.
A van driver was threatened by two gunmen and forced to drive to another street, where a hoax device was then placed in the vehicle.
The Foreign Affairs Minister raised concerns about plans for foreigners to have an Electronic Travel Authorisation pass when crossing the border.
The Irish Air Corps celebrated 100 years since its formation at Casement Aerodrome this morning.
Coveney will meet his Polish counterpart Zbigniew Rau and speak to humanitarian organisations assisting those fleeing the war.
Defence Minister Simon Coveney confirmed that the equipment and food will shortly arrive at a Polish logistics hub.
The procurement of the two vessels is part of the “regeneration” of Ireland’s Naval Service.
The Foreign Affairs minister also indicated that Ireland is currently preparing to send defence equipment to Ukraine.
The Minister said that there was ‘no target’ on how many Ukrainian refugees would be supported to come to Ireland.
The United Nations said yesterday that 1.5 million have fled Ukraine since the invasion of the country by Russia.
Dooley said Ireland will have to play its part in providing accommodation “and lots of it” to refugees fleeing Ukraine.
Irish families could be asked to open up their homes temporarily, said the minister.
Coveney suggested Ireland would be open to harsher measures against Russia than those already agreed by the EU.
He described today’s announcement as a breach of international law.