# simon-coveney - Wednesday 1 September, 2021
# Zapponegate
# Zapponegate
Simon Coveney said yesterday that Katherine Zappone did not lobby him for a job.
# simon-coveney - Tuesday 31 August, 2021
# Zapponegate
# Zapponegate
The minister is facing scrutiny from an Oireachtas committee over Katherine Zappone’s appointment as a UN envoy.
# simon-coveney - Friday 27 August, 2021
# Homebound
# Homebound
Another 60 Irish citizens are still in the country, with operations to evacuate civilians now “effectively closed”.
# simon-coveney - Thursday 26 August, 2021
# Kabul Airport
# Kabul Airport
At least 60 Irish citizens remain in Afghanistan.
# simon-coveney - Tuesday 24 August, 2021
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Cabinet will meet next week to sign off on a reopening plan.
# Backlash
From The42
# Backlash
Minster for Foreign Affairs also admitted what happened at Croke Park ‘isn’t how that was supposed to work’ after negotiations with GAA to allow 40,000 to attend.
# simon-coveney - Monday 23 August, 2021
# Afghanistan
# Afghanistan
They are expected to arrive into Kabul on Thursday.
# simon-coveney - Sunday 22 August, 2021
# Afghanistan
# Afghanistan
A total of eight Irish citizens have now been evacuated, with 34 remaining in the country.
# simon-coveney - 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.
# simon-coveney - Thursday 19 August, 2021
# Irish In Afghanistan
# Irish In Afghanistan
Aoife MacManus, one of the three Irish people who has left Afghanistan, spoke to Nuacht RTÉ this evening.
# Live Events
# Live Events
Simon Coveney said today that the sector would have more certainty soon.
# simon-coveney - Monday 16 August, 2021
# Merriongate
# Merriongate
He acknowledged that mistakes were made in the appointment of the former children’s minister as a UN special envoy.
# simon-coveney - Thursday 5 August, 2021
# Freedom Of Expression
# Freedom Of Expression
The DFA has said a decision on the next steps will not be taken until next month.
# simon-coveney - Sunday 1 August, 2021
# Vice Admiral Mark Mellett
Vice Admiral Mark Mellett is set to retire in the coming months from his role as Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces. In a wide-ranging interview Mellett spoke at length about funding difficulties. He also believes that the future of defence lies in a combination of cyber and traditional roles.
# simon-coveney - Friday 30 July, 2021
# Freedom Of Expression
# Freedom Of Expression
The former minister is to be made a UN envoy.
# simon-coveney - Thursday 29 July, 2021
# Cabinet Approval
# Cabinet Approval
The Taoiseach would not be drawn today on whether the job was Zappone’s idea.
# simon-coveney - Wednesday 28 July, 2021
# Katherine Zappone
# Katherine Zappone
Varadkar said Zappone approached Coveney about the position.
# simon-coveney - Thursday 15 July, 2021
# Jadotville
# Jadotville
In 1961 a detachment of 158 Irish troops fought a force of 5,000 Katanganese troops while on UN duty in Congo.
# simon-coveney - Tuesday 6 July, 2021
# Poverty
# Poverty
Lebanon is facing “enormous challenges”, Minister Simon Coveney said.
# simon-coveney - Monday 5 July, 2021
# Lebanon
# Lebanon
He will also meet with political leaders, including the Defence Minister and acting Foreign Affairs Minister.
# simon-coveney - Friday 25 June, 2021
# Navy
# Navy
Minister Coveney has admitted that the Naval Service urgently needs 200 new sailors so that ships can sail from their Cork base.
# simon-coveney - Thursday 24 June, 2021
# Protocol
# Protocol
Ireland’s Foreign Affairs Minister said he hopes progress will be made in the sausage war trade dispute between the UK and the EU.
# simon-coveney - Wednesday 16 June, 2021
# Nepal
# Nepal
Oxygen concentrators, ventilators, defibrillators and PPE are among some of the equipment to be donated.
# simon-coveney - Monday 14 June, 2021
# Travel
# Travel
The tougher restrictions will only apply to those that have not had two doses of a vaccine.
# simon-coveney - Friday 4 June, 2021
# Dup Leader
# Dup Leader
The Taoiseach says the two party leaders had “an open exchange of view” this evening.
# simon-coveney - Thursday 3 June, 2021
# The Good Information Project
# The Good Information Project
Dublin has been strengthening ties with Beijing for years – but who is getting to tell the story?
# simon-coveney - Tuesday 1 June, 2021
# Dáil
# Dáil
There has been a growing diplomatic row after Belarus diverted a Ryanair civilian plane and arrested an opposition journalist.
# simon-coveney - Friday 28 May, 2021
# Diplomatic Push
# Diplomatic Push
Coveney last visited China in 2018.
# Brexit Hangover
# Brexit Hangover
Poots has described his relationship with the Irish Government as “really, really bad”.
# simon-coveney - Tuesday 25 May, 2021
# Defence Forces
# Defence Forces
Major-General Maureen O’Brien’s appointment to this rank was described as a “great source of pride for the Defence Forces” by Minister for Defence, Simon Coveney .
# simon-coveney - Monday 24 May, 2021
# Roman Protasevich
Journalist Roman Protasevich was detained on Sunday after the flight was diverted to Minsk Micheál Martin said the incident was "a state-sponsored coercive act" and "absolutely unacceptable" It is suspected that KGB agents were present on the Ryanair flight
# Minsk
# Minsk
O’Leary also said it appears there were some KGB agents on board the flight.
# simon-coveney - Thursday 20 May, 2021
# NI Protocol
# NI Protocol
Coveney said that option is within the confines of the protocol if the UK agree to a common approach to standards.
# simon-coveney - Wednesday 19 May, 2021
# Palestine
# Palestine
At least 227 Palestinians have been killed in the latest round of conflict between Israel and Hamas.
# simon-coveney - Sunday 16 May, 2021
# Palestine
# Palestine
The Foreign Minister condemned the killing of civilians, especially children, in the last week.
# simon-coveney - Wednesday 12 May, 2021
# Israel
# Israel
Minister Coveney has strongly condemned Israel in recent days, stating that the killing of children in conflict is never acceptable.
# simon-coveney - Tuesday 11 May, 2021
# Violence
# Violence
Coveney told the ambassador that Israel has a duty to adhere to international law.
# simon-coveney - Wednesday 5 May, 2021
# Diplomacy
# Diplomacy
It follows a meeting between Simon Coveney and Northern Ireland’s Secretary of State in Dublin today.
# simon-coveney - Thursday 29 April, 2021
# Minister For Foreign Affairs
# Minister For Foreign Affairs
About a third of the Passport Office staff are currently working on site.
# simon-coveney - Wednesday 28 April, 2021
# DUP LEADERSHIP
# DUP LEADERSHIP
Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney said he hopes the meeting can go ahead.
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