# 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.
# simon-coveney - Monday 26 April, 2021
# Covid19 Outbreak
# Covid19 Outbreak
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly confirmed the aid package as part of the co-ordinated EU response, as cases in India passed 350,000 a day.
# simon-coveney - Wednesday 21 April, 2021
# On A Jet Plane
# On A Jet Plane
The minister said the EU Green Cert system could be in place by June but that Ireland may not sign up to it at the beginning.
# simon-coveney - Wednesday 14 April, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney is also in London today for talks.
# simon-coveney - Saturday 10 April, 2021
# Analysis
# Analysis
A week of difficult government discussions concluded with an incorporeal Cabinet meeting last night.
# simon-coveney - Monday 5 April, 2021
# Travel
# Travel
One idea on the table is expanding the role of quarantining at home.
# simon-coveney - Thursday 1 April, 2021
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
It was reported this week that 43 countries could be added to the list.
# simon-coveney - Sunday 28 March, 2021
# Beacon Hospital
# Beacon Hospital
Paul Reid said there is no rationale as to why teachers in a private school were given the vaccine.
# simon-coveney - Friday 12 March, 2021
# State Collusion
# State Collusion
There was shock in November when the UK said it would not hold a public inquiry into the Belfast lawyer’s 1989 murder.
# simon-coveney - Thursday 11 March, 2021
# Simon Coveney
# Simon Coveney
Simon Coveney and EU Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic spoke to the Friends of Ireland caucus.
# simon-coveney - Sunday 7 March, 2021
# Iran
# Iran
Ireland-Iran bilateral relations were also discussed in advance of the re-opening of an Irish diplomatic presence in Tehran.
# simon-coveney - Saturday 6 March, 2021
# Iran
# Iran
Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney will also meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif.
# simon-coveney - Thursday 4 March, 2021
# Exports
The EU is now considering legal options. Coveney says the move was "disrespectful" and has damaged UK-EU relationships.
# simon-coveney - Monday 1 March, 2021
# Defence Forces
# Defence Forces
A whistleblower says a number of people have contacted him about incidents of alleged sexual abuse and assault.
# simon-coveney - Sunday 28 February, 2021
# Defending Pay
# Defending Pay
A Commission on the Defence Forces is due to deliver a report this year on challenges within the armed forces.
# simon-coveney - Thursday 25 February, 2021
# Richard O'halloran
# Richard O'halloran
Richard OHalloran has been prevented from leaving China since February 2019.
# simon-coveney - Monday 15 February, 2021
# RULES BREACH
# RULES BREACH
The US crew stayed in a Limerick hotel overnight, leaving to buy food at one point, before flying on to the US the following day.
# simon-coveney - Sunday 7 February, 2021
# Simon Coveney
# Simon Coveney
Coveney did admit however that there have been issues with the implementation of the protocol.
# simon-coveney - Friday 5 February, 2021
# Debunked
# Debunked
It has been claimed that the media was told not to cover the minister’s trip last month.
# simon-coveney - Wednesday 3 February, 2021
# The Protocol
# The Protocol
Post-Brexit inspections on goods entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain have been suspended amid concerns over the safety of officials.
