# simon-coveney - Friday 27 March, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The Bill will now be signed into law by President Michael D Higgins.
# Simon Coveney
# Simon Coveney
Tánaiste Simon Coveney and Peruvian Foreign Minister
# simon-coveney - 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.
# simon-coveney - Friday 20 March, 2020
# Travel Advice
# Travel Advice
“We recommend that people who wish to do so make arrangements to return to Ireland as soon as possible,” Simon Coveney said.
# simon-coveney - Monday 16 March, 2020
# FAKE NEWS
# FAKE NEWS
No: that WhatsApp message about a military lockdown, that went viral at the weekend, is not true.
# simon-coveney - Friday 13 March, 2020
# Travel Advice
# Travel Advice
Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney made the announcement on Twitter this evening.
# simon-coveney - Thursday 12 March, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
People are being advised to work from home if possible from 6pm today.
# simon-coveney - Tuesday 10 March, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said yesterday that we could “easily” see half the Irish population contract the virus.
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The development puts Italy in the same category as countries like Afghanistan and Syria.
# simon-coveney - Tuesday 25 February, 2020
# Talk The Talk
# Talk The Talk
The tánaiste was speaking in Brussels at an EU special summit.
# simon-coveney - Friday 21 February, 2020
# East Jerusalem
# East Jerusalem
The plans were unveiled by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last night.
# simon-coveney - Tuesday 18 February, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
The Diamond Princess ship docked in Japan has more than 450 confirmed cases of Covid-19.
# simon-coveney - Thursday 13 February, 2020
# No 10
# No 10
Simon Coveney said he didn’t believe there would be a government in Northern Ireland today without Smith’s leadership.
# simon-coveney - Tuesday 4 February, 2020
# Ge2020
# Ge2020
Senior Fine Gael ministers went on the attack today as recent polls show them in 3rd place.
# simon-coveney - Thursday 30 January, 2020
# Ge2020
# Ge2020
Martin also hit out against Fine Gael’s Phil Hogan, who is now the EU’s chief trade negotiator.
# Simon Coveney
# Simon Coveney
A separate flight is leaving for the UK at 9pm Irish time tonight.
# simon-coveney - Wednesday 29 January, 2020
# Ge2020
# Ge2020
Coveney said Brexit is coming at us like a ‘freight train’.
# Ge2020
# Ge2020
Noone is now writing to autism support organisations.
# simon-coveney - Sunday 12 January, 2020
# Brexit
# Brexit
Coveney said the EU felt the end of 2020 deadline set by Boris Johnson was “ambitious, if not unrealistic”.
# Smuggling
# Smuggling
One person suggested that they should “erect poles at every road crossing the border between Northern Ireland and the South”.
# simon-coveney - Friday 10 January, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
The new deal is a balanced approach that can get the parliament up and running, the Tánaiste writes.
# simon-coveney - Thursday 9 January, 2020
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
Three years to the day since the collapse of the Assembly, the Sinn Féin leader in the North said talks are still “a work in progress”.
# simon-coveney - Wednesday 8 January, 2020
# Deal Or No Deal
# Deal Or No Deal
Publishing a draft text prior to securing a deal represent a new approach.
# simon-coveney - Tuesday 7 January, 2020
# Trade Deal
# Trade Deal
Boris Johnson does not want the Brexit transition period extended beyond December 2020, but Ireland and Europe have said this may not be realistic.
# simon-coveney - Thursday 2 January, 2020
# Belfast
# Belfast
A snap election could be called if a deal is not reached by 13 January.
# simon-coveney - Wednesday 1 January, 2020
# Talks
# Talks
The parties have until a January 13 deadline to strike a deal to revive devolution.
# simon-coveney - Friday 27 December, 2019
# Another Year Over
# Another Year Over
Before Christmas, there had been hopes of a breakthrough in talks.
# For You
# For You
Books, hampers and historical gifts are often given to heads of state.
# Record Breaking
# Record Breaking
The oldest online Irish passport applicant was 101, and the youngest was five days old.
# simon-coveney - Tuesday 24 December, 2019
# Attendance
# Attendance
Coveney says he has not spoken to Dara Murphy.
# simon-coveney - Monday 23 December, 2019
# Controversy
# Controversy
Coveney said the by-election campaign was ‘personally stressful’ on Murphy.
# simon-coveney - Sunday 15 December, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
Michael Gove said Simon Coveney “takes a different view” to those who dismiss the possibility of getting a trade deal sorted next year.
# simon-coveney - Friday 13 December, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
The Taoiseach has congratulated Boris Johnson after the outcome of the UK election.
# simon-coveney - Thursday 12 December, 2019
# Pain Clinic
# Pain Clinic
The issue was raised by TD Dara Calleary in the Dail today.
# simon-coveney - Tuesday 19 November, 2019
# Occupied Territories
# Occupied Territories
This comes after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington no longer considers them to be illegal.
# simon-coveney - Wednesday 13 November, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney will meet with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon during the visit.
# simon-coveney - Tuesday 12 November, 2019
# Dáil
# Dáil
It was revealed yesterday that Smith is due to be repatriated to Ireland.
# simon-coveney - Monday 4 November, 2019
# Turkey
# Turkey
Simon Coveney has said his primary concern is for Smith’s two-year-old daughter.
# simon-coveney - Thursday 17 October, 2019
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
A photo posted on online in recent days shows a boy eating his dinner from a piece of cardboard on the street.
# simon-coveney - Monday 14 October, 2019
# Syria
# Syria
Tánaiste Simon Coveney said the unanimous move is in response to Turkey’s “unacceptable unilateral military action in northeast Syria”.
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