# 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.
# simon-coveney - Monday 1 February, 2021
# Vaccines
- Coveney says the Commission's move was a "costly mistake"
- NI First Minister Arlene Foster accuses the Commission of committing an 'act of hostility'
# simon-coveney - Tuesday 19 January, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
The State is to fund antigen tests for truck drivers travelling to France.
# simon-coveney - 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.
# simon-coveney - Sunday 27 December, 2020
# Brexit
# Brexit
The EU and the UK published full 1,246-page text of the treaty yesterday.
# simon-coveney - Friday 25 December, 2020
# US Military
# US Military
Independent TD Catherine Connolly has said that “it is not possible to promote peace if we are facilitating war”.
# simon-coveney - Tuesday 22 December, 2020
# Beirut
# Beirut
Private Thomas Barrett and Private Derek Smallhorne were killed while on a peacekeeping mission over 40 years ago.
# simon-coveney - Tuesday 15 December, 2020
# Defence Forces
# Defence Forces
“This is about modernising Irish Defence infrastructure and making sure that it’s fit for purpose,” Defence Minister Simon Coveney said.
# simon-coveney - Friday 11 December, 2020
# Brexit
# Brexit
Boris Johnson said he was “hopeful” that progress could be made before Sunday.
# simon-coveney - Thursday 10 December, 2020
# Handover
# Handover
Ireland will take its seat on the Council on 1 January 2021.
# simon-coveney - Thursday 3 December, 2020
# Brexit
# Brexit
Simon Coveney met European leaders in Paris today.
# simon-coveney - Wednesday 2 December, 2020
# Brexit
# Brexit
The British government is poised to reintroduce elements of its controversial Internal Market Bill next week,
# simon-coveney - Monday 30 November, 2020
# Now Or Never
# Now Or Never
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Sunday that there was ‘a deal to be done’.
# simon-coveney - Monday 16 November, 2020
# Brexit
# Brexit
Chief British negotiator David Frost says he and his team are working hard for an agreement.
# Irish Consulate
# Irish Consulate
Ireland already has an embassy in London and consulates general in Edinburgh and Cardiff.
# simon-coveney - Sunday 15 November, 2020
# Trade Agreement
# Trade Agreement
Simon Coveney has called for a ‘dialling down’ of rhetoric during Brexit talks.
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