# Simon Coveney

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# Poverty

Ireland pledges €1 million to help 'poorest and most vulnerable' Lebanon households

Lebanon is facing “enormous challenges”, Minister Simon Coveney said.

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Jul 6th 2021, 6:05 PM

# Lebanon

Coveney visits Irish troops serving with United Nations in Lebanon

He will also meet with political leaders, including the Defence Minister and acting Foreign Affairs Minister.

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Jul 5th 2021, 8:50 PM

# Navy

Pop up recruitment centre in Dublin tomorrow for Naval Service to find 200 recruits so ships can go to sea

Minister Coveney has admitted that the Naval Service urgently needs 200 new sailors so that ships can sail from their Cork base.

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Jun 25th 2021, 6:05 PM

# Protocol

Ireland listening to those with ‘real concerns’ over Protocol, Coveney says

Ireland’s Foreign Affairs Minister said he hopes progress will be made in the sausage war trade dispute between the UK and the EU.

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Jun 24th 2021, 9:24 PM

# Nepal

Ireland to send ventilators and defibrillators to help Nepal fight Covid-19

Oxygen concentrators, ventilators, defibrillators and PPE are among some of the equipment to be donated.

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Jun 16th 2021, 6:26 PM

# Travel

Cabinet to consider doubling home quarantine to ten days for unvaccinated people travelling from Britain to Ireland

The tougher restrictions will only apply to those that have not had two doses of a vaccine.

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Jun 14th 2021, 1:05 PM

# dup leader

Poots reports 'positive, frank and useful' talks with Taoiseach despite north-south relations 'never being as bad'

The Taoiseach says the two party leaders had “an open exchange of view” this evening.

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Jun 4th 2021, 8:02 AM

# the good information project

Simon Coveney’s weekend visit shows the need for Irish journalists in China

Dublin has been strengthening ties with Beijing for years – but who is getting to tell the story?

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Jun 3rd 2021, 9:00 PM

# Dáil

Government to table 'strongly-worded' Dáil motion on Belarus today

There has been a growing diplomatic row after Belarus diverted a Ryanair civilian plane and arrested an opposition journalist.

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Jun 1st 2021, 6:30 AM

# diplomatic push

Simon Coveney is travelling to China this weekend - and so are three other European foreign ministers

Coveney last visited China in 2018.

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May 28th 2021, 5:57 PM

# Brexit hangover

Newly ratified DUP leader Edwin Poots hits out at Leo Varadkar and Simon Coveney

Poots has described his relationship with the Irish Government as “really, really bad”.

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May 28th 2021, 7:30 AM

# Defence Forces

First female Defence Forces officer achieves rank of Major General

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.

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May 25th 2021, 8:30 PM

# Roman Protasevich

Von Der Leyen promises sanctions for Belarus over diverted flight as detained activist appears in video

Journalist Roman Protasevich was detained yesterday after the flight was diverted to Minsk.

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

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May 24th 2021, 7:48 PM

# Minsk

Michael O'Leary says diversion of Ryanair plane was 'state-sponsored hijacking'

O’Leary also said it appears there were some KGB agents on board the flight.

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May 24th 2021, 9:20 AM

# NI Protocol

NI Protocol port checks could be reduced by 80%, Simon Coveney says

Coveney said that option is within the confines of the protocol if the UK agree to a common approach to standards.

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May 20th 2021, 9:09 PM

# Palestine

Ireland to provide €1.5 million in emergency support for people in Gaza Strip

At least 227 Palestinians have been killed in the latest round of conflict between Israel and Hamas.

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May 19th 2021, 10:35 PM

# Palestine

Coveney says 'it's too early to tell' if Israel has committed war crimes in Gaza

The Foreign Minister condemned the killing of civilians, especially children, in the last week.

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May 16th 2021, 8:00 PM

# Israel

Irish ambassador summoned to Israeli foreign ministry over Coveney comments

Minister Coveney has strongly condemned Israel in recent days, stating that the killing of children in conflict is never acceptable.

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May 12th 2021, 5:07 PM

# Violence

Coveney tells Israeli ambassador that the loss of life in Gaza is 'completely unacceptable'

Coveney told the ambassador that Israel has a duty to adhere to international law.

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May 11th 2021, 9:21 PM

# Diplomacy

Meeting of British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference to take place in June

It follows a meeting between Simon Coveney and Northern Ireland’s Secretary of State in Dublin today.

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May 5th 2021, 7:33 PM

# minister for foreign affairs

Cabinet to consider making Passport Office an essential service amid backlog of 90,000 requests

About a third of the Passport Office staff are currently working on site.

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Apr 29th 2021, 9:00 AM

# DUP LEADERSHIP

Potential DUP leadership contender pulls out of North-South meeting

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney said he hopes the meeting can go ahead.

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Apr 28th 2021, 2:41 PM

# covid19 outbreak

Ireland to send 700 oxygen concentrators to India to battle Covid crisis

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.

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Apr 26th 2021, 4:00 PM

# On a jet plane

Coveney: Holidaying abroad is currently illegal but that 'may change' over the summer

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.

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Apr 21st 2021, 12:53 PM

# Brexit

Frost to meet Sefcovic in Brussels for talks on Northern Ireland and Brexit

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney is also in London today for talks.

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Apr 14th 2021, 3:26 PM

# Analysis

An expansion that will cost millions or a necessity? Quarantine clashes end with 16 additions to hotel quarantine list

A week of difficult government discussions concluded with an incorporeal Cabinet meeting last night.

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Apr 10th 2021, 7:30 AM

# Travel

Talks to take place this week to find a compromise on mandatory hotel quarantine expansion

One idea on the table is expanding the role of quarantining at home.

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Apr 5th 2021, 12:58 PM

# Covid-19

Stephen Donnelly hits out at 'leaks' over possible additions to hotel quarantine list

It was reported this week that 43 countries could be added to the list.

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Apr 1st 2021, 6:32 PM

# Beacon Hospital

HSE boss says breach of procedure by Beacon Hospital was a 'real body blow'

Paul Reid said there is no rationale as to why teachers in a private school were given the vaccine.

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Mar 28th 2021, 4:24 PM

# state collusion

Simon Coveney welcomes Council of Europe decision to reopen case of Pat Finucane's murder

There was shock in November when the UK said it would not hold a public inquiry into the Belfast lawyer’s 1989 murder.

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Mar 12th 2021, 12:38 PM

# Simon Coveney

Brexit issues raised with influential group of US Congress members

Simon Coveney and EU Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic spoke to the Friends of Ireland caucus.

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Mar 11th 2021, 11:48 AM

# Iran

Coveney holds 'intensive and productive' talks with President Hassan Rouhani in Iran

Ireland-Iran bilateral relations were also discussed in advance of the re-opening of an Irish diplomatic presence in Tehran.

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Mar 7th 2021, 6:25 PM

# Iran

Nuclear deal on agenda as Coveney travels to Iran to meet with President Rouhani

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney will also meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif.

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Mar 6th 2021, 7:44 AM

# Exports

Coveney had 'blunt' conversation with UK government over move to extend NI Protocol grace period

The minister said the EU is seeing now it is negotiating with a partner it can’t trust.

The EU is now considering legal options.

Coveney says the move was "disrespectful" and has damaged UK-EU relationships.

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Mar 4th 2021, 12:45 PM

# Defence Forces

Coveney urges anyone with information on alleged abuse in the Curragh to contact gardaí

A whistleblower says a number of people have contacted him about incidents of alleged sexual abuse and assault.

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Mar 1st 2021, 7:32 PM

# Defending Pay

Defence Forces facing 'serious problems' with recruitment and retention

A Commission on the Defence Forces is due to deliver a report this year on challenges within the armed forces.

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Feb 28th 2021, 1:29 PM

# richard o'halloran

Simon Coveney asks MEPs to delay EU resolution condemning Irishman's detention in China

Richard OHalloran has been prevented from leaving China since February 2019.

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Feb 25th 2021, 12:05 AM

# RULES BREACH

US military troops travelling into Shannon Airport breached Covid-19 regulations

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.

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Feb 15th 2021, 4:45 PM

# Simon Coveney

Coveney says calls to scrap Northern Ireland protocol are unrealistic

Coveney did admit however that there have been issues with the implementation of the protocol.

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Feb 7th 2021, 3:57 PM

# debunked

Debunked: No, there wasn't a media blackout on Simon Coveney's official visit to Turkey last month

It has been claimed that the media was told not to cover the minister’s trip last month.

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Feb 5th 2021, 6:45 AM