# vatican-embassy - Yesterday’s News
Department of Foreign Affairs officials have been discussing the still-controversial closure of the Vatican embassy 26 months ago. It has since been decided to reopen it.
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# vatican-embassy - Tuesday 21 January, 2014
Eamon Gilmore said the scaled-back embassy will have a staff of just one person and will help Ireland to engage directly with the leadership of Pope Francis.
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The new scaled-back presence in the Holy See is about Pope Francis’ view on worldwide poverty and hunger according to the Tánaiste.
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# vatican-embassy - Saturday 23 November, 2013
There is no plan to re-establish a resident embassy to the Holy See in the immediate term says Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore
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# vatican-embassy - Sunday 15 April, 2012
Labour has cited savings of €845,000 stemming from the closure of the Embassy of the Holy See in Ireland, and says that it will not be reopened in the immediate future.
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The party will also discuss international affairs, justice and equality and local government.
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# vatican-embassy - Tuesday 21 February, 2012
Eamon Gilmore tells the Dáil that the Holy See embassy closure could be revisited if the Vatican relaxes rules on dual embassies.
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# vatican-embassy - Monday 20 February, 2012
The Tánaiste reiterated that the government will review the decision when Ireland’s financial circumstances improve.
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Nine things to know by 9am, including: Final day of Xi visit, Greece set for €130bn loan, Bank of Ireland cuts its losses, and are you hungry enough for a test tube hamburger?
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# vatican-embassy - Sunday 19 February, 2012
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin made the call as he welcomed the new Papal Nuncio to Ireland in Dublin today.
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# vatican-embassy - Thursday 16 February, 2012
The most reverend Charles J Brown is one of three ambassadors who presented Letters of Credence to the President today.
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# vatican-embassy - Wednesday 15 February, 2012
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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Enda Kenny says if the Pope visits Ireland, he’ll be treated with the appropriate “decorum”. Would you like to see him visit?
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Taoiseach Enda Kenny accuses Micheál Martin of ‘hyping up’ the closure of Ireland’s embassy to the Holy See.
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# vatican-embassy - Monday 13 February, 2012
Seán Donlon – a former chief civil servant and ambassador – says Ireland has lost the chance to influence Church policy.
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# vatican-embassy - Thursday 9 February, 2012
Fianna Fáil Senator Jim Walsh said he was “extremely disappointed” that the motion had been defeated.
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# vatican-embassy - Sunday 5 February, 2012
Enda Kenny says the EU-IMF bailout supersedes the new European deal, and that Ireland’s access to funding is safe.
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# vatican-embassy - Friday 3 February, 2012
Fine Gael TDs have called for the decision to close the Irish embassy in the Vatican to be reviewed.
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# vatican-embassy - Monday 30 January, 2012
Eamon Gilmore says it’s possible that a recovery in the public finances may allow Ireland to reopen its Holy See embassy.
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# vatican-embassy - Wednesday 7 December, 2011
In a statement, the Catholic bishops said: “A state’s foreign policy should include respect for the spiritual values of its citizens”.
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# vatican-embassy - Friday 4 November, 2011
The move has been condemned as part of the government’s “attack on Catholic culture”.
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Nine things you need to know this morning…
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