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Tuesday 22 September 2020
Irish government spent €890,000 on flights to repatriate citizens from Peru, India and Nigeria this year.
The much-anticipated ‘green list’ of countries was published last night.
There are around 2,000 Irish citizens stranded in 83 countries around the world – most of these are in Australia.
The majority of stranded Irish citizens are in Australia or New Zealand, the Department of Foreign Affairs said.
The Irish government is gauging interest from the estimated 100 Irish people on who want to fly home this weekend.
In some countries, St Patrick’s Day events have already been cancelled.
Here at home the National Public Health Emergency Team is meeting to monitor the situation and advance preparedness plans.
A fifth person has died from Covid-19 today in Italy.
Two Irish citizens who were on the cruise ship tested positive for coronavirus.
The couple are understood to have tested positive for Covid-19 a number of days ago.
The Diamond Princess ship docked in Japan has more than 450 confirmed cases of Covid-19.
Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said “there is no evidence to suggest that any Irish citizen has contracted the virus”.
The Department of Foreign Affairs has advised people to avoid the province of Hubei.
“This is unacceptable. I don’t want to be a British citizen,” one person who wrote to the Taoiseach argued.
Some citizens required supports during Hong Kong protests and terrorists attacks in Kenya.
The Department of Foreign Affairs warned it could cost £2 million to hire private facilities for meetings during Ireland’s EC presidency.
How long can she be questioned by gardaí, and is she likely to face charges?
Smith will undergo a security assessment when she returns to Ireland, it was reported earlier this month.
The Passport Service has invested “substantial resources” in tackling fraud since 2017.
It added that an offer of funding was made by the Department of Foreign Affairs in March 2019, “at which stage Dublin City Council had finalised the local Africa Day programme”.
Fine Gael voted against the Bill, which passed second stage in the Dáil this year.
It comes as part of the passport reform programme and, despite the rise in complaints in recent years, Coveney is confident it’ll make a difference.
The new laws include death by stoning for adultery and gay sex, and amputation of hands and feet for thieves.
Figures obtained under FOI show how each Department spent on St Patrick’s Day last year.
Applications for Irish passports in Britain and Northern Ireland made up 22% of all Irish passport applications in 2018.
The Department of Foreign Affairs has issued an advisory to citizens in France.
Emails released under the Freedom of Information Act show how the public reacted to a now-postponed visit by Trump to Ireland.
Significant improvements are planned at the Passport Office.
The issue emerged on Monday morning as the troops were preparing to return from UN peacekeeping.
The woman is understood to have been killed after she fell from a building at the University of Nicosia in north Cyprus.
Since the beginning of August, a minimum of 19 Cuvier’s beaked whales washed up dead on the Irish coast.
The new research shows that Northern Ireland would have a near balanced budget in a unification situation.
It is believed the boy fell up to 20ft from the balcony in a freak accident.
Irish people have responded to emergencies in Iraq, Libya and Africa, to name a few.
Attendees from 50 different countries will be attending the conference in May.
The alleged incident involving the 20-year-old Irish man happened last Monday, 30 April, in the city of Mendoza.
A spokesperson for Simon Coveney said it is a “regrettable” decision from the Russians.
The Department of Foreign Affairs is providing consular assistance.
The appeals board said that the hotel would not adversely affect the character of the historic buildings nearby.
Mount Agung has been spewing ash for a number of days.
IT’S A QUESTION that has been asked throughout the pandemic, but which has been raised again recently after the Oliver Bond Street party – would you call the Gardaí on your neighbours if you saw they broke Covid-19 restrictions on mass gatherings?
In the UK, junior minister for policing Kit Malthouse suggested that people should report their neighbours to the police if they’re concerned about gatherings that break the rules.
At the moment, Dublin is at Level Three which means that you can have visitors from one other household to your home or garden; while the rest of the country is at Level Two, which means you can have six visitors from up to three households to your home or garden.
So we’re asking you: Would you call the Gardaí if you saw your neighbours break Covid-19 restrictions on gatherings?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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