# simon-coveney - Today’s News
Coveney met with EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier in Brussels today.
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# simon-coveney - Saturday 9 February, 2019
Other EU countries have backed the young leader as an interim president in the politically unstable country.
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# simon-coveney - Wednesday 6 February, 2019
Seven EU states had given Maduro a Sunday deadline to call presidential elections.
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# simon-coveney - Tuesday 5 February, 2019
He’ll be meeting with Mike Pompeo, along with launching a new government strategy for the US and Canada.
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Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said no alternatives to the backstop have stood up to scrutiny.
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# simon-coveney - Sunday 3 February, 2019
From his review of the Good Friday Agreement to sparring with Irish journalists on Twitter, it’s been an interesting week for Mr Raab.
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# simon-coveney - Thursday 31 January, 2019
The former UK Brexit secretary said he was ‘misrepresented’ to the media by Leo Varadkar.
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# simon-coveney - Wednesday 30 January, 2019
Meanwhile, Dominic Raab told a British committee that they needed to find “a ladder for the Irish government to climb down”.
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# simon-coveney - Monday 28 January, 2019
Theresa May is preparing for another showdown with the House of Commons tomorrow night.
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# simon-coveney - Sunday 27 January, 2019
Coveney has previously said the Passport Office experienced some “real problems” last year.
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# simon-coveney - Thursday 24 January, 2019
The government lost by 75 votes to 45 votes, with three abstentions.
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# simon-coveney - Wednesday 23 January, 2019
Government is likely to lose vote over legislation that would prohibit the purchase of goods or services produced in all settlements deemed illegal.
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# simon-coveney - Tuesday 15 January, 2019
A Government statement said it regretted the outcome of tonight’s House of Commons vote.
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The Irish government published contingency plans on medicines, transport and the Common Travel Area.
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# simon-coveney - Wednesday 9 January, 2019
Dublin and Shannon are currently the only preclearance locations in Europe.
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# simon-coveney - Tuesday 8 January, 2019
Simon Coveney recently criticised TDs who use their offices for getting passports for constituents.
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# simon-coveney - Saturday 5 January, 2019
Coveney insisted it is not quicker for people to go through their TD compared with applying online or through the normal channels.
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# simon-coveney - Thursday 3 January, 2019
Despite government opposition, the Bill has cross-party support from Labour, Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil as well as independent senators.
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# simon-coveney - Wednesday 2 January, 2019
Free passports for pensioners were done away with under austerity measures, but there are calls now to bring it back.
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# simon-coveney - Tuesday 1 January, 2019
The Tánaiste also defended the costly practice of leasing properties abroad, rather than buying property.
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# simon-coveney - Sunday 30 December, 2018
The Tánaiste said the issue could “create an even more divisive debate and atmosphere in Northern Ireland, which is the last thing we need”.
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# simon-coveney - Friday 28 December, 2018
Fine Gael says it’s aiming to take over 60 seats in the next general election.
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# simon-coveney - Thursday 27 December, 2018
We spoke to the Irish community in Australia, and the Australian community in Ireland, to find out the effect new visa changes will have.
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# simon-coveney - Saturday 22 December, 2018
Ireland’s total funding to Palestinian people this year amounted to €15.38 million.
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# simon-coveney - Friday 21 December, 2018
The Tánaiste said today it would be foolish to focus on any other solution to the border issue than the backstop.
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# simon-coveney - Thursday 20 December, 2018
The Irish government yesterday published its preparations thus far for a no-deal Brexit.
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The Irish government has published its plans – but it has no provisions for a hard border with Northern Ireland.
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# simon-coveney - Wednesday 19 December, 2018
Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney said that this was a “damage-limiting exercise”.
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# simon-coveney - Sunday 16 December, 2018
Coveney denied that May and Varadkar do not talk directly.
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The proposed legislation is due before the Dáil in the new year.
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# simon-coveney - Tuesday 11 December, 2018
He added that a no-deal Brexit is “still very unlikely … despite all the political chaos”.
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# simon-coveney - Wednesday 28 November, 2018
The updated service means that citizens can renew their passports online from anywhere in the world.
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# simon-coveney - Monday 26 November, 2018
Following yesterday’s summit, the focus now shifts to the UK Prime Minister who is beginning an intensive campaign to sell the Brexit deal to her parliament.
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# simon-coveney - Friday 23 November, 2018
Despite government opposition, the Bill has cross-party support from Labour, Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil as well as independent senators.
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# simon-coveney - Monday 19 November, 2018
European leaders will get to voice their opinions on the draft agreement May presented to the British parliament last week.
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# simon-coveney - Saturday 17 November, 2018
The Tánaiste also said Ireland could be forced in to recognising the State of Palestine.
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Fine Gael heard a rallying call at its Ard Fheis last night for the party to be election ready.
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# simon-coveney - Friday 16 November, 2018
The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland played at the Aviva Stadium last night.
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# simon-coveney - Tuesday 13 November, 2018
The British Prime Minister said negotiators are “working extremely hard, through the night, to make progress”.
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So far, 423 planes carrying munitions of war have landed in Shannon Airport this year, and 16 landed in Dublin Airport.
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