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Thursday 3 December 2020
Simon Coveney met European leaders in Paris today.
The British government is poised to reintroduce elements of its controversial Internal Market Bill next week,
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Sunday that there was ‘a deal to be done’.
Chief British negotiator David Frost says he and his team are working hard for an agreement.
Ireland already has an embassy in London and consulates general in Edinburgh and Cardiff.
Simon Coveney has called for a ‘dialling down’ of rhetoric during Brexit talks.
Simon Coveney said the pandemic “left no corner of the globe untouched”.
Erekat had been a prominent international spokesman for the Palestinians for three decades.
Coveney described Biden as a “real friend to Ireland” who has made clear his position on the Good Friday Agreement.
Israel’s army demolished the homes of nearly 80 Palestinian Bedouins in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday.
Time is running short for a deal to be in place before the transition period expires at the end of the year.
Coveney tested negative for Covid-19 earlier this week and plans to be tested again next week.
Coveney said that he was told by Northern Ireland Brandon Lewis that “finance from London shouldn’t be a problem”.
Simon Coveney believes the Internal Market Bill is a negotiating tactic that has backfired.
Mulvaney, the former Chief of Staff to US President Donald Trump, took up the role of Special Envoy in March.
Coveney has said the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator has Ireland’s full support.
“Britain is behaving in an extraordinary way and the British people need to know that,” Coveney said on the BBC.
The action plan outlines the vital preparations that businesses should be taking in advance of 31 December.
The Taoiseach says the UK government’s actions ‘does not build trust’.
Trade talks will resume in London today.
Today’s Cabinet meeting is set to be dominated about Brexit.
Political leaders have described the reported plans as a “treacherous betrayal” by “charlatans”.
A number of high-profile names are in the mix.
There is a lot of interest in the trade commissioner job – and the knock on vacancies that might arise.
One demonstrator was killed last night during protests against election results in the country.
Varadkar said it hasn’t been an issue because usually the Tánaiste also hold the position of Foreign Affairs Minister.
Labour leader Alan Kelly attacked the government over the issue in the Dáil today.
Israel’s plan to redraw the map has come under fierce international criticism.
He said people travelling from outside the green list countries should restrict their movements.
The US has already been ruled out, so what countries might make the cut?
The green list will have countries on it which pose no higher risk than travelling in Ireland represents.
Coveney said people arriving in Ireland will be checked up on.
Under the new law, certain political views and symbols became illegal overnight.
Professor Philip Nolan has said that just because travel restrictions are easing doesn’t mean people should go abroad.
The new ministerial lineup has been confirmed.
Fine Gael and Tánaiste Simon Coveney have repeatedly outlined their opposition to the Bill.
Ireland is facing a “very competitive” field as it vies with Canada and Norway for a seat on the UN Security Council this Wednesday.
The Tánaiste said that he has a “very good relationship” with the US ambassador, and they “can speak very bluntly to each other”.
Tánaiste Simon Coveney said the Passport Office processed 6,000 applications during the Covid-19 emergency.
The UK government has said it will not request an extension to the transition period – and will reject any such request from the EU.
THIS YEAR HAS given us a lot of unexpected things, but one of the bigger cultural changes of 2020 has been the wide-scale move to working from home.
Writing in TheJournal.ie today, Arlene Vithaldas of the UCC Academy argues that it’s time for society to change its view of a workplace that includes commuting to offices.
Some people have found that working from home has given them more time, because they don’t have to commute both ways or end up getting stuck in the office after hours.
However, others miss the collaborative nature and social aspect of being in the office, as well as the chance to regularly be in urban centres where offices tend to be located.
Today we’re asking: Do you enjoy working remotely?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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