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Foreign Affairs

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Kabul Airport
Irish evacuation mission from Kabul Airport ends with rescue of 36 people
Updated 26 Aug 2021
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Afghanistan
Nations warn of terror threat at Kabul airport
26 Aug 2021
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Afghanistan
Army Rangers being sent to Kabul to help with evacuation of Irish citizens
Updated 23 Aug 2021
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Kyiv
Coveney to open new Irish embassy on trip to Ukraine
23 Aug 2021
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Irish in Afghanistan
Taliban escorted Meath woman to Kabul airport as 36 Irish citizens remain in Afghanistan
Updated 19 Aug 2021
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Foreign Affairs
Dept Foreign Affairs 'gravely concerned' over Taliban's offensive in Afghanistan
13 Aug 2021
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Lebanon
Coveney visits Irish troops serving with United Nations in Lebanon
Updated 5 Jul 2021
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Brexit
Brexit trade talks deadline arrives as key issues still remain
13 Dec 2020
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Brexit
UK breaching Northern Ireland Protocol would be a 'really big mistake', Coveney says
2 Dec 2020
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Cross border
Simon Coveney: UK has given assurance that there is no block of Covid-19 Northern Ireland funding
9 Oct 2020
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Flying home
Coronavirus: Several thousand Irish people could return from Canada in the coming days
1 Apr 2020
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Panama
Irish citizens confirmed on board cruise ship where four people have died from flu-like symptoms
28 Mar 2020
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Simon Coveney
Peru gives go-ahead for Irish citizens stranded in Peru to be flown home
27 Mar 2020
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stranded abroad
'This eclipses the shutdowns following 9/11': The battle to get 2,000 Irish citizens home
Updated 25 Mar 2020
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LE Aisling
Department twice failed to act on UN letter asking how former naval vessel ended up being used in Libyan Civil War
15 Feb 2020
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Foreign Affairs
Diplomat rents, the rising dollar and a Brexit-inspired passport boom behind DFA request for extra €50 million
18 Jan 2020
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Malaysia
Parents of Nora Quoirin meet with Irish Government officials over her death in Malaysia
18 Dec 2019
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Brexit
Leo Varadkar and Boris Johnson spoke by phone this evening and hope to meet this week
Updated 8 Oct 2019
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picking up the tab
Just under €2 million was spent on roof repairs at the Irish Embassy in London last year
12 Apr 2019
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Travelling
Lose a passport abroad? Getting temporary documents will now be easier
20 Jan 2019
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Banged up abroad
Irish embassies provided help to 344 citizens arrested abroad during a busy 2018
31 Dec 2018
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Marbella
Four-year-old Irish girl drowns in Spain
31 Jul 2018
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Holiday Plans
A missed wedding and missed phone calls: Passport Office apologises for delays
21 Jun 2018
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Palestine
Coveney to discuss 'troubling events in Gaza' with EU foreign ministers
28 May 2018
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Foreign Affairs
Around 1,200 Irish detained overseas at any time
8 Apr 2018
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salisbury
Ireland 'fully supports' UK's efforts to punish those behind 'heinous' poisoning of former spy
19 Mar 2018
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diplomatic tensions
Russia threatens to ban all British media from its country if the UK bans Kremlin-backed broadcaster RT
13 Mar 2018
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Foreign Affairs
'No decision made' amid reports Israel may close Dublin embassy in cost-cutting move
22 Jan 2018
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Ballaghaderreen
'Everyone is shocked' - Roscommon community reels from death of teenager in tragic accident abroad
15 Jan 2018
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column
Simon Coveney: 'Gaza is slightly smaller than County Louth but nearly 2 million people live in it'
Simon Coveney
13 Jan 2018
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Bangkok
Irish man dies in Thailand after kitesurfing accident
20 Dec 2017
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Peace Talks
Independent Alliance won't be travelling to North Korea
22 Nov 2017
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Tragic
Irish man in his 30s dies while on honeymoon in the Maldives
18 Oct 2017
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wherefore art thou
It's his baby, so where on earth is Paschal Donohoe on the PSC?
3 Sep 2017
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Anniversary
'These are mere stories': Egyptian ambassador denies Ibrahim Halawa was tortured in prison
17 Aug 2017
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Lazaro Cardenas
Irishman in his 20s killed in Mexico
17 Aug 2017
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Suicide Prevention
Former Console bosses asked to repay grants worth €150,000
11 Aug 2017
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irish neutrality
Ireland has refused 19 applications to carry weapons through Ireland this year
22 Jul 2017
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Crash
Irish medical students injured after crash in Malawi
20 Jul 2017
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increased demand
Over 500,000 passports issued in the first half of 2017
19 Jul 2017
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