“Shelves were full before Christmas and there are some issues now in terms of supply chains… that’s clearly a Brexit issue” - Simon Coveney
20/01/2021
Irish Foreign Minister @simoncoveney tells @Peston that checks required on goods coming into N.Ireland are causing disruption.
Watch: All-Island Civic Dialogue on Brexit
15/02/2019
The fifth plenary session of the All-Island Civic Dialogue on Brexit is taking place at Dublin Castle. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney will be among the speakers.
Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said the UK government is behaving in an "extraordinary way" over Brexit.
Simon Coveney: “Sorry, there is no blockade proposed. And that is the type of inflammatory language coming from No 10 which is spin. And not truth"
13/09/2020
Andrew Marr: “Would the EU block goods entering Northern Ireland from Britain?” / Simon Coveney: “Sorry, there is no blockade proposed. And that is the type of inflammatory language coming from No 10 which is spin. And not truth"
Irish Foreign Affairs Minister On Brexit And A Seat On The U.N. Security Council [4 mins]
30/09/2020
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Simon Coveney about the latest developments regarding Britain's exit from the European Union and Ireland's upcoming seat on the U.N. Security Council.
A no-deal Brexit will mean checks somewhere on goods travelling across the Irish border and a change of UK leadership won't change things. "Realities do not change. This is not a personality based issue"
Pressure mounting for breakthrough ahead of EU leaders’ video conference.
The European Union sued Britain on Wednesday (local time) over its move to rewrite the trade rules agreed to when the country left the EU two years ago, ratcheting up tensions between the major economic partners.
Brexit trade deal could be suspended if Boris Johnson triggers Article 16, Ireland warns [5 mins]
08/11/2021
The move would plunge the UK into a no-deal Brexit.
Boris Johnson's #Brexit deal would require checks on goods travelling from Britain to Northern Ireland [1 min]
09/12/2019
Boris Johnson's #Brexit deal would require checks on goods travelling from Britain to Northern Ireland, with much more limited checks in the other direction, says Ireland's Deputy PM @simoncoveney.
Boris Johnson bid to tear up Northern Ireland deal endangers peace, US congressmen warn [1 min]
15/06/2022
Boris Johnson’s plans to tear up post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland have come under fierce attack from Washington, with senior congressmen on both sides of the US political divide warning the “irresponsible” move is a threat to peace in the province.
Boris Johnson is facing a growing rebellion among senior Conservatives over his controversial Internal Market Bill - while former Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Sir John Major urged MPs to reject it, saying it risked putting the Irish peace process, trade negotiations and the UK's integrity at peril.
Tánaiste says it is like saying ‘give me what I want or I’m going to burn the house down’.
The backstop element of the Brexit plan is "not going to change", Ireland's deputy prime minister has said.