by Miceál O’Hurley Diplomatic Editor DUBLIN — In a unilateral move drawing widespread condemnation, Israel approved the construction of almost 800 new settlement housing units in the Occupied Territory of the West Bank on Sunday, only three days before Joe Biden is to be sworn-in as the 46th President of the United States. The…
Minister of State for European Affairs, Thomas Byrne, T.D., will discuss EU coordination on COVID-19 with his EU Ministerial colleagues today, by videoconference, at an informal meeting of Ministers for European Affairs. The meeting will help prepare the informal European Council which has been convened by President Charles Michel on 21 January to discuss the…
by Miceál O’Hurley Diplomatic Editor [This story has been updated to provide a Youtube link to the IIEA webinar ‘The EMA’s Regulatory Role in the Global Response to Covid-19’] DUBLIN – In a surprising move late Friday, 16 January 2021, European Medicines Agency Executive Director Emer Cooke, herself Irish, commented during an open webinar…
by Miceál O’Hurley Diplomatic Editor DUBLIN — Our latest guest on ‘In Conversation This Week with Diplomat Ireland’ was our Special Guest, Minister Colm Brophy, T.D., Diplomatic Editor Miceál O’Hurley discussed the Foreign Affairs programme, ‘To Be Irish at Christmas’ with Minister Brophy as well as his work in supporting the Diaspora during the…
by Miceál O’Hurley Diplomatic Editor DUBLIN — Iran’s announcement that it will return to enriching uranium at the 20% purity level, which it last achieved shortly before the the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was reached in 2015, came as a surprise to no one. The Trump Administration’s abject foreign policy failures with…
by Miceál O’Hurley Diplomatic Editor DUBLIN — His Excellency Mr. Ophir Kariv, Ambassador of the State of Israel, delivered testimony to Dail Eireann before a Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence of the Oireachtas on Thursday, 10 December 2020. The hearing was Chaired by Charlie Flanagan, Teachta Dála (Laois Offaly). Flanagan previously served as…
by Miceál O’Hurley Diplomatic Editor DUBLIN — His Excellency Mr. George Zurabashvili, Ambassador of the Republic of Georgia, delivered testimony to Dail Eireann before a Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence of the Oireachtas on Thursday, 10 December 2020. The hearing was Chaired by Charlie Flanagan, Teachta Dála (Laois Offaly). Flanagan previously served as…
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney T.D., will participate this evening in the UN General Assembly Special Session on COVID-19. The purpose of the Special Session is for member states to share perspectives on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking by video at the session, Minister Coveney will emphasise the importance of multilateral cooperation…
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney T.D., today reiterated his continuing grave concern at the effects of the ongoing conflict in Tigray Region, Ethiopia, calling for all parties to make every effort to protect civilians, to respect international humanitarian law, and to allow humanitarian access. He announced Irish Aid funding of €2.4 million to…
by Miceál O’Hurley Diplomatic Editor DUBLIN – Her Excellency Dr. Jilan Abdalmajid, the Ambassador of the Mission of the Palestinian State to Ireland thanked the Irish people for joining in with Palestinians and people worldwide who celebrated the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on Sunday, 29 November 2020. Ambassador Abdalmajid’s message…