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Simon Coveney

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Gender Male
Age 51
Date of birth June 16,1972
Zodiac sign Gemini
Born Cork
Ireland
Spouse Ruth Furney
Office Tánaiste
Siblings Patrick F. Coveney
Job Politician
Spokesperson
Official site oireachtas.ie
Party Fine Gael
Position Teachta Dála of Ireland
Teachta Dála of Ireland since 1998
Children Jessica Coveney
Annalise Coveney
Beth Coveney
Education University College Cork
Royal Agricultural University
Clongowes Wood College SJ
Previous positionMinister for Defence of Ireland (2020–2022)
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Date of Upd.
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Simon Coveney is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment since December 2022 and Deputy leader of Fine Gael since 2017. He previously served as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence from 2020 to 2022.

Biography

Simon coevney is the current minister for foreign affairs of ireland.He was born on 16th of june in cork.Ireland.He is a leo and holds irish nationality.He is the son of former fine gael td hugh coveney and his wife margaret.He has two siblings.A brother and a sister.

Physical Characteristics

Simon coveney is a tall man with a height of 6 feet and 2 inches.Eh has a slim boyd type and weighs around 75 kg.He has blue eyes and light brown hair.

Education and Career

Simon coveney attended presentation brothers college in cork and later graduated from university college cork with a degree in law.He was elected to the dail eierann in 1998 and has since held various positions in the irish government.He was appoinetd as minisetr for foreign affairs in 2017.

Personal Life

Simon coveney is married to ruth furney and they hvae three children together.He is a kene sportsman and enjoys playing golf and tennis.

Most Important Event

The most important event in simon coveney s career was his appointment as minister for foreign affairs in 2017.He has since been invovled in various international negotiations and has been a key figure in the brexit negotiations.He has also eben involved in the negotiations for the northern ireland protocol.

EU corruption charges 'very very worrisome', says foreign policy chief

EU corruption charges 'very very worrisome', says foreign policy chief
Dec 12,2022 6:00 am

... And Irish Foreign Affairs minister Simon Coveney said the were " very damaging"...

Ireland to return mummified remains and sarcophagus to Egypt

Ireland to return mummified remains and sarcophagus to Egypt
Dec 8,2022 1:00 pm

... Ireland s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney, said he was " delighted" that his department could help in what he described as an " important project"...

Stormont stalemate: Northern Ireland fails to restore power-sharing

Stormont stalemate: Northern Ireland fails to restore power-sharing
Dec 7,2022 1:10 pm

... Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney has suggested that pay cut would take effect from January...

DUP conference: Donaldson to call for union support in speech

DUP conference: Donaldson to call for union support in speech
Oct 8,2022 4:00 am

... However, on Thursday Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney - that is the current deadline for restoring power sharing at Stormont...

NI politics: Is another Stormont election a certainty?

NI politics: Is another Stormont election a certainty?
Oct 6,2022 7:30 pm

... On Thursday, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said he envisaged the issues would not be quickly resolved...

Northern Ireland Protocol: Legislation to scrap parts to be published

Northern Ireland Protocol: Legislation to scrap parts to be published
Jun 13,2022 8:55 am

... " My message to the UK government is this is a mistake, and to move away from unilaterally introducing legislation which breaches international law, " said Simon Coveney...

Northern Ireland: Truss to set out plans on post-Brexit trade deal

Northern Ireland: Truss to set out plans on post-Brexit trade deal
May 17,2022 10:05 am

... On Monday evening, Ms Truss held calls with Ireland s foreign minister, Simon Coveney, and European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic...

Northern Ireland: Could the EU and UK face a trade war?

Northern Ireland: Could the EU and UK face a trade war?
May 17,2022 5:50 am

... Last November, Ireland s minister for foreign affairs, Simon Coveney, warned that the entire Trade and Co-operation Agreement (TCA) - which exists to ensure tariff-free and quota-free trade between the EU and UK - depends on the UK observing the Protocol...

Brexit: UK shares confidential documents with EU

May 16,2022 12:30 am

Confidential documents that "reflect the ideas the UK has put forward" on Brexit have been shared with the EU, the UK government has said.

Ministers will table "formal written solutions when we are ready" and not to an "artificial deadline", it added.

Boris Johnson said he did not want to "exaggerate progress" of negotiations, but some was being made.

It Comes after Finland's Prime Minister said that Mr Johnson had 12 days to set out his Brexit plans to the EU.

But a government source said the development was not in response to the remarks.

Meanwhile, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has told Sky News that talks earlier This Week with Mr Johnson were "rather positive" and that a deal could be Reached in the next few weeks.

Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said he will try to get a deal with Mr Johnson when they meet at a UN summit in New York next week.

But his deputy, Simon Coveney , said there was "still a big gap" between what the UK government wanted and what Ireland and the EU needed, in terms of getting a deal.

The Commission said it had received documents from the UK government and technical talks were taking place.

Chief spokesperson Mina Andreeva also confirmed there would be talks at a political level at a meeting on Friday between the EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier , and Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay .

The technical discussions were on some aspects of Rules relating to customs and manufactured goods, as well as sanitary Rules and phytosanitary Rules - which relate to the health of plants - She Said .

The BBC also understands "live discussions" are taking place between the EU and UK about ruling out another delay to Brexit if a deal is agreed.

Choice for MPs

Sources told BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg that, if a plan is signed off by both sides, the EU could then announce it would not grant an extension to 31 October deadline if MPs voted The Deal down - essentially giving them a choice between the negotiated deal or a no-deal Brexit.

Other sources on the EU and UK sides played down the possibility, denying there had been any formal consideration of The Proposal and saying the current focus was on getting a deal.

But Laura Kuenssberg said: "It's clear that government officials are considering ways of sticking to the Prime Minister 's October deadline, with, or without a deal being Reached . "

Mr Johnson has said he wants to leave the EU, preferably with a deal, on 31 October and has urged the EU to scrap the backstop in the withdrawal agreement Reached by predecessor Theresa May .

The backstop is the controversial policy aimed at preventing The Return of a hard border on The Island of Ireland and it was a key sticking point in Mrs May's attempts to get Parliament to back her plan.

The EU has asked for alternative suggestions and had criticised the UK for not putting any plans in writing.

Mr Juncker told Sky News that the EU did not "need the backstop" if all its objectives for the Irish border were met.

He added that "if the results are there, I don't care about the instruments".

Finnish PM Antti Rinne (left) says he and French President Emmanuel Macron (right) agreed the new deadline for Boris Johnson

Mr Johnson said: "I don't want to exaggerate the progress that we are making, but we are making progress. "

He said the UK needed to leave in a way that allowed it to "do things differently" and "not remain under the control of the EU in terms of laws and trade policy".

But he also reiterated the need to ensure no hard border returned to Northern Ireland , and the Good Friday Agreement was protected.

"We think we can do that," said the PM. "We think we can solve that problem and I think we are making some progress. "

He added: "Let's see where we get. It is vital Whatever Happens that we prepare for no-deal and we will be ready for no-deal on 31 October . We have got to do both things at Once . "

Earlier, Mr Rinne said he and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed the UK needed to produce the proposals in writing by the end of September, adding if not, "then it's over".

Finland currently holds the EU's rotating presidency.

A French government official said the deadline was "not at all a new proposal" and added: "If we don't get the proposals before the end of September, we will not have enough time to discuss them before The Summit in October . "

The sending of the documents to the EU comes as the legal battle over the suspension of the UK Parliament is in its Third Day at the UK's Supreme Court.

The UK government is arguing the decision to prorogue Parliament was a political matter and not for the courts to "design a set of Rules " around it.

But campaigners say The Move was used "for an improper purpose" - to stop MPs scrutinising Mr Johnson's plans in the run up to Brexit on 31 October .

The Prime Minister prorogued Parliament earlier this month for five weeks, with MPs not scheduled to return until 14 October .



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Source of news: bbc.com

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