January 12, 2021 3:54 pm
Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney will be guest speaker at the North Tipperary Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) County Executive annual general meeting (AGM) tonight (Tuesday, January 12).
Set to take place at 8:00pm tonight, the AGM will be held online, using the Microsoft Teams platform.
IFA officers have confirmed that the meeting will be open to guests from 7:00pm onward to facilitate guests who are not familiar with logging into Microsoft Teams meetings.
The virtual event will not be confined to Tipperary IFA members; farmers across the country are welcome to log in.
Minister Coveney – also a former agricultural minister – will give a speech at the event, with a question and answer session taking place afterwards.
Coveney says Level 5 restrictions may go beyond January
Updated / Saturday, 2 Jan 2021
09:13
Simon Coveney said the Government takes NPHET s advice seriously but that there are other considerations too
Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said that it may be necessary to go even beyond the end of January with the current Level 5 restrictions to stop the spread of Covid-19.
Speaking on RTÉ s Morning Ireland, Mr Coveney said the pace of the third wave of the virus has taken everyone by surprise.
Defending the Government s handling of the situation and decisions made, Mr Coveney said the Government has worked with the National Public Health Emergency Team very successfully for the past nine months.
03/11/2020 - Green Party Leader Eamon Ryan arriving on his bicycle at Leinster House (Photograph: Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie)
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Christmas Eve Brexit deal expected despite last-minute hitch , says Coveney
Boris Johnson has been in close contact with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in recent days as top-level efforts intensified to get a deal over the line.
Thu, 24 Dec, 2020 - 09:00
Vivienne Clarke, Greg Murphy and PA
Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said that he believes there will be a Christmas Eve Brexit deal despite a last-minute hitch.
Speaking on RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland, Mr Coveney pointed out that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had been due to hold a news conference early this morning, but that had not happened.