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Debunked: No, there wasn t a media blackout on Simon Coveney s official visit to Turkey last month
It has been claimed that the media was told not to cover the minister’s trip last month. By Stephen McDermott Friday 5 Feb 2021, 6:45 AM Feb 5th 2021, 6:45 AM 23,846 Views 0 Comments
A NUMBER OF posts on social media claim there was a media blackout on a recent trip by Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney to Turkey.
The claim was first made in a Facebook post shared over 150 times which was accompanied by a photo of Coveney on the trip.
It said: “Coveney in Turkey seeking more migrents [sic] to welcome into Ireland. Media blackout on this trip.”
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Senior figures from Brussels, Westminster and Stormont will discuss the situation in Northern Ireland’s ports today. Port Staff were told not to attend work over fears for their safety. Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney spoke to Shane this morning to discuss.
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Ireland to renegotiate Syrian humanitarian aid corridor
Updated / Wednesday, 3 Feb 2021
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Children are led to school in the Atme camp close to the border with Turkey in Syria s northwestern Idlib province
Ireland is being tasked with renegotiating the mandate to maintain a crucial humanitarian aid corridor from Turkey into north-west Syria, as part of its new role on the UN Security Council.
The conflict in Syria is a key issue on the Security Council s agenda for this month and Sonja Hyland, political director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and former ambassador to Mexico told a seminar yesterday that she had accompanied the Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney to the border last week, to try to understand the political dynamics of the crossing.