Tánaiste Simon Coveney has described the verdict of voters as “harsh” and a result of the pubic being “impatient” for more housing and a better health service.

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has warned that agreement on the restoration of power-sharing in Stormont must be reached in the coming days.

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said the Irish Government secured the return of Lisa Smith and her daughter in light of the “dire conditions” the child faced in a Syrian camp.

Protections for businesses as well as healthcare access in the event of a crash-out Brexit will be discussed by ministers at their weekly Cabinet meeting.

Leo Varadkar has decided not to remove the Fine Gael party whip from ‘swing-gate’ TD Maria Bailey following appeals from the Tánaiste, the Irish Examiner can reveal.

A process which provides “funding certainty” for the stalled €80m Cork event centre has been agreed.

Admissions from Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Tánaiste Simon Coveney this week that checks would have to exist along the border in the case of a no-deal Brexit fly in the face of denials issued by them in recent months.

Tánaiste Simon Coveney denies that the Government is preparing for up to 10,000 tourism and hospitality sector jobs to be lost by Christmas in a worst-case scenario Brexit amid growing demands for the cabinet to reveal its full Brexit plans.

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has hit out at Boris Johnson’s approach to Brexit, describing it as “very unhelpful”.

Simon Coveney said today that efforts are ongoing to bring clarity to the funding

BlackBee Investments has also created a new company, Aperee, to manage what will be the single largest private sector investment in the long-term healthcare sector.

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has doubled down on Ireland’s red lines in the Brexit stand-off and warned that new demands to unravel the UK’s EU exit deal will not be considered.

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has indicated Ireland and the EU are prepared to open up fresh talks on ways to avoid the backstop amid fears of a looming no-deal Brexit.

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has thrown down the gauntlet to the likely next British prime minister Boris Johnson by saying he is the “only person” who knows if there is going to be a no-deal Brexit.

The Government has joined the growing backlash against US president Donald Trump’s racist attack on four Congresswomen.

Thank goodness, that is all done. A year to forget.

And so the softening up process has begun - there will be checks on goods crossing the border, the only matter to clarify is where exactly, writes Juno McEnroe

Twice already everyone has marched up to the cliff edge of a no-deal Brexit in March and April - and twice it's been delayed when the EU granted an extension.

He will be participating in talks with representatives of the five political parties in the North along with Northern Secretary Karen Bradley.

The Government will today discuss the collapse in cross-party Brexit talks in London as well as fresh fears of Britain crashing out of the EU without agreement.

The government has nothing to hide in relation to the €3bn National Broadband Plan and will explain its decision and the project costs in due course, the Tánaiste says.

Before people vote on the Government’s proposal for directly elected mayors, it’s important to understand how councils work, writes Henry Abbott.

A leadership challenge in the Conservative Party will have little impact on the Brexit stalemate, Tánaiste Simon Coveney says.

The Speaker of the US House of Representatives emphasised the US was a “guarantor” of the Good Friday Agreement.

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has warned the FAI it must ensure "transparency and full accountability" on how public money is spent before the Government can help get the soccer association "back on track".

The Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said women need to be able to feel safe when they get into a taxi.

There are growing calls for accountability over the massive children's hospital overspend following the damning PWC report on the handling of the project.

Simon Coveney has said that EU leaders would want “as much clarity as possible” at Wednesday’s summit on how the UK plans to take the Brexit process forward in any extension period.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said Britain's request to extend Brexit has to be considered but rolling extensions are not tolerable.

A 'black escalation level' had to be declared at Cork University Hospital (CUH) as there was such a severe backlog of patients in the emergency department.

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said he agrees that a no-deal Brexit is increasingly likely with every day that passes.

The Tánaiste has urged the country, and the business sector specifically, to gear up for a no-deal Brexit which he says has shifted from being a remote to a real possibility.

“We are delighted to officially open our open plan office facility (the Hub) in the terminal, along with the Airport Control Centre today," said Niall MacCarthy, Managing Director at Cork Airport.

Britain will be blocked from taking part in the upcoming EU elections, one of Europe's most influential politicians has suggested.

MPs in Westminister must decide what they do want from Brexit instead of what they don’t if they are to avoid a hard Brexit, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said.

The Tánaiste has defended the €130,000 salary proposed for directly elected mayors in Cork, Limerick and Waterford, insisting that’s what’s required to attract the right candidates.

The Cabinet should get details soon on the powers for directly-elected mayors proposed for Cork, Limerick, and Waterford.

The Cabinet should get details soon on the powers for directly-elected mayors proposed for Cork, Limerick and Waterford, the Tanaiste said.

The Tánaiste says his thoughts are with the families of those killed in Derry on Bloody Sunday following today's decision to charge just one soldier from the Parachute Regiment in relation to the two of the deaths.

Speaking after Theresa May was defeated on a critical Brexit vote this evening, Simon Coveney said it would now be up to the UK to find solutions to what he described as a "crisis".

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has expressed his support for proposals for directly elected Mayors in Cork, Limerick and Waterford ahead of plebiscites on the issue which will be held this May.

A disorderly Brexit is now “far less likely” given British prime minister Theresa May’s admission that the UK may not leave the EU on March 29, Government sources have said.