Coveney: Zappone offer to help team in New York 'was not lobbying'

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has said he was not lobbied by Katherine Zappone for the position of Special Envoy for Freedom of Expression to the UN.

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has said he was not lobbied by Katherine Zappone for the position of Special Envoy for Freedom of Expression to the UN.

Addressing the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence today, Mr Coveney said he and Ms Zappone had spoken after she stepped down as minister last summer.