Documents on Zappone's envoy appointment to be released by the Government today

At his appearance at the committee last Tuesday, Simon Coveney said he had deleted text exchanges between himself and Katherine Zappone, and Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, which related to Ms Zappone’s appointment. 

The Department of Foreign Affairs will today release a number of documents related to the appointment of Katherine Zappone as UN Envoy for Freedom of Expression.

The release of the documents had been requested under Freedom of Information (FOI) by a number of journalists who had been told they would be made available on September 8.