Coveney to be grilled on 'calamitous' Zappone appointment to UN role

Simon Coveney will appear before the Foreign Affairs Committee on August 31 to answer questions over the controversial appointment of Katherine Zappone as UN envoy
Coveney to be grilled on 'calamitous' Zappone appointment to UN role

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney and former children's minister Katherine Zappone, who was appointed as UN special envoy on freedom of opinion and expression in July amid accusations of cronyism. File picture:: Gareth Chaney/ Collins

Simon Coveney will appear before the Foreign Affairs Committee on August 31 to answer questions over the controversial appointment of Katherine Zappone as UN envoy.

Former children's minister Ms Zappone was appointed as UN special envoy on freedom of opinion and expression in July amid accusations of cronyism as the job was not publicly advertised.

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