Simon Coveney: Ireland 'gave clear message' to Israel to stop settlements

The Foreign Affairs Minister has also raised concern about the situation in Ethiopia, where thousands have been killed in the last year

Foreign Affairs minister Simon Coveney says that "actions on the ground continue to undermine any effort" at a political resolution to the ongoing tensions and violence between Israel and Palestine.

Ireland has given a "clear message" to Israel that it must stop settlements, the Foreign Affairs Minister will tell an Oireachtas committee on Tuesday.

Simon Coveney will update the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs on Ireland's role on the UN Security Council a week after returning from the Middle East.