Simon Coveney looking forward to going back to Northern Ireland following attack

Mr Coveney had been giving a talk at the Hume Foundation in North Belfast when two gunmen hijacked a vehicle.

Simon Coveney says he will not be deterred from visiting Northern Ireland after a recent attack on an event he attended.

The attack, directed against the Minister of Foreign Affairs has been linked to loyalist paramilitaries, and Mr Coveney labelled it a “huge disappointment”.