Senator calls for former foreign affairs head to be brought before Oireachtas

Proposal to question Niall Burgess over June 2020 celebration to be considered in new year

Department of Foreign Affairs apologises for lockdown champagne event

Department concedes it ‘did not meet the standards expected of it’ in June 2020

Department of Foreign Affairs staff held champagne event during lockdown

Gathering took place after Ireland elected to the UN Security Council in June 2020

President pays tribute to ‘extraordinary’ poets Brendan Kennelly and Máire Mhac an tSaoi

‘We have lost so many people,’ Michael D Higgins says after deaths of two Irish poets

Senior FG Ministers apologise to party over Zappone ‘unforced errors’

Varadkar, Coveney and Donohue begin think-in with apology to parliamentary party

Varadkar, Coveney and Donohoe apologise to FG colleagues for Zappone controversy

Tánaiste admits to FG members that envoy issue has overshadowed party’s good work

Coveney’s account neither disproved nor made more plausible

Analysis: All versions of Zappone affair involve Government job for old colleague

Zappone thanked Coveney for 'incredible opportunity' of envoy job before formal nomination

Minister to face Opposition questions over process that ‘stinks to high heaven’

Suggestions made by Zappone on rationale for special envoy role

‘I saw the Tánaiste last eve, and he’s really excited about this too,’ former minister said in email

Zappone ‘given free reign’ over envoy job, says Opposition

Reaction: Documents show Katherine Zappone ‘seriously lobbied’ three FG members

Ireland’s most senior civil servant to become ambassador to London

Changes envisaged for London, Rome, Paris, Washington, The Hague and UN

Dublin and Berlin bound by new spirit of energetic goodwill

Ireland’s ties with Germany reach level of intensity previously reserved for London

Irish architects Henry J Lyons chosen for Ireland House Tokyo project

Winning entry in international competition is ‘welcoming and vibrant symbol of Ireland’

How the seat was won: Inside the fight to put Ireland on the UN Security Council

It was a 15-year campaign. In the end, most of the Middle East and swathes of Africa voted for us

A third of arrivals in Ireland are not answering phone for self-isolation checks

Over 6,000 Irish people have returned from abroad since start of pandemic

‘Ugly anti-migrant sentiment’ on rise in Ireland – Michael D Higgins

President to attend 75th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi camp

Passport Office struggles as more than 10,000 applications received in a day

DFA secretary general says staff share public’s frustration unanswered phone calls

Irish diplomats need more language skills, says foreign affairs head

Niall Burgess identifies gaps in Spanish and Chinese as missions set to increase

State’s ‘Ireland House’ in Tokyo to cost almost €23m

New building will be biggest ever capital investment by Department of Foreign Affairs

Irish diplomatic summit set for Vietnam in effort to boost Asian trade

Government focus is on Asia to deliver growth in international trade

Saudi vote row prompts pledge to notify Ministers in advance

‘It was agreed in future any UN vote of similar sensitivity and importance would be flagged’

Ireland ramps up campaign to secure a special Brexit deal

Analysis: Officials are attempting to convince the EU of the State’s ‘unique circumstances’

Goal funds withheld pending US inquiry into alleged fraud

Government refuses to give millions of euro to the aid agency amid investigation

Passports and visa fraud creating security challenge

Foreign affairs head describes difficulties presented by global travel to UN seminar

Hundreds of waiver requests made each year for weapons to come through Shannon

Committee told 2.3m US marines passed through in recent years with personal weapons stored

Higgins visit: Eight key Coalition advisers and top civil servants attended banquet

Details on royal occasion published on British monarchy’s official website

Almost 50,000 Irish took up visas in Australia and Canada last year

Hope for ‘tucked away’ provision in US bill for 10,500 visas for Irish citizens

Milo O’Shea interred in simple ceremony attended by family and close friends

‘Milo never had such a low turnout’ quips Michael Colgan during tributes at the Gate Theatre afterwards

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