Simon Coveney

AI is not a strategic priority for majority of Irish businesses, Irish Management Institute finds

Talent attraction and retention remain top of the agenda for organisations in the Republic

Simon Coveney: ‘Theresa May’s efforts on the Irish question should be recognised. Her successors didn’t share that’

The former tánaiste reflects on the ‘fun behind the craziness’ of Liz Truss, the ‘intellectual snobbery’ Enda Kenny faced, and Michel Barnier’s shock at the warm welcome he received on the streets of Dublin

The Irish Times view on Fine Gael resignations: the exodus continues

It might be to the party’s advantage to present a fresh slate of younger candidates, many coming off strong performances in June’s local election

Fifteen of 35 Fine Gael TDs who won in 2020 will not run again. What does this mean for the party?

Party could use departures as opportunity to put forward more women candidates

Limerick mayor’s ‘great frustration’ over pay during his time in Land Development Agency revealed

Plus: Cynthia Ní Mhurchú's pay cut, Irish Ambassador to the US gets a profile boost, and Simon Coveney sails again

Fine Gael select city and county-based councillors for bid to retain Coveney’s Cork seat

Shane O’Callaghan and Una McCarthy defeat Jerry Buttimer, Des Cahill and John Mullins for nominations

Justine McCarthy: With Ireland on a knife edge, it’s a bad time for a brain drain from the Dáil

Potential new TDs would need their mental acuity assessed if they were not given pause by hearing about masked protesters outside the Taoiseach’s home

Leo Varadkar confirms he will not contest next general election

Former taoiseach says time has come to ‘explore new options and opportunities’

Will Simon Coveney ever be asked about his role in passing the referendum that led to a rise in abortions?

In Ireland, you can tell people abortion figures won’t rise and still be unaccountable when they double

Five Fine Gael politicians compete for shot at Dáil seat vacated by Coveney

Unsuccessful European Election candidate John Mullins pledges to move home to Cork South Central constituency if he is selected to run for the party

Simon Coveney stepping aside is part of a major changing of the guard in Irish politics

Former tánaiste’s move adds to the challenge facing Simon Harris ahead of the next general election

Simon Coveney confirms he will not contest next general election

Former tánaiste announces decision to leave politics after more than 25 years

Simon Coveney: I was passionate about becoming taoiseach at one point

Former tánaiste will not run for the Dáil again and is looking for ‘a change in direction’ after holding ‘virtually every office in the land except taoiseach’

Simon Coveney profile: substantial figure who played a starring role in the Brexit wars

The way he contested the leadership of Fine Gael with Leo Varadkar in 2017 won him many admirers

Donohoe, Varadkar and Coveney to attend Bilderberg meeting in Madrid

Minister for Public Expenditure taking part as Eurogroup head, while former taoiseach says he will be going at own expense

Smoky bacon flavouring ban: Coveney lobbied EU over ‘financial implications’ for Irish firms

Kerry Group, which is one of the big players in smoked flavourings, claimed the changes ‘would impact’ more than €30bn worth of food products

Threat of private business jet ‘ban’ at Dublin Airport is lifted

US investors had warned Government of companies reevaluating Irish investments in light of any ban on executive jets

Renewable energy ‘insufficient’ to meet data centre demands with need to ‘ration’ connections to them, Minister told

Data centres use vast quantities of electricity and there have been calls for a moratorium on such facilities

‘Every country in Europe right now with a coastline and deep water is going after floating offshore wind.’ Except Ireland

Shannon Estuary Taskforce chairman says State making a strategic error by not backing floating wind

There’s an obvious solution to the migration row: compatible national identity cards for Ireland and Britain

Rights groups who raised valid objections to the intrusiveness of identity cards need to accept that ship has sailed - the alternative is Kafkaesque bureaucracy and racial profiling

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