Simon Coveney

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

Bartra Capital developers play monopoly with Ballsbridge block

Greens clash with Simon Coveney ... and Conor McGregor

Varadkar entitled to exit payment of €280,000 when he retires as a TD

Simon Coveney, who will step down as Minister for Enterprise on Tuesday, will be entitled to similar severance payments totalling €236,000

Simon Harris: Cabinet reshuffle decision will be ‘lonely and difficult’

Taoiseach designate says selection will not be about ‘personalities’ but will be based on ‘delivery’

Ireland can no longer pretend to be immune from realities of European security, says Charlie Flanagan

Invasion of Ukraine was Europe’s 9/11 and Ireland is ‘in President Putin’s crosshairs’

‘Fine Gael should re-embrace Christian Democratic values’: FG members give their views on Simon Harris, the next cabinet, and party’s future

Fine Gael ardfheis delegates ‘100 per cent’ opposed to coalition with Sinn Féin because ‘we’re just not compatible’

Simon Coveney would like to see Cork minister appointed in incoming Taoiseach’s reshuffle

Departing minister says decision not to put his name forward for Cabinet ‘wasn’t about being shafted’

Notion that Fine Gael would benefit from a period in opposition is absurd

The clear lesson from history is that once the party forfeits power there is no guarantee it will get it back anytime soon, if ever

Independent TDs urge Harris to bring mini-budget for small business and farmers

Deputies who bolster Government majority call on presumptive taoiseach to bring forward supports

Political advisers and former journalists to form part of Simon Harris backroom team

Ex-Green Party aide and one-time special adviser to Eoghan Murphy, Jack O’Donnell among names recruited by incoming taoiseach

Fine Gael junior ministers vie for promotion as Coveney’s departure frees up second place at Cabinet

Burke, Carroll MacNeill and Richmond viewed as in contention for incoming Taoiseach Simon Harris’s Cabinet

The Irish Times view on Simon Coveney leaving cabinet: Brexit talks were a key contribution

Simon Harris now has more scope to reshape the Cabinet, but is losing the substantial experience of a senior figure

Simon Coveney: Cork merchant prince served long spell on political front line, from horse meat to Brexit

Long-serving minister replaced his father in 1998 and has been a player in national picture for much of last 26 years

Fine Gael TDs praise Simon Coveney but some say ‘he jumped before he was pushed’

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill tipped for Cabinet post, with one backbencher identifying her as future leader

Simon Coveney to stand down from Cabinet

Fine Gael Minister’s impending departure means incoming taoiseach Simon Harris now has three ministerial vacancies to fill

Chris Donoghue leaves role as Coveney adviser to become Government press secretary under Harris

Former Newstalk reporter and presenter joined Coveney as media adviser in 2017

Team Harris: who will be the Cabinet and political adviser loyalists around the new Fine Gael leader?

Minister for Enterprise Simon Coveney’s position central to options available to Fine Gael leader

What Spain can teach Ireland about harnessing wind and pivoting to offshore renewables

Renewable energy bonanza in Basque country was 30 years in the making, and now gears up for floating wind farms

Simon Coveney says he will run for Fine Gael again in next general election

Minister says make-up of the new Cabinet would be a matter for new party leader and incoming taoiseach Simon Harris

Miriam Lord: Not so much TikToks as tactics are secret behind taoiseach-to-be Simon Harris

Miriam Lord: World tilts on its axis as Dáil gets set for Leo Varadar’s replacement

Varadkar’s big goodbye: The week that reshaped Irish politics

Minutes after the Taoiseach’s bombshell speech, Senators and TDs were huddled in the Dáil members’ bar plotting their futures

Simon Harris faces range of demands ahead of general election if elected FG leader

Wicklow TD, who is poised to become youngest ever taoiseach, tasked with ‘tightrope’ of refreshing the party but also ensuring Coalition parties are not ‘passengers in a new project’

Simon Harris confirms he will seek Fine Gael leadership, saying ‘I will give this my all’ - as it happened

Minister for Higher Education will become country’s youngest taoiseach if made head of party

Varadkar’s economic legacy: a return to full employment and a woeful underinvestment in infrastructure

The outgoing Taoiseach’s departure speech gave an insight into where he feels his achievements really lie

The next leader of Fine Gael prepares to step into the fray

Front pages of national newspapers dominated by Leo Varadkar’s unexpected decision to step down

‘Stability’ a watchword at US-Ireland event amid Varadkar bombshell

Business leaders at pains to soothe anxieties about next election

Simon Harris is early front-runner to become taoiseach

Coalition insiders said a contest for the Fine Gael leadership was a strong possibility

Ministers in US, China, India and Brazil as part of largest St Patrick’s Day programme yet

Varadkar is in Washington meeting Biden as Micheál Martin heads to Canada and others travel to Africa, South America and Asia

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE...

The Irish Times ePaper

Stardust

Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people

Common Ground

How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands