Simon Harris

Tánaiste says we need better understanding of what happens ‘above our skies’, Government to consider amending laws

Back at home, Government likely to come under pressure over Occupied Territories Bill

Fine Gael leader tells party meeting ‘it is clear that difficult decisions may need to be taken’

Tánaiste cosigns letter with ministers of six European countries expressing concern about Israeli plans for a prolonged Gaza occupation

Israel aid blockage worsening ‘dire humanitarian situation’ in Gaza, Dutch minister tells EU foreign chief

The President was joined by Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Simon Harris at the Arbour Hill commemoration

Letter signed by the foreign ministers of Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, Slovenia and Spain

Most men arriving to seek protection aren’t provided accommodation, and end up in sanitations conditions that, according to one volunteer, were worse than those in refugee camps in South Sudan

Proposals stop short of ending access to counselling notes, something campaigners had sought

In significant speech on Ireland’s foreign policy, Simon Harris says neutrality does not provide Ireland with a magic shield

WHO’s Mike Ryan describes Israel’s continuous onslaught of Gaza as an ‘abomination’

Irish expats unimpressed by Government ‘rhetoric’ attempting to lure them home

Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Tánaiste Simon Harris and several Ministers to address Global Ireland Summit

Any additional tariffs ‘unhelpful’, Simon Harris’s office says

Maritime, air and cyber cited as areas where opportunities may arise to collaborate in procurement

Minister for Defence set to announce new allowance for some 100 officer specialists

Irish WHO director Mike Ryan says slaughter and suffering in Gaza must stop

James Browne talks up his A-Team, TDs watch the pros in action while Pa Daly delights in saying nothing

There has been little of the fresh thinking and renewed vigour that one might have hoped for from a new administration

Timeline ‘under consideration’ with eye on US tax impact on drinks industry

Tánaiste Simon Harris told Minister for Housing James Browne his party had been ‘out of the loop’

Irish prisons operating way above ‘safe working capacity’, says Prison Officers’ Association head

Taoiseach accused of double standards over new agency chief’s salary, potential increases for heads of 30 semi-States

Portuguese authorities say ‘no evidence’ of cyber attack, Spanish PM urges against speculation

Plans for new Strategic Housing Activation Office as well as asylum system overhaul and military radar due before Cabinet

Government considering steps to allow Land Development Agency to build more private housing at its projects

The Government faces a big challenge with trade and the economy, but the bigger fears are around chronic problems – most acutely, in housing

It’s a sign of Fine Gael’s watered-down identity that it’s easy to imagine Harris in Labour or the Social Democrats

Irish and UK governments working in ‘very good faith’ to bring about an agreed position, Harris says

Split has emerged among Fine Gael representatives over support for mooted levy

World leaders to gather in Rome on Saturday but arrangements at home are more muted

External Grievance System will deal with complaints of interpersonal nature from serving members

Late pontiff advocated on behalf of the poor, marginalised and those affected by war and conflict – Taoiseach

Westport makes the world’s entire supply of the anti-wrinkle drug — now the feat is that production could move to the US

Support for Sinn Féin is rising because people were genuinely irritated by the speaking rights chicanery. But while people like the party in Opposition, they still don’t want it in Government

President Michael D Higgins led a commemoration ceremony outside the GPO to mark the 1916 Easter Rising

Support for Sinn Féin is growing in the North, but support for a united Ireland isn’t. This is not as strange as it might seem

A fall in support for Fine Gael and a rise for Sinn Féin will lead to nervousness in Government and embolden the main Opposition party

Only on one previous occasion, in February 1994, did Fine Gael go as low as 16 per cent in an Irish Times/Ipsos B&A poll

The compound is said to include ‘kill house’ to allow soldiers to train for military operations such as hostage rescue missions