Full coverage: Simon Coveney

Simon Coveney speaks about plans to raise €200m for his new defence investment fund Fulcrum, the reputational risk faced by Ireland, and how the "ugly realities" of today's world put Brexit into perspective.

The final meeting of the North-South Ministerial Council that included Leo Varadkar and Simon Coveney took place on Monday in Armagh. All the major players from both side of the border were there. But two of them won’t be back.

Available to serve, Simon Coveney received deafening silence in response from the next Taoiseach Simon Harris. Now, for the first time in his political career, Action Man Coveney is in self-induced observe-and-reflect mode.

With eight months to go to Budget 2025, ministers were already flying kites before an audience of founders on Thursday.

Simon Coveney says he wants to help build a “new economy”. What does it look like, and where does Budget 2024 fit into the plan? The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment sets out his case.

There is a wider value to Cork hosting the America's Cup than the unthinking negative reaction and it now requires ministerial determination to make it happen.

The DUP take no responsibility for the Brexit mess and the protocol they despise, but Jeffrey Donaldson's threat to bring down Stormont could bring its own problems for Sinn Féin.

As he joins The Currency as a columnist, Tommie Gorman reflects on the precarious position on the island and the personalities he knows intimately who have to find a solution.

The first stumbling block in Brexit negotiations starting today is fisheries, illustrating a deeper rift between the EU and the UK on how to approach an unprecedented large-scale, close-range free trade agreement.

Brexit has changed the role of the Minister for Foreign Affairs. And the current incumbent of the portfolio, Simon Coveney, has revelled in the position. In this wide-ranging interview, he discusses negotiation strategy, his political ambitions and Ireland’s role in a post-Brexit Europe.