Sincere gratitude to Simon Coveney for your unwavering support of Team Up over the years. 🙌🙌🙌

Positive call today with new Taoiseach Simon Harris TD. I wished him well on his new role, emphasised respecting the careful balance of the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement, as amended by St Andrew and Strand approach.

I want us to be good neighbours with a better relationship.

Strong 1st meeting with President Ursula von der Leyen.
We had much to discuss including the humanitarian disaster in Gaza and the need for a ceasefire, the situation in Ukraine, agriculture in the EU & our shared priorities.

Happy to see the Irish flag 🇮🇪 flying outside the Berlaymont European Commission today.

Welcome to new Taoiseach Simon Harris TD!

And best of luck and thanks to Leo Varadkar ☘️

An incredible achievement from those involved & the vast majority of NI citizens who voted for it. From the current polarisation of politics & society, the Good Friday Agreement process, agreement & democratic underpinning is a lesson to urgently & continually return to

Congratulations Simon Harris TD for your appointment as Taoiseach! France and Ireland share a common destiny in the EU. France, your closest EU neighbour. I very much look forward to working with you!

Congratulations Simon Harris TD on becoming Taoiseach.

As the closest of neighbours, I look forward to forging even stronger ties between our two countries so we can deliver for people across these isles.

Congratulations to Simon Harris TD on becoming Ireland's new Taoiseach.

We value our partnership and thank Ireland for its consistent support as Ukraine defends itself against Russian aggression and pursues EU accession.

I am confident that our active bilateral cooperation…

Fodder transport scheme announced by Government
⁦Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine⁩ independent.ie/farming/news/f…

Thank you, Leo Varadkar.

This morning's numbers on jobless benefit recipients for March suggest that the economy continues to motor along, and that more and more Ukrainians who arrived after the invasion are moving from welfare to work.

⏳ The deadline for Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) grant registration is fast approaching! Businesses have until May 1st to register on the ICOB Portal at icob.ie.

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Flexibilty around paperwork can support farmers & reduce the stress & pressure they are feeling due to this awful weather. Small measures like pushing out the closing date for derogation applications & BISS applications would help to take some of the pressure off right now.

Meeting with Ministers from across the island today at the North South Ministerial Council.

Important conversations on how the Executive and Irish Government can work together to deliver on projects that will benefit everyone.

We must seize the huge opportunities available.

Productive and positive discussions at the North South Ministerial Council in Armagh today.

Working hand in hand with the NI Exec. we're paving the way for tangible progress towards more social, environmental, and economic benefits to improve the lives of all across the island.

📢The deadline for the Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) grant registration is approaching!

Businesses have until May 1st 2024 to register on the ICOB Portal at icob.ie.

'Too often aid workers are being killed in #Gaza '

Juliette Touma tells BBC News (UK) UNRWA is absolutely devastated by the killing of World Central Kitchen humanitarian workers when their convoy was reportedly hit by Israeli Forces.

At UNRWA alone, 176 of our team members have been killed.

I pay tribute to the World Central Kitchen staff members killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza.

I condemn the attack and urge an investigation.

Despite all the demands to protect civilians and humanitarian workers, we see new innocent casualties.

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Appalled by the deaths of humanitarian workers in an Israeli strike, killed providing lifesaving aid to the people of Gaza.
Full accountability is needed.
This again underlines the need for an immediate ceasefire to protect civilians and allow full humanitarian access.