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Woman arrested by police investigating hijacking and bomb hoax at Simon Coveney peace event in Belfast

Assistant Chief Constable Mark McEwan said loyalist paramilitaries are the chief suspects, namely the UVF

Irish Mirror

Woman held and suspected gun seized by police probing Belfast security alert

The UVF is suspected to have been behind a security alert which saw Simon Coveney being evacuated from a peacebuilding event.

The Independent UK

UVF believed to be behind bomb hoax suspected to be targeted at Simon Coveney

Mr Coveney was giving a speech at a peace and reconciliation event in north Belfast when he was ushered from the room

Irish Mirror

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UVF suspected of causing security alert at Simon Coveney peace event

Police say a van driver was forced to drive a device he believed to be a bomb to Holy Cross chapel while the event was ongoing.

The Independent UK

Loyalist militants likely behind Belfast hijacking, police say

Pro-British loyalist militant groups were likely behind the hijacking and placing of a suspect device in a van that was ordered to drive to an event where Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney was speaking on Friday, police said.

Reuters

North Belfast security alert: PSNI say UVF are chief suspects as device declared a hoax

The incident was rapidly condemned by politicians in Northern Ireland.

Belfast Live

SDLP's Colum Eastwood: All political leaders should feel ashamed over cost of living crisis

He said the financial pressures facing households have become an "emergency" but politics "has failed people again"

Belfast Live

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Security alert that forced Simon Coveney from stage at peace event condemned

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and Sinn Fein Stormont leader Michelle O’Neill said people want to move on from violence.

The Independent UK

Simon Coveney 'in safe location' as organisers of peace event slam 'hijackers'

It's understood a "hijacked van" was driven to the site, with a canister placed on board and the driver forced to drive it to Holy Cross Church.

Irish Mirror

Minister Simon Coveney taken to 'secure location' after security threat at Belfast event

It is understood that a 'hijacked van' was driven to the site when the alert was raised

Dublin Live

North Belfast security alert: Latest details as Irish Minister Simon Coveney taken to 'safe space'

The Crumlin Road remains closed and motorists are advised to avoid the area

Belfast Live

North Belfast security alert leaves family traumatised as funeral interrupted

"There’s an elderly priest in the monastery, who suffers from dementia, who had to be evacuated"

Belfast Live

Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney taken off stage at Belfast peace event after security alert

The incident, believed to centre around a hijacked van, was rapidly condemned by politicians in Northern Ireland

The Independent UK

Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney taken off stage in Belfast after ‘suspicious device discovered in hijacked van’

The van driver was ordered at gunpoint to drive to the venue in north Belfast, according to one of the event’s organisers

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Reuters

Irish foreign minister 'saddened and frustrated' by attempted attack

Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said he was "saddened and frustrated" by the hijacking of a van and its driver in Belfast on Friday in an apparent attempt to attack an event he was speaking at on the Northern Ireland peace process.

Daily Mirror

Foreign minister's speech halted after 'van hijacked' in security threat in Belfast

Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney was addressing the Building Common Ground event in Belfast with a speech before a security alert led to him being bundled away by his staff

Reuters

Irish foreign minister taken off stage after security alert

Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney was taken off stage by officials during a speech in Belfast on Friday after the event organiser said a suspect device was discovered in the car park of the venue.

The Independent UK

Irish Government urges UK to think again over border pass proposal

Simon Coveney raised concerns about plans for foreigners to have an Electronic Travel Authorisation pass when crossing the border.

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The Independent UK

Dublin fury over UK’s insistence on post-Brexit visa clearance scheme at Northern Ireland border

Non-Irish EU citizens will need US-style waiver to cross border

The Independent UK

Number of Ukrainian refugees in Ireland exceeds 10,000

Earlier, the Agriculture Minister said that it was possible that 200,000 Ukrainians might come to the Republic of Ireland.

Reuters

Neutral Ireland sees 'good chance' of involvement in new EU force -RTE

There is a good chance that Ireland will be involved in the European Union's rapid reaction force despite its tradition of military neutrality, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney was quoted as saying on Monday by state broadcaster RTE.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Signs of an Imminent Iran Nuclear Deal

An agreement over Iran's nuclear program could be reached within 48 hours, said a senior participant in the Vienna talks. Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney, who acts as United Nations Security Council facilitator at the talks, stressed “the signals are good” for agreement over the weekend. There was “no question”…

The Independent UK

New Iran deal could ease oil price pressures caused by Ukraine war – Coveney

The shift away from Russian oil provides an added incentive to revive the Iran deal, Ireland’s foreign minister Simon Coveney said.

The Independent UK

Iran nuclear deal ‘could be agreed within 48 hours’

Lifting of sanctions on Tehran would allow resumption of oil exports, easing pressure on energy prices

The Independent UK

Simon Coveney visiting Poland as Ukraine crisis continues

The Foreign Affairs Minister will meet Polish counterpart Minister Zbigniew Rau in Warsaw.

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