Simon Coveney
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Kenny unveils his elite troops but Cowen goes on the offensive...fortnight. Standing on the Leinster House plinth surrounded by his touring team of Richard Bruton, George Lee, Simon Coveney, Kieran O'Donnell and Leo Varadkar, Enda was eager to portray himself as the Listening Leader. "We want to hear... In this article: Enda Kenny, Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, God, Fine Gael, Brian Hayes, Eamon Gilmore, Banana, and Cadre |
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The Register | December 03, 2008
Irish govt powers up electric vehicle drive
...they will be cheaper. " However, Simon Coveney, Fine Gael's spokesman on energy, described the government's plans as "an unambitious and inadequate response to the emissions problem in the transport sector". Leccy cars may not be a...
In this article: Samsung, Irish Government, Green Party, Fine Gael, Eamon Ryan, Ireland, Emerald Isle, and UK
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Wikipedia | November 02, 2009
Simon Coveney
.... At the 2007 general election he was returned by the voters to the Dail, and as a result stepped down as an MEP, a position he had held since being elected to represent the South constituency at the 2004 European Parliament election...
In this article: Fine Gael, 2004 European Parliament Election, Colm Burke, and Hugh Coveney
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Independent.ie | November 03, 2009
FG warns third tax rate is not the solution
...and Limerick. The Party's economics team -- including George Lee, Richard Bruton, Leo Varadker and Simon Coveney -- will use the views of business people to inform its proposals on how EUR4bn can be found. Mr Lee will chair the...
In this article: Enda Kenny, Fine Gael, Waste, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Dublin Bus, CIE, Bus Eireann, and Richard Bruton
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Four-month wait for dole as jobless rate increases
...up to 15 weeks to have an application for jobseeker's allowance assessed. Fine Gael frontbench spokesman Simon Coveney claimed the delay was due to incompetence. "Delays like this could have been expected a year ago when demand started to...
In this article: Unemployment, Fine Gael, Kinsale, Cork, and Limerick
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Kenny's Seanad solo run sparks fury in FG
...to raise the issue at Wednesday's parliamentary party meeting. Last night, frontbench spokesman Simon Coveney said the call by Mr Kenny had not been an easy one to make. "There will be a lot of internal friction within Fine Gael and...
In this article: Enda Kenny, Seanad, Fine Gael, Noel Dempsey, Eugene Regan, Taoiseach, and Brian Cowen
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Gilmore 'too busy' to write a letter cancelling bonus
...Irish Independent has learned. Mr Gilmore, Fine Gael's Simon Coveney and Labour's Joe Costello took the high moral ground after they promised to voluntarily give up their EUR6,391 long-service payments. They were among six TDs who told...
In this article: Irish Independent, Labour, Fine Gael, Joan Burton, and Legal advice
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'Conflict of interest' in Late Late's Quinn deal
...market?" Fine Gael's Simon Coveney, who is a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources said he thought a question about a possible conflict of interest on the show was a fair one. "Over the...
In this article: Quinn Group, RTE, The Late Late Show, Revenue, Anglo Irish Bank, and Ryan Tubridy
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Station's golden 10 share a EUR4.5m bonanza
...it in any way inaccessible," she said. Fine Gael's Simon Coveney said the high salaries were "rubbing salt in the wounds" for people who had lost their jobs or taken significant pay cuts. A spokesman for the country's biggest trade...
In this article: RTE, Revenue, Pat Kenny, Gerry Ryan, Joe Duffy, Ryan Tubridy, Late Late Show, and Ireland
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No need for late heroics as former GAA president secures seat on first attempt
...Colm Burke could not remain on the party ticket alone. He was an untried European candidate, having replaced Simon Coveney, who had to quit his European seat when elected to the Dail. And the two-candidate strategy could yet see Fine Gael...
In this article: GAA, Toireasa Ferris, Fine Gael, Fianna Fail, and Sinn Fein
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Simon Coveney (born 16 June 1972 in Cork) is an Irish politician. He is a member of Fine Gael, part of the European People's Party.
Coveney is a Teachta Dála for Cork South Central. He was first elected in the October 1998 by-election to succeed his late father Hugh Coveney, re-elected at the 2002 and 2007 general elections.
In the 2007 general election he was returned by the voters to the Dáil, and as a result stepped down as an MEP, a position he had held since being elected to represent the constituency of Ireland South in the 2004 European Parliament elections, as the 2007 elections brought the end of the dual mandate. He was replaced in the European Parliament by Colm Burke.
During the three years he spent as an MEP, he held the position of human rights coordinator for the largest political group in the European Parliament (EPP-ED) the European People's Party and twice authored the Parliament's Annual Report on Human Rights in the World. He also spearheaded the Stop the Traffik campaign at the European Parliament. He was a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Delegation for Relations with the USA and a substitute on the Human Rights Subcommittee, Fisheries Committee, Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee and the Delegation for Relations with Iran.
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