The Latest Breaking News from Micheal Martin

Irish peacekeeper injured in Lebanon attack is discharged from Dublin hospital

Tanaiste Micheal Martin welcomed the “good news”, and said that a UN report into the fatal ambush is expected in the coming weeks.

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2023

Omagh bomb inquiry: Irish Government ‘must hold a similar process in parallel’

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said he pressed Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Micheal Martin on the matter in a meeting on Friday.

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2023

Angry relatives of missing Amy Fitzpatrick to protest outside Spanish Embassy

15 years since the Dubliner vanished, Amy's family said they are in limbo and are demanding the case be upgraded to a murder investigation

Dublin Live · Jan 30, 2023

All main Stormont parties want to maintain single market access, says Tanaiste

Micheal Martin said Northern Ireland’s political leaders should grasp a deal that might emerge.

The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2023

Dublin Says ‘Doing All It Can’ to Free French-Irish Citizen Held in Iran

Ireland's foreign minister said Thursday the government was doing all it can to secure the release of a French-Irish citizen held in Iran after his family urged Dublin to intensify talks due to concerns for his health following a hunger strike. Micheal Martin told a news conference in Dublin that…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 20, 2023

‘Everyone has obligation in respect of NI legacy, including Sinn Fein’ – Martin

The Irish foreign minister was speaking after the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference in Dublin.

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2023

Mountain to climb to resolve NI Protocol issues, says Irish deputy PM

Micheal Martin said the EU/UK negotiations needed to be given ‘time and space’.

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2023

Rishi Sunak must defy Tory ‘Brexit purity cult’ to get protocol deal, says Starmer

Labour leader offers ‘political cover’ – as he urges PM to stand up to MPs in European Research Group

The Independent UK · Jan 13, 2023

Taoiseach to seek legal advice on whether ex-Minister Damien English breached planning law

The Meath West TD resigned as Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise over his failure to declare ownership of a property when applying for planning permission for another Meath home in 2008.

Irish Mirror · Jan 12, 2023

Exclusion of party leaders from NI protocol meetings must end – McDonald

The row over Mary Lou McDonald’s exclusion from a meeting this week has overshadowed talks on the protocol and Stormont crisis.

The Independent UK · Jan 12, 2023