The Taoiseach said he did not want to see ‘price gouging’ because of the escalating conflict in the Middle East.

Mr Harris said ‘all options are on the table’ to assist Irish citizens who need help out of the region.

Neale Richmond added that a number of Irish people were on flights out of Abu Dhabi yesterday, and more would do so today.

Irish troops 'all well and accounted for' in South Lebanon

People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll said the action was anti-democratic.

Simon Harris said he is concerned about the impact on financial markets, oil and gas prices and economic uncertainty.

The Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs has reiterated advice to Irish citizens in the Middle East to ‘stay sheltered’.

Emma Little-Pengelly said that stability in the Middle East ‘does not come from indulging extremism and terrorism’.

Cork woman Krystal O'Connor, who is stuck in the basement of a hotel in Dubai, has said it is a terrifying situation, and that she can still hear explosions.

Defence Forces personnel are deployed in the region as part of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil).

Foreign Affairs Minister Helen McEntee said there are currently ‘no evacuation routes recommended for Gulf countries’.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he is ‘deeply concerned’ about the risk of wider conflict in the area.

Micheál Martin urged "all parties to exercise restraint and to work to avoid that outcome," in a statement issued on Saturday.

A demonstration in solidarity with Iranian protesters took place on O’Connell Street on Saturday.

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The Department of Foreign Affairs said the decision was taken after hundreds of protesters were killed and injured.

The coalition government is expected to kick off the parliamentary term with a draft law to introduce a series of migration and asylum reforms.

‘I urge the authorities in Tehran to uphold the rights of all their citizens,’ Taoiseach Micheal Martin said.

The Tánaiste said that a cessation in violence allows for diplomacy and dialogue.

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Three Irish citizens and their dependents have left the country after the US joined bombing raids.

Simon Harris said the EU ‘has a role to play in charting a way forward’.

The Tánaiste said he spoke to a ‘really angry’ Iranian foreign minister on Sunday.

Simon Harris said a negotiated solution is needed on Tehran’s nuclear capabilities.

Simon Harris said the decision was not taken lightly.

Micheál Martin said ‘dialogue is the way to resolve the nuclear issue in terms of Iran’.

Last week, Taoiseach Micheál Martin called on global powers to work together in a bid to de escalate the conflict in the Middle East.

Simon Harris said the EU will have to discuss working together to evacuate its citizens from Israel and Iran.

Simon Harris was speaking after being in touch with European counterparts.

Micheál Martin expressed concern about violence between Israel and Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. He said that there was an urgent need for a return to a rules based international order.

Ireland’s deputy premier Simon Harris said further escalation would risk ‘regional spillover’.

Simon Harris said the safety of staff at the Irish embassy is of “paramount” importance but stressed the benefits of ongoing diplomatic relations with Iran.

Simon Harris’s comments come as Israel carried out a series of air strikes overnight in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

Taoiseach Simon Harris will meet Joe Biden in Washington this month for an event to mark 100 years of diplomatic relations between Ireland and the US.

Michael D Higgins was asked about criticism he received in August for sending a letter to the new Iranian president.

The Tánaiste has reiterated his calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, and for Hamas to release all hostages.

Tánaiste Micheál Martin also spoke following the death of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, which he said was ‘a very sad day’

Simon Harris was attending a European Council meeting in Brussels.

Iran launched the unprecedented assault on Saturday night in response to an Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria earlier this month

The Tánaiste said there have been ‘very worrying’ developments between Iran and Israel in recent days

The Government has declined to comment on Iranian media reports that an Irish citizen is among the people being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza