Carmel, is supporting yet another controversial foreign policy initiative by his Republican colleagues. Along with far-right Rep. Joe Wilson (D-SC), ...

US Senator Jim Risch said the US may have to reconsider its Irish economic ties if Ireland passes legislation to ban trade of ...

P OLITICIANS QUIZZED OFFICIALS from the Department of Foreign Affairs today about the government’s draft bill to ban goods ...

Tuesday’s decision by the cabinet in Dublin to draft a bill to ban trade with illegally-occupied Palestinian territories is the culmination of years of campaigning by independent Senator Frances ...

What will the Bill do? The Bill would ban imports originating from the Palestinian Territories that are, under international law, illegally occupied by Israel.

TÁNAISTE SIMON HARRIS has no objections to the politicians in the Dáil and Seanad sitting through the summer to get the government’s Occupied Territories Bill passed.

Ireland could become the first EU state to restrict trade from Israeli settlements under a renewed Occupied Territories Bill ...

Tánaiste Simon Harris is due to meet Senator Frances Black to present a timeline to enact the Government's version of the Occupied Territories Bill. Where now for the bill, seven years after its ...

Ireland is poised to pass a BDS bill that would criminalize trade with Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and potentially clash with EU trade law.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has admitted the Occupied Territories Bill will not be ready before summer. He said there were drafting requirements, with some TDs fearing the legislation could go into ...

During the 2024 election campaign, all parties confirmed they supported an Occupied Territories Bill in some form. However, post-election, campaigners are concerned legislation is being watered ...

A campaign behind the Occupied Territories Bill thinks it could set an EU precedent on banning trade with illegal settlements.