Senior ministers concerned about effects of Occupied Territories Bill.

O'Doherty could just have stated 'politics is about hypocrisy'

I’m surprised this is going ahead. FF/FG have done enough to form the next government, so they don’t have to worry about SF and their popularity support for Palestine for another four years.

Ian O'Doherty steals a living by conflating self-interest for scruples. He doesnt know the meaning of 'doing the right thing' so be wary of taking ethics lessons from him.

Yellow cake processing or maybe a drone factory?

ireland saw how britain pandering to the hardcore loyalists worked out, it gave us a 30 year war and an apartheid state before it.
and yes ourselves pandering to the catholic church caused it's own, very well documented problems.

the fact we aren't ignoring it is the grown up thing.

your version of grow up would be us acting like children and pandering to a religious fundamentalist genocidal racist apartheid state who have been getting away with criminality since it's very foundation.

ignoring this conflict is not an option because while israel keeps being pandered to the land grabbing and genocide will not end with palestine, and that means the likely hood of a substantial refugee crisis.

Is passing this virtue signaling bill such a priority and necessity for Ireland?

Homelessness record broken again this month and this is what the government are concerning themselves with. Political grandstanding that will not achieve anything substantive in reality just so people can **** themselves off over how virtuous we are.

Let’s continue to criticise Israel for their actions on this ugly war upon Palestine’s civilians. That is enough, no need to piss off our biggest global benefactor passing pointless gesture bills.

A bit of bloody realpolitik ffs, let’s put some focus on the housing catastrophe that is ruining the lives of an entire generation of this country

https://x.com/finegaelbrux/status/1875535857844945114?s=46

This is fúcking insane.
Regina Doherty openly acknowledging that she expects economic backlash from the US and MNCs for the OTB and they’re going ahead with it anyway

Actively risking the jobs and livelihoods of Irish citizens so they can sit around sniffing their own supposedly morally pure farts from wine glasses.
Absolute parasites, they don’t give a shít about Ireland or her people.

Speak for yourself. Huge numbers of Irish people are massively struggling at the moment, as evinced by the monthly record breaking homeless figures

The Irish people and their difficulties should be the priority of the Irish government. That is their job.

What, Ireland enacting the OTB is gonna stop the slaughter of Palestinian children is it? Is that what’s on the line in this made up dichotomy you’ve dreamt up?

You're correct it’s embarrassing what we’ve become - a load of preachy, finger wagging, self aggrandising dopes that only care about showing everyone how virtuous they are. Easy to act the big moralist with vain gestures that will accomplish nothing but risk other people’s livelihoods when you’re already sitting pretty yourself. I’m alright Jack is right.