Israel's Ministry of Justice said it was told “through various channels” that Ireland’s Fianna Fáil ceann comhairle would have a “decisive role” in the potential passage of the Occupied Territories Bill.
While finance minister Paschal Donohoe had a secret phone call with his Israeli counterpart to assure him the Irish government would “block” the Occupied Territories Bill.
On 16 June, 2021 attorney general Paul Gallagher wrote to housing minister Darragh O’Brien with legal advice on the state's mica scheme.
A freight company told an airline illegally transporting munitions through Irish airspace that the Israeli government had requested it to prioritise weapons being delivered to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
Weapons for Russian allies have flown through Irish sovereign airspace for the past 16 months.
