A few years back I was spending a lot of time in a house in the Liberties. It was the residence of a woman I was dating and her roommate. I use the word residence because it didn’t feel like a home – it felt like the landlord might choose, at any moment, to turn it into an Airbnb.
A cargo plane that regularly brings tonnes of weapons to Israel touched down in Shannon Airport on its way to Tel Aviv last month.
(Briefly) how we got here (since 2008 or thereabouts).
A Galway Fianna Fáil councillor was: twice convicted of failing to file tax returns; ruled to have underdeclared tens of thousands of euro in VAT; and has judgments of more than €30,000 registered against him.
In just the past week German national carrier Lufthansa illegally transported more than a tonne of munitions through Irish territory to Israel on three flights.
The Department of an Taoiseach claims that releasing the full records of what was discussed at a meeting between an ex-Israeli intelligence officer and then junior minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill could damage Ireland’s international relations.
A US general landed in Shannon on his way to advise the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) weeks before it resumed its assault on Gaza.
A couple who lived as illegal settlers in Palestine’s occupied West Bank opened a “community hub” as a “safe space for Israelis” in Dublin earlier this year.
An arms industry lobbyist who regularly features in Irish media discussions about neutrality – without his interests being disclosed – facilitated a meeting between Irish businesses and senior Ukrainian military officials.
The head of Israeli Bonds, which are sold through the Central Bank of Ireland, directly linked the bonds to funding Israel's military operations in Gaza – contradicting the Irish bank’s position that they’re just for "general financing”.
A cargo flight carrying almost 150 kilogrammes of replenishments for Israel's bombing of Gaza illegally passed through Irish territory this morning – just hours after Israel violated its ceasefire with Hamas, killing more than 400 people, including 183 children.
This draft report was delivered to CHI management in January. Months later affected families have neither seen the report nor been contacted by CHI. Minister for health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has said she hasn’t seen the report. The Ditch is now publishing the report in full.