The Planning and Development Bill 2023 is set to pass tomorrow, Wednesday, 9 October. The legal and planning professions have criticised it for breaching EU and international law and for its potential to clog the planning and legal system.
Tonnes of munitions of war were transported to Israel through Irish sovereign airspace yesterday morning.
Donegal County Council secretly altered more than 20 homeowners' applications for remediation under the state mica scheme without their knowledge.
An Israeli state official delayed sending the email about Paschal Donohoe’s assurance to his Israeli counterpart that government would block the Occupied Territories Bill – until she confirmed, with Ministry of Finance officials, the date and nature of the confidential discussion.
It’s been a month since The Ditch first reported on IDF explosives being illegally transported through Irish sovereign airspace and the munitions are still being brought to Israel.
It was for this.
Two more airlines – Germany’s national carrier and the US-based Delta Air Lines – have been illegally transporting munitions to Israel through Irish sovereign airspace.
It was up to Paschal Donohoe to answer parliamentary questions last Tuesday.
The airline carrying munitions to Israel – finally confirmed this week by the Department of Transport to have travelled through Irish airspace on nine flights – flew a further 14 flights over Ireland with more than 33 tonnes of explosives on their way to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
For the past year EL Al – Israel’s national airline – has been illegally transporting Lockheed Martin’s Israel-bound munitions through Irish sovereign airspace.
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.