Micheál Martin stresses economic and cultural differences with Sinn Féin during interview with Inside Politics podcast
The Government will examine how the Occupied Territories Bill, which would ban trade with illegal Israel i settlements, could be amended and passed into law, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs
The 2 Johnnies – what you get if you feed Ant and Dec a Tayto sandwich after midnight – are taunting us nowsaid Ireland would move ahead without the rest of the European Union in seeking to ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. “To a large extent, there’s essentially two dates for this election, potentially. One is end of November, beginning of December, or February ... I think what people want is to complete work to make sure that there’s a solid bit of work done and that we end up, that we end the Government in a harmonious way, having worked together for 4½ years now.”
Mr Martin also grounded his continuing opposition to any prospect of coalition with Sinn Féin on “moral” and “cultural” grounds.
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