An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2024-03-20
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Mick Barry (PBP), Cork North-Central

I think Sally Rooney nailed it. She said that the "Government [is basking] in the moral glow of condemning the bombers, while preserving a cosy relationship with those [who supply] the bombs". Even as celebrations were in full swing in the White House on Sunday, Netanyahu and his war cabinet were no doubt making preparations for a ground invasion of Rafah, which is a city of nearly 2 million people now, one traumatised by war and with the majority of its population living in tents. I think Sinn Féin let itself down badly in the United States last week but I think the Taoiseach let the country down. I put it to him that given he did not boycott the celebrations with genocide Joe Biden, he should at least have openly criticised not just the bombers but those supplying the bombs.

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