Cabinet Committees
Dail Éireann — 2026-01-13
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Paul Murphy (PBP), Dublin South-West

Last weekend, the US ambassador attended a far-right conference in Meath. It was a who's who of the Irish far right - Malachy Steenson, Sharon Keogan, multi-billionaire businessman Declan Ganley, an array of transphobes and anti-choicers. The conference explicitly encouraged American interference by the American far-right in Irish politics. Presumably, the US ambassador was nodding along when the conference chair, Eddie Hobbs, told the audience to reach across the Atlantic and seek help from the US MAGA movement to change the Irish Government. This comes after Steve Bannon telling Politico that he is working on developing an Irish Donald Trump and developing an Irish national party. Is the Taoiseach concerned? The US MAGA movement just kidnapped a head of state in Venezuela and brought him to America, killing many Venezuelans and Cubans on the way. Does the Taoiseach think that by being craven and just licking the boots of Donald Trump, he will not interfere in our politics or will he change course and call out what is happening on the international stage?

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Sitting date: 2026-01-13