Fianna Fáil appointed a newly elected TD to the Oireachtas artificial intelligence committee – even though he holds stock worth thousands in an AI company co-founded by a man who “conducted classified intelligence work” for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
A Spanish company has shipped 1,207 tonnes of steel to Israeli weapons maker IMI Systems since August 2024 – despite recent calls by the Spanish foreign minister for an arms embargo against Israel.
Fine Gael Senator Paraic Brady didn’t declare he sold a property to Longford County Council for €67,000 – nearly double what he first paid for it – while sitting on the council’s social housing committee.
A Fine Gael senator on the Seanad agriculture panel didn’t declare more than €16,000 in farming income while serving as a county councillor last year.
Over the bank holiday weekend and ongoing Israeli atrocities in Gaza, Irish state authorities assisted two flights through illegally carrying F-35 combat jet parts to an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) airbase through Irish territory.