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.

On 16 June, 2021 attorney general Paul Gallagher wrote to housing minister Darragh O’Brien with legal advice on the state's mica scheme.