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

A freight company told an airline illegally transporting munitions through Irish airspace that the Israeli government had requested it to prioritise weapons being delivered to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

Weapons for Russian allies have flown through Irish sovereign airspace for the past 16 months.

Shannon Airport was used to transport weapons of war from Israel to the United States. Late last year a military engine weighing more than two tonnes went through the county Clare airport.

Eight senators and two TDs are registered as members of the group Oireachtas Friends of Israel. It comprises six Fianna Fáil members, three Fine Gael members and one independent.