10 h. ago Motion to stop sale of Israeli bonds expected to return to the Dáil as Minister rejects 'complicity'

Minister of State Thomas Byrne said that he ‘utterly reject[s] this allegation of complicity’, calling it ‘disgraceful’.

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4 d. ago Government defeats motion to end Central Bank’s facilitation of Israeli bond sales

Central Bank governor says Israel has raised at least €100m from bonds approved for trading by Irish institution

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4 d. ago Government rejects motion calling on it to stop sale of 'Israeli war bonds'

Government TDs argued that directing the Central Bank to stop selling Israeli bonds would impede on its independence.

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4 d. ago Israel has raised at least €100m from bonds approved by Irish Central Bank, politicians told

Taoiseach ‘speaking truth in order to bury it’ by acknowledging genocide but failing to stop involvement in Israeli bonds, Dáil hears

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4 d. ago Central Bank governor says Genocide Convention applies to Irish State, not Central Bank

The sale of Israeli State bonds has become a political flashpoint in Ireland.

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4 d. ago Genocide Convention not considered by Central Bank when approving Israel Bonds

The Central Bank is the designated authority in relation to the sale of Israel Bonds in the EU.

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4 d. ago Institutional investment in Irish property down 80%, Central Bank says

Regulator’s governor Gabriel Makhlouf says rent controls have an impact on supply

Economics

4 d. ago Central Bank governor to tell committee that Ireland does not sell Israeli bonds

He will be addressing an issue that has become a political flashpoint.

Politics

6 d. ago Opposition tables second motion to ban Central Bank role in approving Israeli bonds

The Social Democrats motion is similar to a Sinn Féin motion defeated in the Dáil at the end of May

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6 d. ago Opposition calls for ‘vote of conscience’ on Israeli 'war bonds' ahead of cross

The Central Bank of Ireland is the designated authority in relation to the sale of Israel Bonds in the EU.

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9 d. ago Taoiseach says every effort will be made to bring Robert Pether home as soon as possible

Mr Pether, who is an Australian citizen, has been in prison in Iraq since April 2021, after he was arrested on fraud charges following a contractual dispute involving his employer that arose out of the building of a new Central Bank building in Baghdad in Iraq.

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1 week ago ECB cuts interest rates to 2% in good news for mortgage holders and first

Ireland is the fifth most expensive country in the eurozone for mortgages.

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1 week ago European Central Bank expected to cut interest rates later today

Analysts expect another quarter-point reduction that would take the central bank’s key deposit rate to 2%.

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1 week ago Boylan accuses Government of 'cop out' on Occupied Territories and Israeli bonds bills

Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan has accused the Government of a 'cop out' on the Occupied Territories Bill and her party's Israeli bonds bill

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2 w. ago Donegal’s Government TDs “out of touch” on ban of Israeli war bond sales

A Donegal-based group calling for the end of the ongoing genocide in Palestine has labelled two of the county’s TDs… The post Donegal’s Government TDs “out of touch” on ban of Israeli war bond sales appeared first on Donegal Daily.

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2 w. ago Central Bank reveals how much of Ireland's wealth is owned by the richest 10%

Central Bank reveals how much of Ireland's wealth is owned by the richest 10%  businessplus.ie

Economics

2 w. ago Two Regional Independent TDs vote against Government on Sinn Féin bill

Two TDs who are part of the Coalition-supporting Regional Independent Group voted against the Government on Wednesday night on Sinn Féin's Israeli bonds bill

Politics

2 w. ago Sinn Féin bill seeking to prevent sale of Israeli 'war bonds' defeated by 87 votes to 75

The Government blocked the bill, despite a legal opinion from the Oireachtas Office of Parliamentary Legal Advisers saying it would be constitutional.

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2 w. ago Taoiseach and SF leader clash over Bill to prevent Central Bank having any involvement with Israeli bonds

Martin accuses McDonald of using ‘false narrative’, and insists Central Bank ‘does not issue or sell or oversee the sale of Israeli bonds’

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2 w. ago Dáil briefly suspended after protesters interrupt debate on ‘Israeli war bonds’

Pressure has been building on the Government to intervene in relation to the facilitation of the sale of Israeli government bonds.

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