Taoiseach hits back after US envoy says Ireland ‘fell into a vat of Guinness’ over Gaza bill

Micheál Martin rebuffs US envoy’s ‘Guinness’ jibe and says Israel’s actions in Gaza ‘defy any moral compass'
Taoiseach hits back after US envoy says Ireland ‘fell into a vat of Guinness’ over Gaza bill

US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee posted on social media that Ireland should 'sober up' and apologise to Israel for the passage of the Occupied Territories Bill through the Oireachtas.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has hit back at claims from a senior Trump administration figure that the Government "fell into a vat of Guinness" when drawing up the Occupied Territories Bill.

US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee had posted on social media that Ireland should "sober up" and apologise to Israel for the bill's passage through the Oireachtas.

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