If the Government means what it says it must now fulfil its promises and pass the Occupied Territories Bill without further delay. KATIE MARTIN,Coordinator,AfrI-Action from Ireland,STEPHEN BOWEN,Executive Director, Amnesty International IrelandMAEVE MCLAUGHLIN,Director, Bloody Sunday Trust,CONOR O’NEILL,Head of Policy,Christian Aid IrelandSolidarity campaign,(and 24 other members of the campaign to pass the Occupied Territories Bill). Ms Bacik’s is just the latest voice to express disquiet at the manner in which the Occupied Territories Bill seems to have disappeared silently as a priority item from the Government’s legislative agenda. While the Government here continues to obfuscate and slow down the progression of the Occupied Territories Bill, other EU states have moved forward. When the founders of Pancreatic Cancer Ireland encountered pancreatic cancer in our own lives, we felt powerless with so little information available to us.


Source:   The Irish Times
November 18, 2025 16:00 UTC