When projects in planning, pre-planning, and land options are combined, the total footprint is likely between 5,000 and 7,000 acres. Meanwhile, under the renewable electricity support scheme, taxpayers subsidise guaranteed returns for private developers while rural communities absorb the impact. While this is possible, there are still some significant cultural, political, and geographical differences between Ireland and the United States. But Western media interest in the essentially continuing war in Gaza during the “ceasefire” seems to have fallen off a cliff. All this has granted Netanyahu’s administration impunity to continue to commit war crimes in Gaza and continue the internationally illegal annexation of West Bank land.

Source: Irish Examiner March 02, 2026 13:30 UTC