He stressed that he fully respected the rule of international law and would never condone those who would seek to subvert it. Not that Micheál approves of this Operation Septic Turkey, or whatever it’s called by whoever launched it. “There are issues, no questions, in terms of where we are.”But Mary Lou taking him to task for not condemning this “brazen” breach of international law? It must have stung when she reminded him that the prime minister of Spain had taken the US commander in chief to task for breaking international law. Holly Cairns of the Social Democrats wondered if the Government now believed that large countries could simply ignore international law.

Source: The Irish Times March 04, 2026 07:33 UTC