Micheál Martin: “That's again something that the international community needs to take on board and we will be pursuing that with others.”

For us, it would be for the Commission, in my view, to potentially commission that type of independent assessment as well.

I think we need to be careful of these stories, who's feeding them into the ether? Why?

The humanitarian situation in Gaza remains dire. The situation in the West Bank is deteriorating. The behaviour of the Netanyahu government is increasingly extreme.

Conor McGregor’s remarks are wrong, and do not reflect the spirit of St Patrick’s Day, or the views of the people of Ireland.