“I expect my department's report into Aughinish Alumina will be completed within the next 10 days.”
“I can’t stand over alumina being exported to Russia and being essentially used in Russia’s genocidal campaign against the people of Ukraine.”
“The survivors walked a long road that you should never have had to walk.”
“Our Government has never asked for sanction not to be put on Aughinish Alumina, we never asked for leeway or lobbied on their behalf.”

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On the recordJuly 7, 2026
There are no democratic or humanitarian values which are flexible enough to justify the scale of death, destruction and displacement we have seen.
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Micheál Martin
Fianna Fáil
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Condemning the actions of the Netanyahu government.

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