Ms Amelia Evans:

Particularly around the precedents in Gaza, we have not seen enough attention, frankly, on pushing for access to international media into Gaza. It is one of the issues, with all of the other atrocities that have been occurring, that has not been getting as much attention. It is one that creates a really concerning precedent. It is place where I believe Ireland could exercise its strong standing in the international community, whether that is through the UN, through statements or through bilateral engagements, to try to bring this more to the fore.

Frankly, it is an issue that the public simply is not aware of, to begin with. Therefore, this question of how misinformation, or how much we really understand about what is occurring in Gaza, is able to percolate without the public having this real understanding that is really limited to Gazans. It is getting that information and relaying it out, and how that has obviously become increasingly difficult after this many months, with all of the lack of access to food and the literal decimation of the journalist community there. We understand that there were about 1,000 journalists in Gaza before 7 October, and we know that at least 100 have been killed. We suspect the number is much higher.

What pressure can be put to ensure there is greater access is a big issue for us that we feel it is being overlooked, and again, one we feel Ireland could be a major champion for.