Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Julian Assange languishes in Belmarsh high-security prison near London for the minor crime of jumping bail. He is under threat of extradition to the USA where he is very unlikely to receive a fair trial. I wonder if the Government will consider offering him asylum rather than see him end up rotting in prison in America.

When is the next meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council? Will the Tánaiste, Deputy Coveney, raise at that meeting the need for Europeans to mediate in Venezuela between government and opposition to avoid bloodshed and violence and to bring about a peaceful resolution to the problems facing the country?

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