Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

----and openly and repeatedly violates international law. If the European Union is a Union of values, of peace, then the EU must be to the fore in forming a global movement against Israeli apartheid in Palestine with the same international determination and momentum that defeated apartheid in South Africa three decades ago. Tá a fhios againn nuair a oibríonn muid le náisiúin an Aontais Eorpaigh go bhfuilimid chomh láidir agus is féidir. Bainfimid an rath is mó amach nuair a oibríonn an Eoraip mar fhórsa ar mhaithe leis an domhan chun saol an ghnáthdhuine a fheabhsú agus nuair a oibríonn muid mar chosantóir na síochána thar coimhlint.

President Metsola visits at a time of great change in our country. Ireland has always had the support of our gallant allies in Europe. Europe has kept faith with Ireland and that friendship has meant so very much. We have now had 25 years of peace but we have more to do. Our country remains partitioned but as we walk the final length of our long journey to full nationhood and reunification, I ask our European partners to continue to walk with us. I for one look forward to the day when we see Ireland, our country, in the European Union as a nation united, looking confidently with our European friends to a better future for all our people.

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