David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Charles Flanagan, has said he is deeply concerned about wider attempts to pressure NGOs and human rights defenders through legislation and other means to hinder their important work. He stated he has raised this at EU level and directly with the Israeli authorities. He also stated the boycott divestment and sanction policy was a legitimate campaigning objective.What we have here is a clear attack on a civil society organisation in an attempt to muzzle it and stop it doing the work that it is democratically entitled to do in this Republic of Ireland.