Attorney general: Impossible to prosecute for importing goods from West Bank lands

The attorney general Seamus Woulfe has warned the state would find it impossible to investigate, prosecute or extradite a person who imports Israeli goods from the occupied territories in the Palestinian West Bank.

The Occupied Territories Bill passed the Dáil with cross-party support last week despite opposition from the government. The bill, which has been championed by independent senator Frances Black, would make it an offence for a person to import, attempt to ...