Responsibility for Ireland’s handling of foreign affairs “rests with” the Government, an official spokesman has said, after the President called for the countryto call out breaches of international law. President Catherine Connolly said Ireland had an obligation to “speak plainly” about breaches of international law in the Middle East. Her statement, made on International Women’s Day on Sunday, followed widespread bombing in the Gulf including the US-Israeli bombing of Iran and the assassination of its former leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. “They are deliberate assaults on international law, the international laws that have underpinned global peace for 80 years. “The Government has been consistent in its support for international law.

Source: Irish Examiner March 10, 2026 11:09 UTC