Opposition parties offer to ease through Israeli imports law before election

Holly Cairns has said passing the bill would send a powerful message (David Young/PA) - (PA Wire)

Opposition parties are urging the Government to push through a bill next week that would ban imports from illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian land.

Sinn Fein and the Social Democrats have put time aside in the Dail next week to enact the Occupied Territories Bill, which Social Democrat leader Holly Cairns said would “send a powerful message”.