This disgusts me. I am sure that money could be put to better use elsewhere. My Irish cousins are coming for a visit in November. It will be difficult to keep my opinion to myself if this topic comes up.
No surprise to me as there has always been a big pro Palestinian sentiment in Ireland. Pretty disgusting. We had an Irish priest one time and he was going on and on about awful Israel, the Jews and their treatment of Palestinians. My father, God rest his soul, told Father R in no uncertain terms that he was an Anti-Semite and needed to confess it! Father R shut up and never brought up the subject around us ever again.