US President Donald Trump said he had not heard that three Northern Ireland political parties have decided to boycott St Patrick’s Day celebrations over his administration’s stance on Gaza.
The Irish government has failed to explain why it published plans for a partial ban on Israeli trade in its programme for government – but then scrapped it only three days later.
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