The Science and Technology Act 1987 obliges the IDA and Enterprise Ireland to get Government approval if they want to give public money to companies who may be involved in servicing military activities. This Government wants to end that public oversight. 😡
And note the #defencewashing of the military industrial complex.
https://archive.is/lEWBt / https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41815601.html
6 #PalestineAction activists have been cleared of aggravated burglary at an Elbit site in Filton, near Bristol. Great news, not least because again, a jury refused to convict opponents of genocide and illegal occupation.
But shame on all the news reports calling #Elbit a "defence firm": #BBC, #TheGuardian, #TheNational, and probably others.
Elbit is NOT a "defence firm". It is an arms manufacturer for a genocidal regime.
Stop #defenceWashing the #armstrade and the destruction of #Palestine.
Claire McNab