Over 140 general election candidates have signed up to #PalestinePledges for justice for Palestinians

The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) has welcomed the support from over 140 general election candidates for a series of election pledges supporting justice for the Palestinian people.
At least 147 candidates, from most parties and many independents, have signed the three pledges, which were also endorsed collectively by Sinn Féin, The Green Party, Solidarity, People Before Profit, Rise, and The Workers’ Party. At least one candidate in every constituency endorsed the pledges, while in some constituencies some half to three quarters of candidates declared their support.
The pledges call on candidates to
- Support a ban on trade with Israel’s illegal colonial settlements in Palestine
- Support an end to the Irish arms trade with Israel, and an end to EU funding of Israeli military manufactures
- Support free speech and protection of the right to engage in boycott, divestment and sanctions campaigning in the face of efforts to silence and suppress criticism of the state of Israel.
IPSC Chairperson Fatin Al Tamimi said: “We thank all those candidates who have pledged their support for our Palestine Pledges. This solidarity is required now more than ever as we see the racist Trump-Nethanyahu deal that seeks to tear up international law, disregard fundamental rights, and attempt to re-partition Palestine in a truly disturbing echo of the darkest days of colonial land and resource theft.
“By endorsing these pledges, these candidates have made a strong statement of solidarity with the Palestinian plight – an issue that is of great concern to many voters in Ireland. As former Fianna Fail spokesperson on foreign affairs Niall Collins noted, Palestine ‘is coming up on the doorsteps’ – and we in the IPSC want to thank everyone who has raised the issue during this election, such support is heartening and inspiring” she continued.
Ms. Tamimi concluded: “At the end of the day, whoever forms the new government will come under serious pressure from the US and EU to squash the Occupied Territories Bill and to fall in line with the global attempts to silence and suppress criticism of the Apartheid State of Israel. But this new government will also come under huge pressure from the people power of the Irish public to take an even stronger stance in support of the heroic Palestinian fight for their liberty – and as always the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign will continue to be at the forefront of building both grassroots and political solidarity with Palestine’s anti-apartheid struggle. Ireland may be a small nation, but we can make an important stand for Freedom, Justice and Equality for the Palestinian people, one that resonates across the world!”
• A full list of candidates who have endorsed the pledges so far can be found in the table below. At present the number of endorsers stands at 146. No Fine Gael candidates have yet signed. This list will still be updated until polling day on our website.
• Fianna Fail‘s Election Manifesto states that the party commits to “progress[ing] the Occupied Territories bill”. Labour have said that the party “will vote to pass the Occupied Territories Bill into law at an early stage.”
• The constituencies with the highest number of endorsing candidates are Dublin Central (9), Kildare South (8), Dublin Bay North (8), Dublin Bay South (6) and Galway West (6). The constituency with the fewest endorsers is Cork South West (1).
• Every effort has been made to ensure this list is accurate and up to date. All candidates for whom contact details were obtainable were contacted at least three times via email.
• In line with our anti-racist and anti-discriminatory principles, the IPSC only contacted parties that have endorsed the Irish Network Against Racism’s ‘Anti-Racism Election Protocols‘.
Legend: AON (Aontú) – FF (Fianna Fail) – GP (Green Party) – I4C (Independents4Change) – IND (Independent) – LAB (Labour) – PBP (People Before Profit) – RISE (Rise) – SD (Social Democrats) – SF (Sinn Féin) – SOL (Solidarity).
Constituency | Candidate | Party |
---|---|---|
Carlow-Kilkenny | Malcolm Noonan | GP |
Carlow-Kilkenny | Adrienne Wallace | PBP |
Carlow-Kilkenny | Kathleen Funchion | SF |
Cavan–Monaghan | Tate Donnelly | GP |
Cavan–Monaghan | Emmett Smith | PBP |
Cavan–Monaghan | Matt Carthy | SF |
Cavan–Monaghan | Pauline Tully | SF |
Clare | Róisín Garvey | GP |
Clare | Trudy Leyden | IND |
Clare | Theresa O’Donohoe | PBP |
Clare | Violet-Anne Wynne | SF |
Cork East | Liam Quaide | GP |
Cork East | Pat Buckley | SF |
Cork North Central | Oliver Moran | GP |
Cork North Central | Thomas Gould | SF |
Cork North Central | Mick Barry | SOL |
Cork North Central | James Coughlan | WP |
Cork North-West | Colette Finn | GP |
Cork South Central | Lorna Bogue | GP |
Cork South Central | Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire | SF |
Cork South West | Paul Hayes | SF |
Donegal | Michael White | GP |
Donegal | Pearse Doherty | SF |
Donegal | Pádraig MacLochlainn | SF |
Donegal | Thomas Pringle | IND |
Donegal | John O'Donnell | IND |
Dublin Bay North | Sean Haughey | FF |
Dublin Bay North | David Healy | GP |
Dublin Bay North | John Lyons | IND |
Dublin Bay North | Bernard Mulvany | PBP |
Dublin Bay North | Cian O’Callaghan | SD |
Dublin Bay North | Denise Mitchell | SF |
Dublin Bay North | Michael O'Brien | SOL |
Dublin Bay North | Aodhán Ó Ríordáin | LAB |
Dublin Bay South | Eamon Ryan | GP |
Dublin Bay South | Mannix Flynn | IND |
Dublin Bay South | Annette Mooney | PBP |
Dublin Bay South | Sarah Durcan | SD |
Dublin Bay South | Chris Andrews | SF |
Dublin Bay South | Kevin Humphries | LAB |
Dublin Central | Mary Fitzpatrick | FF |
Dublin Central | Neasa Hourigan | GP |
Dublin Central | Christy Burke | IND |
Dublin Central | Gillian Brien | PBP |
Dublin Central | Gary Gannon | SD |
Dublin Central | Mary Lou McDonald | SF |
Dublin Central | Rita Harrold | SOL |
Dublin Central | Éilis Ryan | WP |
Dublin Central | Joe Costello | LAB |
Dublin Fingal | Joe O'Brien | GP |
Dublin Fingal | Louise O’Reilly | SF |
Dublin Fingal | Terry Kelleher | SOL |
Dublin Fingal | Paul Mulville | SD |
Dublin Fingal | Dean Mulligan | I4C |
Dublin Mid West | Peter Kavanagh | GP |
Dublin Mid West | Gino Kenny | PBP |
Dublin Mid West | Eoin O Broin | SF |
Dublin Mid West | Mark Ward | SF |
Dublin Mid West | David Gardiner | WP |
Dublin North West | Caroline Conroy | GP |
Dublin North West | Conor Reddy | PBP |
Dublin North West | Dessie Ellis | SF |
Dublin Rathdown | Catherine Martin | GP |
Dublin Rathdown | Eoghan O Ceannabhain | PBP |
Dublin Rathdown | Sorcha Nic Cormaic | SF |
Dublin South Central | Patrick Costello | GP |
Dublin South Central | Richard Murray | IND |
Dublin South Central | Joan Collins | I4C |
Dublin South Central | Brid Smith | PBP |
Dublin South Central | Aengus O Snodaigh | SF |
Dublin South West | Francis Noel Duffy | GP |
Dublin South West | Paul Murphy | RISE |
Dublin South West | Seán Crowe | SF |
Dublin South West | Sandra Fay | SOL |
Dublin West | Roderic O’Gorman | GP |
Dublin West | Aengus Ó Maoláin | SD |
Dublin West | Paul Donnelly | SF |
Dublin West | Ruth Coppinger | SOL |
Dún Laoghaire | Ossian Smyth | GP |
Dún Laoghaire | Richard Boyd Barrett | PBP |
Dún Laoghaire | Shane O'Brien | SF |
Galway East | Eoin Madden | GP |
Galway East | Marian Spelman | LAB |
Galway East | Peter Reid | SD |
Galway East | Louis O’Hara | SF |
Galway West | Pauline O’Reilly | GP |
Galway West | Catherine Connolly | IND |
Galway West | Joe Loughnane | PBP |
Galway West | Niall Ó Tuathail | SD |
Galway West | Mairéad Farrell | SF |
Galway West | Conor Burke | SOL |
Kerry | Cleo Murphy | GP |
Kerry | Pa Daly | SF |
Kildare North | Vincent Martin | GP |
Kildare North | Paul Mahon | PBP |
Kildare North | Catherine Murphy | SD |
Kildare North | Reada Cronin | SF |
Kildare North | Emmet Stagg | LAB |
Kildare South | Anita Nic Ghib | AON |
Kildare South | Fiona O'Loughlin | FF |
Kildare South | Ronan Maher | GP |
Kildare South | Fiona McLoughlin Healy | IND |
Kildare South | Roisin Uí Bhroin | PBP |
Kildare South | Linda Hayden | SD |
Kildare South | Patricia Ryan | SF |
Kildare South | Mark Wall | LAB |
Laois-Offaly | Pippa Hackett | GP |
Laois-Offaly | Brian Stanley | SF |
Limerick City | Brian Leddin | GP |
Limerick City | Jenny Blake | SD |
Limerick City | Maurice Quinlivan | SF |
Limerick City | Mary Cahillane | SOL |
Limerick County | Claire Keating | GP |
Limerick County | Séighin Ó Ceallaigh | SF |
Longford-Westmeath | Louise Heavin | GP |
Longford-Westmeath | Barbara Smyth | PBP |
Longford-Westmeath | Sorca Clarke | SF |
Longford-Westmeath | Dom Parker | SOL |
Louth | Mark Dearey | GP |
Louth | Imelda Munster | SF |
Louth | Ruairí O'Murchú | SF |
Mayo | Saoirse McHugh | GP |
Mayo | Joe Daly | PBP |
Mayo | Rose Conway-Walsh | SF |
Meath East | Sean McCabe | GP |
Meath East | Andrew Keegan | PBP |
Meath East | Darren O'Rourke | SF |
Meath East | Seamus McDonagh | WP |
Meath West | Seamus McMenamin | GP |
Meath West | Ronan Moore | SD |
Meath West | Sean Guirke | SF |
Roscommon-Galway | Julie O’Donoghue | GP |
Roscommon-Galway | Kenny Tynan | PBP |
Roscommon-Galway | Claire Kerrane | SF |
Sligo-Leitrim | Bláithín Gallagher | GP |
Sligo-Leitrim | Declan Bree | I4C |
Sligo-Leitrim | Martin Kenny | SF |
Tipperary | Rob O'Donnell | GP |
Tipperary | Martin Browne | SF |
Waterford | Marc O'Cathasaigh | GP |
Waterford | David Cullinane | SF |
Waterford | Una Dunphy | PBP |
Wexford | Deirdre Wadding | PBP |
Wexford | Johnny Mythen | SF |
Wicklow | Steven Matthews | GP |
Wicklow | John Brady | SF |