Govt opposition on basis of unpublished AG advice is interesting. In the 1980s, then-AG Peter Sutherland said the ban on goods from apartheid South Africa would breach EEC rules. Undeterred, Govt asked a new AG (John Rogers), who found a basis in int law & the ban was adopted. https://twitter.com/IrishTimes/status/1265603658328223744">https://twitter.com/IrishTime...

Ruairí Quinn& #39;s autobiography outlines how a different perspective from a different AG was crucial in the Govt adopting the 1980s ban. "It was very much a case of the legal bottle being half full rather than half empty". As outlined by @gerry_liston here: https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/ireland-must-ban-goods-from-occupied-territories-1.3709898">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/i...

This is particularly important given @greenparty_ie proposals on the AG. Just as John Rogers did in the 80s, several eminent legal scholars have insisted that a ban could be adopted on human rights grounds - it then becomes a question of political will. https://www.thejournal.ie/occupied-territories-bill-4354083-Nov2018/">https://www.thejournal.ie/occupied-...