Tánaiste dismisses calls to boycott Israel Eurovision

Calls for an Irish boycott of next year’s Eurovision being held in Israel have been dismissed by the Tánaiste.

Simon Coveney has told the Dáil that boycotting the annual song contest would not advance the Palestinian cause and “would polarise things even further”.

He added: “I’m not sure we can legally do that anyway because trade policy is the competence of the EU as a collective.”