Sinn Féin to give up Dáil time to progress Occupied Territories Bill

Mary Lou McDonald says 'it's indescribable what has happened on the ground in Gaza'

Members of Israeli forces patrol a street during a military operation in the Tulkarem refugee camp near the West Bank city of Tulkarem, on Christmas Day. Picture: Majdi Mohammed/AP Photo

Sinn Féin is to give up it's Dáil time in the new year to progress the Occupied Territories Bill as quickly as possible, Mary Lou McDonald has confirmed.

The Sinn Féin leader has called on a new government to urgently pass the historic bill and deal with the issue of sanctions against Israel as "time is not on the side of the Palestinian people".