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A People Before Profit TD has defended her party not applauding Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's speech to the Joint Houses of the Oireachtas ...

"So we are not neutral as far as rule of law is concerned, and we are not neutral as far as the principles of democracy are concerned", he added. "And we had a witness to that testimony this morning in the form of the President of Ukraine. "He had an ask of Ireland, and I hope that we will continue to stand up to the plate, as far as our contribution is concerned as a member of the European Union and as a small state on the western periphery of Europe. "They will hurt, and severely hurt, the Russian people - as the sanctions against the Iraqi people did after the Kuwaiti invasion. "We stood up today in solidarity with the people of Ukraine, not clapping the president because of his calls today for more stringent sanctions on the Russian people Put to her that clapping will not change sanctions, she says: "There's a position we hold which is that we don't believe, in this instance, that sanctions will actually stop Putin doing the horrible, brutal, murderous things that he's doing in Ukraine.

Handout photo of Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, addressing a Joint Sitting of both Dail and Seanad Eireann (the Houses of the Oireachtas, ...

Speaking hours after the speech, People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy said he wanted to expressed his solidarity with the people of Ukraine. Following Mr Zelensky’s speech, those in the Dail got to their feet and applauded the Ukrainian leader, however four People Before Profit TDs refused to clap. People Before Profit TDs have been criticised for refusing to clap after Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Dail.

People Before Profit's Gerry Carroll has defended his party after its TDs declined to applaud Volodymyr Zelensky following his address to the Dail ...

“The decision by the leadership of People Before Profit to oppose sanctions in the face of evidence of war crimes in Bucha, Kharkiv and across the region is, frankly, a disgrace. However, People Before Profit’s four representatives failed to join in. After criticism of his party’s failure to applaud the Ukrainian president, Mr Carroll, a former MLA for West Belfast and an Assembly candidate, said he “stood with the people of Ukraine and [stood] with them in their struggle against the Russian imperialist invasion”.

Ukraine's President addressed both houses of Ireland's Oireachtas and appealed that they must convince EU to impose more economic sanctions on Moscow.

But the party clarified later: ”We stood with the people of Ukraine and stand with them in their struggle against the Russian imperialist invasion.” It added, “We also don't agree with the extension of sanctions which are hurting ordinary Russian people and appear to be actually helping to bolster Putin's support at home.” “We also disagree with the banning of opposition parties who have almost 20pc of the vote between them,” the party said in a statement. They rejected Zelenskyy’s calls to ban the Opposition parties in Ukraine, adding “we support those parties but because it's a dangerous attack on democratic rights which actually undermines the struggle against the invasion.” “We also disagree with the banning of opposition parties who have almost 20pc of the vote between them,” they said. Ireland’s People Before Profit TDs who refused to applaud Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s speech to a joint session of the Dáil and Seanad in Leinster House on Wednesday, April 6 defended their refusal to clap.

People Before Profit TDs have been criticised for refusing to clap after Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Dáil. Following Mr Ze...

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People Before Profit has been accused of 'contradicting themselves' for refusing to clap for the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.

I would really ask them to reflect on it and ask them to come back in and apologise for it. He said: ‘The situation in Israel/Palestine is that they’ve struggled for decades against the oppression of the Palestinian people. Fine Gael’s Neale Richmond told the Irish Daily Mail on Wednesday night that the party was ‘contradicting’ itself. However, People Before Profit has repeatedly called for sanctions against Israel as recently as last month. He also raised issues with Leas Ceann Comhairle Catherine Connolly not clapping. A statement on the party’s website on March 2 said that the party had ‘circulated a Dáil motion to all TDs calling for sanctions on and indicting Israel’.

TDs Paul Murphy, Richard Boyd Barrett, Gino Kenny and Bríd Smith did not applaud.

He accused them of bringing shame on the House and asked them to apologise. Minister of State Patrick O’Donovan said it was a “source of terrible embarrassment” to be in a chamber where members had refused to clap. Mr Murphy said that he and Mr Boyd Barrett had also not applauded Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s declaration of support for Ukrainian membership of the EU, which was a matter for the Ukrainian people to decide.

People Before Profit TDs refused to applaud the speech by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to a joint session of the Dáil and Seanad in Leinster House ...

"They should make a personal statement to the Dáil [to apologise]." “I think it’s a distraction in many ways, I think it’s disappointing - President Zelensky gave a very moving address to the Dáil today and also a very stark analysis of the situation.” Mr Kenny and Ms Smith both wore white. In a statement, Bríd Smith said: "We stood in solidarity and respect for Ukraine people and for their president; and the war crimes they are suffering at the hands of Putin but we disagree with calls he made previously for NATO involvement which we think would escalate an already dangerous situation and the call for further sanctions which we fear will weaken the opposition to Putin in Russia. [We are] also concerned about the decision to ban opposition parties in Ukraine." In a statement, the left-wing party cited its opposition to the Ukrainian president’s persistent calls for Nato to impose a no fly zone over his country, as well as economic sanctions on Russia and the banning of opposition parties in Ukraine. People Before Profit TDs refused to applaud the speech by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to a joint session of the Dáil and Seanad in Leinster House on Wednesday morning.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy's speech was met by thunderous applause from TDs and senators in the Dáil chamber, with the notable absence of four People Before Profit ...

TD Bríd Smith said the party “stood in solidarity and respect for Ukrainian people and for their president; and the war crimes they are suffering at the hands of Putin but we disagree with calls he made previously for Nato involvement which we think would escalate an already dangerous situation and the call for further sanctions which we fear will weaken the opposition to Putin in Russia. Also concerned about decision to ban opposition parties in Ukraine.” The party has defended the decision not to clap for the address, with Mr Murphy telling The Irish Times that he and Mr Boyd Barrett had “stood for the people of Ukraine and stand with them in the struggle against the Russian imperialist invasion”. The party said its members had refused to clap due to disagreement with Mr Zelenskiy’s calls for Nato involvement in the war, as well as demands for more sanctions on Russia and a “decision to ban opposition parties” in Ukraine.

PBP TD Richard Boyd Barrett said: "Russia must end this bloody invasion and allow the people of Ukraine to determine their own future".

Russia must end this bloody invasion and allow the people of Ukraine to determine their own future. People Before Profit TDs have defended their refusal to clap after the Dáil address of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “The people of Ukraine are the victims of a barbaric and unjustified imperialist invasion.

People Before Profit TDs have been criticised for refusing to clap after Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Dail.

“We have people in the Dail standing up trying to make a point by not applauding. We have people in the Dail standing up trying to make a point by not applauding. “He’s witnessing a lot of that in terms of the areas that he’s been visiting in the last number of days.

We can't applaud calls for more sanctions which are hurting ordinary Russians and only bolstering the Putin regime at home.”

However, he added that “the US and the UK and some of their allies” have also committed war crimes. mishaps Russia has brought to Ukraine.” We can’t applaud calls for more sanctions which are hurting ordinary Russians and only bolstering the Putin regime at home. “The sanctions that have been imposed so far and the sanctions that are coming are not targeted sanctions, they are indiscriminate sanctions,” he said.Source: Speaking this evening on RTÉ’s Drivetime programme, Murphy said that he and his colleagues “stood in solidarity” with the people of Ukraine but that “it would have been disingenuous” to applaud for an extension of sanctions they disagreed with. Speaking to The Journal after the speech, Murphy said: “We stood for the people of Ukraine and stand with them in their struggle against the Russian imperialist invasion.

The party has explained its actions, or lack thereof. People Before Profit TDs have explained their refusal to applaud Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in ...

"We are with Ukraine and I am certain, in the end, Ukraine will prevail." "Russia will have to live with the shame and ignominy of what they have done in Ukraine for generations. "I'm grateful to you, to every citizen of Ireland." "We stood for the people of Ukraine and stand with them in their struggle against the Russian imperialist invasion," begins the statement. "I'm grateful to you, to every citizen of Ireland." "Although you are a neutral country, you have not remained neutral to the disaster and to the mishaps that Russia has brought to Ukraine.