There are “arguable grounds” for Sinn Féin to bring legislation restricting the Central Bank’s role in facilitating the issuing of Israeli bonds, according to the Oireachtas in-house legal team. The legal opinion from the non-partisan Office of Parliamentary Legal Advisers was requested by the leading opposition party’s deputy Pearse Doherty who told this publication in December that he was planning to draft a private members’ bill (PMB) on the matter. The legal advice from mid-February, seen by The Currency, states that Doherty sought advice on legislation to make the Central Bank take account of rulings of the International Court of…

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