Sinn Féin is expected to introduce a bill later today to give the finance minister the powers to restrict the Central Bank’s approval of Israeli bonds, which the opposition party says is fuelling the bombardment of Gaza.  The bill is driven by the party’s finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty, who told The Currency last December that he was drafting legislation to “ensure Ireland no longer has any hand or part in the sale of bonds that are funding genocide”. Under EU rules, any third country that wants to offer bonds to the public or trade on a regulated market in the…

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