 Yesterday, Dunleary County Council became the ninth local government body in Ireland to formally and officially endorse the Boycott, Divassment, and Sanctions campaign against Israel, better known as BDS. The movement was proposed by three local politicians including Councillor Melissa Halpin of People Before Prophets. Quite amazingly, in endorsing BDS, Dunleary County Council has become the ninth local government body in Ireland to formally endorse the movement, intended to harm Israel's economy and isolate it diplomatically. In June of 2018, two Irish city councils got behind the move. Dublin City Council endorsed BDS, thereby becoming the first European capital to endorse the movement. Galway City Council followed suit in the same month, and in March of the following year 2019, Quirk City Council endorsed a call to Boycott Israel's hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2005, Limerick City Council declared itself a caterpillar-free zone in protest of the Israeli military's use of caterpillars for military equipment. Collectively, this means that Ireland's four larger cities have all previously endorsed some form of BDS against Israel. This summer in the UK, central government voted in favour of a bill to prevent any public bodies including local government from boycotting Israel in order to bring local governments in sync with national politics and foreign policy. Michael Gove was named as a coordinator for that effort, however, unfortunately, no such measures have been initiated in Ireland. For more videos about daily life in Israel, please consider subscribing to this YouTube channel.