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Ged Nash

Portrait of Ged Nash
Houses of the Oireachtas

Teachta Dála (TD), Labour Party finance spokesperson (Ireland).

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What DI has documented

DI has documented statements by Ged Nash on Antisemitism, Israel, and Music, among other topics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.

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Statements by Ged Nash

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Ged Nash

Role at the time: TD, Labour Party finance spokesperson (Ireland)

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Statement summary

Ged Nash called Sheeran's position on the Macklemore removal "extremely disappointing."

“extremely disappointing”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Ireland Disowns Ed Sheeran Over Macklemore Stance (Newsweek)
Why we used this label

On Macklemore's conduct in giving the speech, Nash does not criticize Macklemore. Calling Sheeran's position "extremely disappointing" while praising the artists who withdrew in solidarity with Macklemore implicitly defends Macklemore's conduct as not warranting his removal.

Read statementMacklemore’s “Free Palestine” speech and removal from Ed Sheeran’s U.S. tour

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