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Irish pub bans ‘Zionists’ – and is doing ‘loads of business’

The Celtic Marine Bar is in Bundoran, a picturesque town on Ireland’s Atlantic coast

November 19, 2024 12:27
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An Irish publican has claimed his pub is enjoying “loads of business” after banning “Zionist” customers.

The Celtic Marine Bar in Bundoran, a picturesque town on Ireland’s Atlantic coast popular with tourists, put up a sign last week week saying, “all Zionists are barred from The Celtic Marine Bar. Stop the genocide. Free Palestine.”

The publican, Aaron Nealis, told the JC that the Zionist ban was bringing in “loads of business” and that locals “love it”. If any supporter of Israel tried to buy a pint of Guinness in his establishment, he added, he would “put them out”.

Asked what he would do if they refused to leave, the heavily-tattooed publican insisted they would not resist. “I’m against the genocide going on in Gaza,” Nealis said. “For over 70 years now they’ve been stealing Palestinian land, killing Palestinians and displacing them. Seventy per cent of the people killed since October 7 are women and kids. They’re not fighting Hamas.”