That same month, the Republic of Ireland’s Standards in Public Office began to examine whether the funding violated Irish law, according to the newspaper The Irish Catholic, which cited documents released under a freedom of information act request. Irish law forbids campaign groups accepting more than 100 Euro in donations from foreign sources that could be used for domestic political purposes. By November 2016, the Standards in Public Office threatened to report the campaign to Ireland’s national police if it did not turn over the relevant documents. The Abortion Rights Campaign then agreed to provide the documents while protesting the way the law was being applied. The Abortion Rights Campaign agreed to return the grant, but it reiterated its disagreement with the officials’ interpretation of the law.Important point: The Irish government has a specific policy aimed at Sorosian NGOs, and it enforces the policy. So Ireland joins (appropriately) the green side of the map.
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