Ireland is ready to recognise the State of Palestine in the coming weeks, Ireland’s deputy prime minister said on Tuesday. Speaking to parliament after the appointment of new Prime Minister Simon Harris, Tánaiste (deputy prime minister) and Foreign Affairs Minister Michael Martin said that the Gaza war meant there was an urgent need to press forward with a new approach to Palestinian statehood. He said that Ireland was discussing the issue with other countries, but was ready to act unilaterally. “It is my intention to bring to government a formal proposal on recognition of these when these wid…