Rooney stunned critics this past weekend by announcing she would give a percentage of proceeds from book sales to Palestine Action.

Irish author Sally Rooney has vowed to give fees generated by two BBC adaptations of her books to the Palestine Action group, which was recently proscribed as a terrorist organisation

I support Palestine Action. If this makes me a ‘supporter of terror’ under UK law, so be it,” said Rooney in an op-ed in The Irish Times.