Former president Mary Robinson has called for solidarity to guard against “attacks on truth”. Addressing an International Women’s Day rally in Belfast, she claimed the current United States administration is “flooding the atmosphere with lies”. Crowds gather in front of Belfast City Hall for an International Women’s Day rally (Rebecca Black/PA)Ms Robinson told those gathered: “We have an administration in the United States which is flooding the atmosphere with lies, not to be believed, but to confuse, to confuse that there is no truth. People attended an International Women’s Day rally in Belfast (Rebecca Black/PA)She condemned the “epidemic of violence against women and girls” in Northern Ireland, Ireland and across the globe, and spending on wars at the same time as cuts on spending in international aid. Iranian human rights activist Azadeh Sobout addressed the rally (Rebecca Black/PA)Ms Sobout called for democracy for her country, describing it as being “under bombardment”.

Source: Irish Examiner March 08, 2026 01:32 UTC