President Michael D Higgins has expressed the “greatest heartbreak” at scenes of “military confrontation with peaceful protesters” in the United States. Protest cancelledMeanwhile, a Black Lives Matter protest against racism that had been planned for Dublin next Monday has been cancelled. An estimated 5,000 people took to the streets of Dublin on Monday for a mass Black Lives Matter protest. Meanwhile, several thousand people took part in a Black Lives Matter protest at City Hall in the centre of Belfast on Wednesday. There was some social distancing and many of the protesters wore face masks, but the crowd was often tightly packed together.

Source: The Irish Times June 04, 2020 00:11 UTC