Students at University College Dublin (UCD) have set up an encampment in Belfield in solidarity with Palestine. The camp was established on Saturday evening at the main lake at the south Dublin campus by UCD Students’ Union (UCDSU) and the college’s Boycott, Divest and Sanctions (BDS) group. UCD students in April protested against the visit of Nancy Pelosi, former speaker of the US House of Representatives, to campus to receive an honorary degree. UCD students’ union president Martha Ní Riada was removed from the conferring ceremony by security staff as she called Pelosi “a Zionist and war criminal”. Come join the encampment, as students and staff @ucddublin we're calling on our University to cut ties with Israeli institutions.

Source: The Irish Times May 12, 2024 09:30 UTC