Pro-Palestinian protesters call for immediate ceasefire
Tens of thousands of people are taking part in a pro-Palestine protest in Dublin calling for an immediate ceasefire to what the organisers have described as "the genocide" in Gaza.
The demonstrators are marching from the Garden of Remembrance in Parnell Square to Molesworth Street, where a rally is being held outside Leinster House.
The 'National Demonstration for Palestine' has been organised by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC).
The IPSC said the march is being held to protest what it describes as "the Irish Government's absolute refusal to hold Israel accountable for a genocide".
The organisers say the demonstration also marks the 77th year of the ongoing Palestinian Nakba, which means catastrophe in Arabic.
It refers to the "displacement and dispossession of Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war."
Tens of thousands of people have taken part in a pro-Palestine protest in Dublin in what the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign has described as an "end the genocide" in Gaza national demonstration @RTENews pic.twitter.com/q7CrLAPpC5
— Fergal O'Brien (@FergalOBrien_) May 17, 2025
The campaign group is also renewing its call on the Government to sanction Israel and to enact the Occupied Territories Bill.
The IPSC said the demonstration is being supported by more than 150 civil society organisations.
Political parties, trade unions and student groups are among those taking part in the protest, while community groups have also travelled to the capital from across the country.
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