Pro-Palestinian protestors have demonstrated inside RTE's Dublin offices
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PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTORS have occupied the reception of RTE as part of a series of demonstrations during a day of action.
The small group of people, carrying Palestinian protest banners and flags, temporarily set up inside the building in Donnybrook in Dublin 4 this morning.
A number of gardaí were visible in live streams from the area and the protestors vacated the Donnybrook campus shortly after 1pm.
In one live stream shared by activist Tadgh Hickey, one protester read out a prepared statement saying that the demonstrators were 'the voice of the Palestinian people'. The statement criticised RTE and what they termed as 'mainstream media' for their coverage of the Israeli military operation in Gaza.
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Protestors, numbering about 20, were inside the reception area – one of the banners read 'this is no longer a genocide, it is an extermination'.
The group left the RTE campus accompanied by gardaí shortly after 1.30pm.
There was a similar protest in Belfast where protestors marched on the BBC offices in the city.
When contacted a garda spokesman said there was no record of a protest.
It is understood that a number of locations across Dublin will be the focus of the day of action including the Dáil and other State agencies.
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