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Extra.ie
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Extra.ie
Fetsival-goers descend to Kilmainham for Forbidden Fruit
It's day two of Forbidden Fruit festival, which is taking place on the grounds of the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Royal Hospital Kilmainham. Gates opened at 2pm, with last entry at 9.30pm — and tickets are still available to purchase via Ticketmaster if you're looking for something to fill up your Bank Holiday Sunday. Attendees are reminded that only bags A4-size and smaller are permitted into the concert site, and they are subject to security checks on entry. Pic: Sasko Lazarov / © Pic: Sasko Lazarov / © Pic: Sasko Lazarov / © Pic: Sasko Lazarov / © The festival is now in its 11th year, with Saturday festival-goers seeing performances from Caribou, Mall Grab, Glass Beams, Effy and more. Sunday will see Dublin singer Jazzy take to the stage, as well as the iconic Underworld. Pic: Sasko Lazarov / © Pic: Sasko Lazarov / © Pic: Sasko Lazarov / © Pic: Sasko Lazarov / © South Korean DJ and singer-songwriter Peggy Gou also headlines on the second day of the festival which will be completely finished by 10.45pm. For those looking to party the night away following Forbidden Fruit there is plenty of activity happening in Dublin City Centre. Forbidden Fruit have urged all attendees that Kilmainham is a residential area, and 'respect the local community.' Organisers advise people to plan their journey home via Irish Rail; Dublin Bus or the Luas.
Extra.ie
28-05-2025
- Extra.ie
Five hospitalised after bus and ambulance collide in Dublin
Five people were hospitalised in Dublin city centre yesterday after a collision between a bus and an ambulance. Gardaí and emergency services attended the scene on Dorset Street, Dublin 1, at around 9.30 am. It is understood that the bus was a Dublin Bus. A Garda spokesman said that five people were brought to the nearby Mater Hospital 'for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries sustained as a result of this incident'. Five people were hospitalised in Dublin city centre yesterday after a collision between a bus and an ambulance. Pic: Sasko Lazarov/ © It comes after a series of road fatalities in recent days, including a separate bus-related crash on Monday. A woman in her 80s died after being hit by a bus in Dunleer, Co. Louth. A Bus Éireann spokesman confirmed the Route 100 Deogheda-Dundalk bus was involved. At the weekend, four other women also lost their lives in separate road collisions in Co. Tyrone, Co. Clare, Co. Meath and Co. Wexford on Saturday
Irish Post
18-05-2025
- Politics
- Irish Post
Thousands attend National Demonstration for Palestine in Dublin
THOUSANDS of people descended on Dublin on Saturday to join the National Demonstration for Palestine. Organised by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC), the event saw supporters march from the Garden of Remembrance to Molesworth Street near Dáil Éireann. It also heard speakers call for an end to the bombardment in Gaza, as well as criticising the Irish Government for its lack of action. Addressing those gathered, IPSC chairperson Zoë Lawlor said the 1948 Nakba, which saw hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced from their land, was still ongoing. Speakers called for Palestinians to be given the right of return (Image: Sasko Lazarov / "We commemorate 77 years of the Nakba that never ended and reaffirm, as always, our total commitment to the Palestinian people's right of return," she said. "Return is their right, it is their will and it will happen." She added: "The Nakba is ongoing because of the decades of impunity granted to apartheid Israel by the international community — including this State. "This impunity has led to and enabled 19 months of genocide, of people starved, bombed, maimed, ethnically cleansed, incarcerated, tortured and 19 months where the rogue state of Israel has committed atrocity after atrocity against the Palestinians — openly, brazenly and with no consequence." 'Whatever action is necessary' Ronan Shortall of political news website The Ditch also accused the State of complicity as he spoke to those in attendance. He said no action had been taken by the State over reports that Irish airspace is used to transport weapons to Israel and that US military flights are allowed to land in Ireland en route to Tel Aviv. Shortall also accused the government of dragging its feet on the Occupied Territories Bill, ultimately rendering any government condemnation of Israel 'empty rhetoric'. "Don't listen to the condemnations without actions from government politicians because they're worth nothing to the children being slaughtered in Gaza every day," he said. The government was accused of dragging its feet on the Occupied Territories Bill (Image: Sasko Lazarov / "This government will silently continue to support Israel through their deeds and through their omissions. "It is up to us to take whatever action is necessary, including through civil disobedience, to challenge the State's complicity in Israel's evil genocide." On Friday, Táoiseach Micheál Martin signed a joint statement with six other leaders calling on Israel to end its blockade of aid into Gaza, calling it a 'man-made humanitarian catastrophe'. In its latest briefing on Sunday morning, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said a further 96 people had been killed in the preceding 24 hours, bringing the death toll to more than 53,000. It also said that following strikes on the Indonesian Hospital — the main such facility serving people in northern Gaza — all public hospitals in the region were now out of service. See More: Dublin, Gaza, Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Palestine
The Journal
17-05-2025
- Politics
- The Journal
President highlights 'forced starvation' in Gaza in speech during commemoration of the Famine
PRESIDENT MICHAEL D HIGGINS highlighted the 'forced starvation' being endured by the people of Gaza in remarks made at the National Famine Commemoration in Kilmallock, Co Limerick today. Higgins was the keynote speaker at the commemoration today. In his lengthy speech, he discussed the detrimental impact that the Great Famine – or An Gorta Mór – and how as a result, the Irish language and population were decimated. 'No other event in our history can be likened to the Great Famine, either for its immediate, tragic impact, or its legacy of involuntary emigration, cultural loss, increased decline of the Irish language, and demoralisation,' he said. In Gaza, at least 100 people were killed in the latest wave of airstrikes, Gaza's civil defence agency said. Advertisement Israel has enforced a total blockade on Gaza since 2 March, blocking food, fuel and water. On Monday, a UN-backed report warned that one in five people in Gaza now face starvation. National Demonstration for Palestine today in Dublin city. Sasko Lazarov / © Sasko Lazarov / © / © Higgins then spoke further on the ongoing conflict in Gaza. He said that having given the keynote address at the event on six occasions, he today spoke in his final time as president. 'Doing so presents me with the greatest difficulties. Famine is a horrific reality in so many parts of the world, repeated again and again, accepted with indifference. It is a great human failure. 'We are now also seeing starvation being used as an instrument of war. As peoples in countries such as Yemen and Sudan suffer hunger and famine created by conflict, so many additional deaths are caused by blockages to food and medical aid. The consequences of a forced starvation in Gaza are daily on our television screens. 'In relation to Gaza, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres stated recently: 'As aid dries up, the floodgates of horror have re-opened. […] Gaza is a killing field – and civilians are in an endless death loop'. Related Reads Amnesty accuses Israel of 'live-streamed genocide' against Gazans People in positions of power must 'break their silence' and appeal for Gaza ceasefire, Higgins says 'The Secretary General went on to draw the world's attention to the Fourth Geneva Convention, which outlines the duty of Occupying Powers to ensure food and medical supplies for the population, as well as ensuring and maintaining medical and hospital establishments and services, public health and hygiene.' Higgins criticised the Israeli blockade that is stopping humanitarian aid from entering Gaza. 'Hunger and displacement are among the greatest challenges facing the world. At their root, of course, is the impact of climate change, which is contributing not only to immediate conditions of famine, but also to the ability of breaking a limiting food dependence in the future.' During Higgins's visit to the Vatican for the funeral of Pope Francis, the president had similarly highlighted the ongoing crisis within Gaza and issued heavy criticism of Israel's actions. Readers like you are keeping these stories free for everyone... A mix of advertising and supporting contributions helps keep paywalls away from valuable information like this article. Over 5,000 readers like you have already stepped up and support us with a monthly payment or a once-off donation. Learn More Support The Journal
Extra.ie
17-05-2025
- Politics
- Extra.ie
Taoiseach Micheal Martin in joint statement on Gaza
Israel must refrain from further military operations in Gaza and lift a blockade on humanitarian aid into the region, the Taoiseach and six other European leaders have said. Micheál Martin is among seven signatories of a joint statement on Palestine, calling on all parties to the conflict to enter into negotiations on a ceasefire and release all hostages. It also condemns 'further escalation in the West Bank', including settler violence and the expansion of illegal settlements. The leaders say any forced displacement of Palestinians would be a breach of international law. Israel must refrain from further military operations in Gaza and lift a blockade on humanitarian aid into the region, the Taoiseach and six other European leaders have said. Pic:'We will not be silent in front of the man-made humanitarian catastrophe that is taking place before our eyes in Gaza,' the statement said. 'More than 50.000 men, women, and children have lost their lives. Many more could starve to death in the coming days and weeks unless immediate action is taken. 'We call upon the government of Israel to immediately reverse its current policy, refrain from further military operations and fully lift the blockade, ensuring safe, rapid and unimpeded humanitarian aid throughout the Gaza Strip by international humanitarian actors and according to humanitarian principles. Taoiseach Micheál Martin. Pic: Sasko Lazarov/© 'UN and humanitarian organisations, including UNRWA, must be supported and granted safe and unimpeded access. 'We call upon all parties to immediately engage with renewed urgency and good faith in negotiations on a ceasefire and the release of all hostages, and acknowledge the important role played by the United States, Egypt and Qatar.' The statement is also signed by Spain's president Pedro Sanchez, Norway's prime minister Jonas Gahr, Slovenia's prime minister Robert Golob, Luxembourg's prime minister Luc Frieden, Malta's prime minister Robert Abela, and Iceland's prime minister Kristrun Frostadottir.
