People Before Profit and activist groups have condemned what they described as “excessive and illegal use of force” by gardaí against pro-Palestine protesters at the weekend, allegedly resulting in several injuries.
Thousands of people marched through Dublin’s city centre towards Leinster House on Saturday in the 17th national mobilisation of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) since October 2023.
Conor Reddy, People Before Profit councillor for Dublin north west, said he witnessed violence used by gardaí against a separate breakaway group of what he said were “around 150 peaceful protesters” who were marching towards Dublin Port when they encountered a Garda line.
Last Thursday evening,
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