A protester is escorted out as Taoiseach Micheál Martin was speaking at the RIAI conference in Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/ The Irish Times
Taoiseach Micheál Martin was drawn into a heated exchange at the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) annual conference on Thursday when it was disrupted by protesters against Israel’s war in Gaza.
Within moments of Mr Martin beginning his speech, a member of the audience stood up to ask why the Government had failed “to punish the apartheid state of Israel”.
Mr Martin told the protester he would like to respond and said he welcomed that “we are on the cusp of peace in Gaza and the people of Gaza will be spared the slaughter and the genocide that has occurred over recent times”.
He was referring to the newly agreed ceasefire and hostage deal bet
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