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Thursday 22 October 2020
We followed the demonstrations as they took place around the country.
The Right2Water campaign is backed Mandate and UNITE unions.
Three Roma families were forced to leave a house in Waterford over the weekend.
Large crowds were reported at some of the demonstrations.
Some groups have withdrawn, but only to reinforce other areas.
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests gained a momentum of their own after the catastrophic miscalculation to fire tear gas at peaceful demonstrators.
There were 13 patients on trolleys at University Hospital Galway yesterday.
The group handed in a letter to the Taoiseach’s office today.
Four men went on hunger strike this week due to the conditions.
Ibrahim Halawa was detained last year after attending a protest against the ousting of Mohamed Morsi.
The medical workers want the Irish Government to condemn attacks on medical workers, hospitals and ambulances in Gaza.
Some protesters held signs critical of Charlie Flanagan’s actions.
More than 800 Palestinians and 36 Israelis have died since the start of the conflict, over two weeks ago.
Gardaí said that there were no incidents or arrests at the demonstration this evening.
The demonstrations will take place outside the Department of Foreign Affairs and Grafton Street this evening.
Three men were arrested as groups of anti-austerity protesters demonstrated outside the Convention Centre in Dublin today.
The event is part of a “strong campaign” for the Irish language taking place this year.
The demonstrators want Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to resign to make way for an unelected “people’s council” that would oversee reforms.
Abortion, flags and cuts cuts cuts – here’s a round-up of what people stood against this past year.
Tens of thousands had marched through Rome in a mostly peaceful demonstration yesterday.
Sources said there are concerns about public disorder after a protest last month which resulted in violent scuffles between demonstrators and gardaí.
Everyone’s talking about Dr Taufiq Al Sattar’s family, our optimistic leaders and Irish people spreading sexual diseases abroad.
A demonstration opposing the move is planned for today.
The naked demonstration will “symbolise how we in Ireland have been stripped of our rights to clean safe water”, according to organisers.
The heckles aimed at Fianna Fáil’s Micheál Martin yesterday were also condemned by the party’s education spokesperson, Charlie McConalogue.
The Brazilian community have organised a friendly demonstration for Sunday, 23 June at 3pm on Patrick Street.
A large group of protesters occupied a former police station in Soho and had to be removed by police.
Erdogan has just returned from an official trip and called for an immediate end to mass protests against his rule.
The hackivist group Anonymous took down several Turkish government websites last night, condemning the “censorship of social media and other communication” methods.
293 people were arrested and six people were injured after the major demonstration on the streets of Paris.
The protesters are angry over the killing of some 50 people during demonstrations last month.
All three are accused of disorderly behaviour and assault on police, with one also charged with ‘doing a provocative act’.
Officers dealing with the disorder were pelted with petrol bombs, fireworks, bricks and ball bearings.
Crowds gathered today to protest against job and benefit cuts as well as the tax increases passed today.
The Union of Students Ireland said it had been indicated that the protest could go ahead and permission was refused at the last minute.
The demonstrations in Cairo come over a bitterly divisive referendum on a new constitution.
The councillor urged those orchestrating recent attacks to stop “before somebody is killed”.
Protesters were stopped by Gardaí from marching to Dublin Castle where Hillary Clinton and foreign ministers are being hosted at a dinner.
Foreign ministers including US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be hosted at the dinner this evening.
The Pro Life Campaign event heard from many who are unhappy with the current debate surrounding abortion in the Dáil where the expert group report is being debated this evening.
AS THE COUNTRY enters Level 5 restrictions for the next six weeks, we’ll all be finding different ways to occupy our time or take a break from work.
In April and May, many people put their trainers on and went for long walks, jogs or runs. Others took a dip in the sea.
With restrictions now in place, we want to know: Do you plan to exercise more over the next six weeks?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Lecturer Maeve O’Rourke analyses the government’s nine main arguments in relation to the Bill.
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