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# Protests

Last week
21st May 2023 - 27th May 2023
# Asylum Seekers
O'Gorman: 'Disturbing' that anti-immigration protesters are 'wrapping themselves in the tricolour'
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has described some recent protests outside asylum seeker accommodation as wrong.
# just stop oil
Climate change protesters delay Shell AGM for over an hour trying to storm stage
The annual meeting was delayed more than an hour as protesters shouted, sang and chanted.
# Rome
Climate activists turn Rome's Trevi Fountain black
Activists from the anti-climate change organisation Last Generation climbed into the landmark fountain and poured a vegetable-based carbon liquid into it.
Last month
May 2023
# Inch
Clare locals protesting housing of asylum seekers 'disappointed' at government response
The group say they will continue to protest “peacefully”.
# Magowna House
'Horror' after Clare protesters board bus to conduct 'headcount of asylum seekers'
Protests have taken place at Magowna House hotel in Inch, Co Clare, after over 30 assylum seekers were moved into holiday homes there this week.
# Inch
O'Gorman says Clare hotel 'has to be used' to house asylum seekers due to lack of accommodation
Tánaiste Micheál Martin told reporters this afternoon that the asylum seekers are “not a threat to society”.
# Protests
Pakistan’s Supreme Court orders release of former PM Imran Khan
Supporters of the ex-cricketer were seen dancing near the court building to celebrate his release.
# met police
Rishi Sunak backs police powers used to arrest anti-monarchy protesters at coronation
He said it was right to give officers the ability to tackle ‘serious disruption’ despite concerns of a crackdown on the right to protest.
April
April 2023
# France
Thousands protest against French government's migration plans
The bill would make a minimum level of French a requirement for a multi-year residence permit and allows for mandatory fingerprinting.
# Germany
Climate activists glue themselves to roads bringing traffic to a halt in Berlin
This morning there were more than 30 road blocks across the city, according to reports.
# Tel Aviv
Tens of thousands protest in Israel against Netanyahu's planned judicial reforms
The mass protest comes just ahead of Israel’s landmark 75th anniversary celebration.
# France
France's Macron signs controversial pension reform bill into law despite protests
Unions have called for a “tidal wave” of protests to oppose the plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.
# Pension reform
French court approves parts of Macron’s unpopular plan to raise retirement age to 64
It paves the way for Macron to implement the unpopular changes that have sparked months of protests and strikes.
# France
French court to decide on pension reform after months of protests
Some demonstrations have turned violent since Macron’s government forced the bill, which would raise pension age from 62 to 64, through parliament.
# Your Say
Poll: When did you last attend a protest?
A group of protesters have been staging regular protests outside the Russian embassy in Dublin since the country invaded Ukraine over a year ago.
Voices
Opinion: Ireland can play its part in helping people pushing for freedom in Iran
Colin Lee is an experienced humanitarian worker – he outlines the ways in which the Irish government can help the people of Iran.
# Protests
'We haven't given up yet': Pension protests continue across France after talks end in deadlock
Protesters attacked one of French President Emmanuel Macron’s favourite restaurants today.
Voices
Hannah McCarthy: What type of democracy are Israelis actually fighting for?
In Tel Aviv, Hannah McCarthy speaks to Israelis who say they are worried about the future of their country.
THE MORNING LEAD
Mullingar: Anti-migrant protests see allegations of 'intimidation' against refugees and locals
A report by
Eoghan Dalton
Protests over the use of a barracks in Mullingar have intensified over the past week even as protester numbers have fallen.
Protests against emergency refugee accommodation have led to locals, workers at the site and asylum seekers being followed and recorded.
There were also suggestions that an individual garda should be targeted following his policing of a protest.
Local and national groups supporting migrants have called the actions 'shameful' and 'disgusting'.
March
March 2023
THE MORNING LEAD
Moral panic 'fizzled out' of Dungarvan after gardaí arrested woman over alleged false statement
A report by
Eoghan Dalton
Disinformation experts say the town is a textbook example of how the far-right attempts to exploit incidents.
Rumours circulated in recent weeks claiming that attacks were carried out in the town centre by migrant men.
In an unusual statement, gardaí said they were not aware of "any alleged spate of attacks by foreign nationals” and arrested a woman alleging she had "knowingly made a false report" about an incident.
Eoghan Dalton reports from Dungarvan on how locals feel about their town being the latest to become the centre of a national issue.
# sainte soline
Protester fighting for life after clashes during demonstration over water facilities in France
29 policemen also sustained injuries, two of them badly enough that they had to be hospitalised.
# Clashes
Violence erupts as thousands protest across France over Macron pension reform
The country’s interior minister said 123 members of the security forces had been injured and at least 80 people arrested.
# France
French police ban pension protests opposite parliament
Emmanuel Macron’s government this week invoked a controversial executive power to force through the bill by decree.
# Protests
Roads blocked and strikes escalated after Macron pushes through pension reform
More than 300 people were arrested following protests overnight.
# France
Police clash with protesters in Paris as Macron forces through pension reform without vote
The move amounted to an admission that the French government lacked a majority to hike the retirement age from 62 to 64.
# France
French citizens again protest against Macron’s planned pension age increase
The French president wants to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.
Voices
Donnacha Ó Beacháin: 'Young people are fighting to reverse Georgia’s authoritarian trajectory'
As protests erupt in Georgia, the DCU Professor of Politics says the country is at a crossroads but wants to lean into the West.
# Train Collision
Police fire tear gas at demonstrators protesting over Greek rail crash that killed 57 people
15 people were arrested in Athens for violence related to the demonstrations.
# Georgia
Thousands protest in Georgia against 'foreign agents' bill after police clamp down
Last night, police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse the protesters.
# Train Collision
Greece faces fresh strikes and protests over rail crash that killed 57 people
Public anger remains widespread over decades of government mismanagement of the rail network and a failure to pursue safety reforms.
# Train Collision
Greek station master's court date delayed as protests continue over train crash
Thousands of protesters have demonstrated across the country since Tuesday’s collision which killed at least 57 people.
# Train Collision
Thousands of people protest in Greece over train crash that killed 57 people
At least 57 people were killed in the collision, sparking public criticism of government failures in the rail network.
February
February 2023
Voices
Opinion: Identity politics dominated Britain's Brexit - let's not make the same mistakes
Peter Flanagan looks at our neighbours’ decision to leave the EU and whether we can learn the lessons here.
# policing authority
‘Exponential increase’ in protests this year adding to costs for Gardaí
The Policing Authority heard the vast majority of these demonstrations are “of an anti-immigration sentiment”.
# District Court
Man denies intentionally driving into anti-immigration protesters in Dublin
The court heard the stage rigger had live-streamed the incident onto Facebook.
Voices
Paul Murphy: Anti-refugee protests a far cry from grassroots 'no to water charges' campaigns
‘You’d have to have your head in the sand not to notice that Ireland’s emerging far-right is playing a crucial role here,’ writes the Dublin TD.
# anti-racism
Varadkar condemns racism 'of any form' in the Dáil amid anti-refugee protests
The Government plans to unveil an action plan against racism in March.
# Protests
Thousands of protesters in Iran pardoned by country's supreme leader
Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, meanwhile, has agreed to pardon or commute the sentences of a ‘significant number’ of people.
# Domestic Violence
Iraqis protest in capital against gender based violence following murder of YouTuber
Tiba al-Ali, 22, was killed by her father on 31 January in the southern province of Diwaniyah.
# France
Macron compromises on raising pension age after protests
People who began work at 20 and 21 will be able to retire at 63, halfway between the current retirement age and Macron’s proposal of 64.