Arrests at Palestine protest in Dublin city centre

Updated / Thursday, 12 Nov 2026 15:27

There have been scuffles and several arrests at a Mothers Against Genocide protest on Westmoreland Street.

A line of gardaí prevented the protesters from going any further.

Around 50 to 60 people had joined the protest at the old Central Bank plaza on Dame Street.

Protesters waved Palestine flags and Irish tricolours.

One Irish flag carried the slogans - 'EU War Mongers', 'No More War', 'Leave Our Neutrality Alone'.

Geraldine Smyth travelled from Belfast for the protest.

She said: "I've come out here because I am witnessing every single day murder of little babies in Palestine, in Gaza.

"They're in tents. The tents are soaking wet with floods, and your government and my government are doing nothing about it.

"That's why I've come down from Belfast today to ask you people, what are you doing?"

Chants from the crowd include: "Death, death to the IDF" and "Micheál Marin, you can't hide, you're supporting genocide."