Category: Statements

Ireland’s complicity in international crimes must end—and so must the criminalisation of those demanding that their government meet its obligations under Irish and international law. Across the island of Ireland, a mass movement of people has mobilised in solidarity with the Palestinian people, demanding an end to the ongoing genocide and Israel’s settler colonial apartheid…

A group of legal academics from across Ireland, including members of AfP, have called on the Governor of the Central Bank to immediately prohibit the marketing and sale of Israeli state bonds in or from Ireland, and to refuse to re-approve the bond prospectus on the renewal date of 2 September.  In a letter sent on…

AfP participated in a European call to end complicity in Israel’s genocide. Read the text and signatories list below: To Ms. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission To Mr. António Costa, President of the European Council To Ms. Kaja Kallas, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President,  To…

Academics for Palestine (AfP) welcomes today’s historic decision by Trinity College Dublin (TCD) to sever all institutional and commercial links with Israeli organisations and universities as an important step towards “rejecting the normalisation of Israel’s decades-long occupation, apartheid, ethnic cleansing and genocide” against the people of Palestine. The decision follows a vote by Trinity’s governing…

3 April 2025 This morning (April 3rd, 2025), a student activist at Dublin City University was arrested for peacefully protesting the Irish government’s lack of action on Palestine, and facilitation of logistical support for genocide through the Irish airspace and Shannon airport. This comes mere days after the shameful spectacle of gardaí violently suppressing a…

The following letter signed by Irish academics was sent to An Taoiseach on April 8th, 2025 A Thaoisigh, On behalf of the undersigned academics and university workers we write to express our deep concern at a number of recent events that mark the cumulative erosion of democratic freedoms, accountability and the rule of law in…

The University of Galway recently signed a new EU-funded project in the area of seawater treatment and green hydrogen production. The more than €3 million project led by the University of Galway includes the Technion, Israel’s Institute of Technology, which is deeply embedded and complicit in Israel’s regime of apartheid, illegal colonial settlement, and occupation.…

Executive Summary This submission to the Task Force on Academic and Institutional International Links and Related Matters is made on behalf of Trinity College Dublin Academia for Palestine (AfP TCD), a staff collective who contribute our expertise to support the liberation of Palestine. Rather than seeing our roles within AfP as separate from our work…