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Activists target Allied Irish Bank over potential deal with Israeli tech firm

Post author:Robert Freeman
Post published:18 July 2026
Post last modified:18 July 2026

Activists across Ireland have launched a wave of protests against Allied Irish Bank (AIB) over the company’s disgraceful plans to sign a £1.2 million deal with genocide-linked ‘Israeli‘ cybersecurity firm SNYK. Pro-Palestine group, Your Tech Their Deaths, released a compilation video publicising recent actions against the bank. It shows activists from across the island entering Allied Irish Bank premises. Highlighting the effectiveness of direct action, in some cases the bank responded by shutting branches down. Your Tech Your Deaths founder, Jude Farrell, told the Canary that activists from various groups hit 11 Allied Irish Bank branches in the last week. She said:…

In pictures: London Irish embassy protest vs Ireland-Israel football matches

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:16 July 2026
Post last modified:16 July 2026

Yesterday, 15 July 2026, the London Irish Brigade held a protest outside Ireland’s embassy against the planned Ireland-Israel matches in the UEFA Nations League. The October 2026 fixtures will be held, after the Irish FA voted this month in favour of proceeding, in Hungary and, behind closed doors, in Serbia. Irish football fans, outraged at the idea of playing sport against a genocidal apartheid colony, have been protesting against the fixtures for months. And last night, Irish people living in London took the ‘Stop the Game’ protest loudly to their own embassy: https://www.thecanary.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/london-irish-embassy-hb-1.mp4 Organiser Frank Glynn explained some of the background: https://www.thecanary.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Glynn-Stop-Game-Embassy-hb.mp4…

Irish government steps up its funding of genocide-backing Palantir

Post author:Robert Freeman
Post published:12 July 2026
Post last modified:13 July 2026

Micheál Martin’s toxic government has doubled down on backing one of the world’s most nakedly criminal corporations, by allowing the Irish Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) to increase its shares in the murderous Palantir. The Ditch reports the following: The Irish Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) held 22,073 shares in Palantir valued at €3.34 million at the end of 2025, according to the National Treasury Management Agency’s (NTMA) annual report published yesterday. ISIF’s annual report for the previous year showed a lower holding of 13,060 shares, for a total of just under €1 million euros. So as Palantir’s appalling activities have become increasingly…

Irish football bosses continue Israel appeasement with vote to fulfil fixtures

Post author:Robert Freeman
Post published:9 July 2026
Post last modified:10 July 2026

The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has taken a fresh step towards historic ignominy by pushing through a vote to fulfil its Nations League fixtures against the genocidal apartheid entity of ‘Israel’. In a statement, the FAI explained: At an Extraordinary General Meeting on Wednesday, July 8th, members were asked to vote on the following ordinary motion: “While acknowledging the strength of feeling regarding support for Palestine and the upcoming UEFA Men’s Nations League fixtures, that the members recognise the profound impact that any non-fulfilment of UEFA fixtures would have on Irish football as a whole and on its future development,…

Irish influencer uses video of schoolchildren to spread racist hate

Post author:Robert Freeman
Post published:23 June 2026
Post last modified:23 June 2026

In a grim insight into the uniquely dark mindset of racist influencers, Irish bigot Michael McCarthy has used a video of giggling schoolchildren to spread his message of hate. Anyone with a shred of humanity might see such a video and find it heartwarming, but McCarthy’s response is one of loathing because not everyone is white. The video takes place in a school with a large number of Black and Brown children. McCarthy said with dismay: I couldn’t believe this when I seen [sic] it. I just can’t believe it’s Ireland. He goes on to remark upon a lack of “Irish…

“Cynical act of deception” by Irish football bosses claiming Palestinian support for ‘Israel’ match

Post author:Robert Freeman
Post published:19 June 2026
Post last modified:19 June 2026

In a devastating humiliation for the Football Association of Ireland (FAI), the Palestine Football Association (PFA) has said it never issued any statement backing the FAI’s decision to proceed with Ireland’s match against so-called ‘Israel’. This is despite the Irish football chiefs putting out a statement last week clearly intended to indicate the opposite. Sinn Féin TD Joanna Byrne described the FAI’s move as an “unforgivable cynical act of deception”. Byrne continued: What this clarification lays bare is a contemptible sleight of hand by the FAI – a sleight of hand that will be met by resistance by the football community…

Sporting boycott votes fail as Irish government backs ‘Israel’

Post author:Robert Freeman
Post published:12 June 2026
Post last modified:12 June 2026

The Irish government has again come to so-called ‘Israel’s’ aid by voting down two Dáil motions, to combat the genocidaires’ continued participation in international sport. The Social Democrats introduced a motion entitled Exclusion of Israel from Sporting Fixtures, calling for: …Israel to be excluded from all international sporting competitions, as long as the genocide and illegal occupation continues; They were joined by Sinn Féin, who focused on Ireland’s upcoming Nations League fixture against the land thieves, scheduled for October. The Stop the Game Campaign and FAI Participation in Matches against Israel have called on the government to “uphold its obligations under…