The organisers of a pro-Palestine protest march in Dublin claim it was one of the biggest to date, with "tens of thousands" of people taking part.
The National Demonstration for Palestine was organised by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC).
The IPSC used the event to call for an immediate end to what it described as "the genocide" in Gaza.
Demonstrators marched from the Garden of Remembrance in Parnell Square to Molesworth Street, where a rally was held outside Leinster House.
When the top of the march had arrived outside Leinster House, protesters were still making their way across O'Connell Street Bridge.
The IPSC said the march was also held to protest what it describes as "the Irish Government’s absolute refusal to hold Israel accountable for a genocide".
The organisers say the demonstration also marks the 77th year of the ongoing Palestinian Nakba, which means catastrophe in Arabic.
It refers to the displacement and dispossession of Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
Tens of thousands of people have taken part in a pro-Palestine protest in Dublin in what the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign has described as an "end the genocide" in Gaza national demonstration @RTENews pic.twitter.com/q7CrLAPpC5
— Fergal O'Brien (@FergalOBrien_) May 17, 2025
The campaign group also renewed its call on the Government to sanction Israel and to enact the Occupied Territories Bill.
The IPSC said this afternoon's demonstration was supported by more than 150 civil society organisations.
Political parties, trade unions and students are among those taking part in the protest, while community groups have also travelled to the capital from across the country, including Galway and Kildare.
Healthcare workers and teachers were also among those who turned out.
