Overview

• Several hundred people rallied outside Government Buildings and marched to Iveagh House in Dublin, in a demonstration organised by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
• Speakers, including Labour TD Ciaran Ahern, urged Central Bank governor Gabriel Makhlouf to refuse renewal of the Israel Bonds prospectus due on September 2.
• The Central Bank of Ireland reiterated that as the EU-designated authority it must approve prospectuses that meet regulatory standards.
• Activists pressed the government to extend planned restrictions beyond a ban on goods from occupied Palestinian territories, citing a cross-party committee’s call to also bar services imports.
• Ireland’s foreign affairs minister Simon Harris said collective EU measures against Israel are long overdue, referencing a letter from 206 former European diplomats urging stronger action, as speakers highlighted the humanitarian toll in Gaza including attacks on healthcare.