The demonstration aims to demand the cancellation of the Ireland-Israel Nations League fixtures which are due to take place in September and October this year
Pro-Palestine protest on Dublin’s O’Connell Street. Image: Sarah Magliocco
The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) has announced a protest against the upcoming Ireland-Israel Nations League fixtures.
The protest is due to take place on Tuesday, March 24, at 12:30pm. It will assemble at the Department of Culture, Communication, and Sport, at the corner of Leeson Street and Leeson Lane.
The demonstration aims to demand the cancellation of the Ireland-Israel Nations League fixtures. The games are currently scheduled for September and October 2026.
“Join us on Tuesday 24th, Department of Culture, Communication and Sport to demand the upcoming Ireland Nations League fixtures against apartheid Israel are cancelled. We cannot play the representatives of a state committing genocide against the Palestinian people.” said the IPSC in an Instagram post about the protest.
Following the Nations League draw, the FAI faced calls to boycott the games. The countries were drawn together in Group B3.
David Courell, the FAI chief executive, recently confirmed that the Republic of Ireland will host Israel at the Aviva Stadium in October. An Garda Síochána said they can “deliver a safe and secure environment for this game to proceed.”
As for the September fixture, the Israeli FA has said it hopes to host the Republic of Ireland in Tel Aviv, but a venue is yet to be confirmed, reports the BBC.
Back in November, the FAI voted to submit a motion to UEFA to ban Israel from competitions organised by the European governing body.
IPSC poster. Image: Instagram @irelandpsc
“The board of directors of the FAI is hereby instructed to and shall, without delay, submit a formal motion to the UEFA executive committee requesting the immediate suspension of the Israel FA (IFA) from UEFA competitions due to its violating two independent provisions of the UEFA statutes,” read an FAI statement at the time.
The violations of UEFA statutes it cited include “the organisation of clubs in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank without the consent of the Palestinian Football Association, in breach of Fifa Statutes (Article 73) and Uefa Statutes (Article 5)” and the “failure” of the IFA “to implement and enforce an effective anti-racism policy.”
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