{"id":330511,"date":"2026-03-05T15:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T15:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/330511\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T15:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T15:53:09","slug":"opposing-protests-clash-in-galway-city-over-iran-war-as-placards-say-thank-you-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/330511\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposing protests clash in Galway city over Iran war as placards say \u2018thank you Trump\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Protestors gathered in the city centre on Wednesday\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/96c52fa8-4d82-4a3e-b520-a86a389f8516.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Protestors gathered in the city centre on Wednesday<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Opposing protests over the war in Iran have clashed in Galway city this week after a demonstration sparked a counter-protest and saw crowds gather in the city\u2019s streets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">An emergency protest was organised by Galway Alliance Against War on Wednesday, March 4 at 5:45pm on Shop Street to demonstrate against the conflict in Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Protestors gathered in the city centre on Wednesday Opposing protests over the war in Iran have clashed in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,13131,43],"class_list":["post-330511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jessica-mercer","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}