{"id":465733,"date":"2026-05-25T05:16:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T05:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/465733\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T05:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T05:16:18","slug":"sallins-man-returns-to-ireland-after-gaza-aid-flotilla-detention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/465733\/","title":{"rendered":"Sallins Man Returns To Ireland After Gaza Aid Flotilla Detention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"aiir-c-news-extra__timestamp\">\n                    Sunday, 24 May 2026 16:15\n                <\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-extra__author\">\n                        By Mark Hanbidge\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6a1313310fc83.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                                    Photo from Siobhain Grogan (Member of Kildare Palestine Solidarity Campaign)<\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            A Sallins man has returned to Ireland after being detained by Israeli forces while travelling as part of an aid flotilla attempting to deliver supplies to Gaza.\n        <\/p>\n<p>A Sallins man has returned home to Ireland after being detained by Israeli forces during an aid mission attempting to bring supplies to Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Colm Byrne was among a group of Irish citizens travelling with the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was intercepted earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Byrne arrived back in Dublin Airport yesterday alongside other Irish members of the mission.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the flotilla being stopped, Mr Byrne had sent video updates to KFM describing conditions onboard and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kfmradio.com\/news\/localnews\/boat-carrying-sallins-man-as-part-of-gaza-bound-flotilla-intercepted\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">concerns about drones being spotted overhead<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Other Irish activities involved in the mission have alleged they were mistreated while in detention, claims which Israeli authorities dispute.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after returning home, activities involved in the flotilla said efforts to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza would continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunday, 24 May 2026 16:15 By Mark Hanbidge Photo from Siobhain Grogan (Member of Kildare Palestine Solidarity Campaign)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,28328,3770,43],"class_list":["post-465733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-kfm","tag-kildare","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465733","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=465733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}