The gathering is part of a larger campaign of 'freedom walks'

Organisers said the performers, who give themselves the moniker Red Rebels, symbolise the common blood shared with all species

The event is due to go ahead over the Easter weekend, while concerns have also been raised about the growing anti-social behaviour in the city

Protesters in a central German city have clashed with police over coronavirus measures, with officers using pepper spray and batons against people trying to break through barriers, according to reports.

In Cork, about 100 masked and socially distanced people gathered on Grand Parade

Many protesters chose to leave the area when encouraged to do so by officers, but others remained in the Westminster area, the Met said

Hundreds of protesters have chanted “shame on you” as police officers stood guard at New Scotland Yard, before marching to Parliament Square.

Dutch police used a water cannon and officers on horseback galloped across a park in The Hague on Sunday to break up a protest against the government and its coronavirus lockdown on the eve of three days of voting in the general election.

The pandemic, and the evolution of global and national politics since 2008, has resulted in more alienation which, Michael Clifford writes, has the potential to be exploited by violent elements on the far-right and far-left. 

The necessary focus on averting a recurrence of the violence seen in Dublin last weekend may curtail the protest

Today's planned protest is going ahead despite week-long criticism 

Charity campaigners, business leaders, the Lord Mayor, and Irish Council for Civil Liberties are among those who have called for the event to be scrapped

No takeaway pints in Cork tomorrow as publicans shut up shop ahead of protest 

A 'substantial operational policing plan' for Saturday's protest, which includes public order units, has now been prepared amid fears the event could be hijacked by those intent on violence

Diarmaid Ó Cadhla even said his grandchildren would attend the rally, scheduled for Saturday, despite calls for the event to be cancelled

The populism is a response to decades of drift and mismanagement...and represents a dangerous environment where conspiracy thrives and right-wing extremists recruit.

Drew Harris made the comments in the immediate aftermath of the violence, which saw three gardaí injured and a number of people arrested both yesterday and today

A number of protestors were granted bail after they lodged €50 or €100, but Joseph Reynolds was unable to raise the cash and remained in custody.

Participants bore the flags of the movement, as well as signs reading “Stop dissolution”

Turkey’s president has ordered the establishment of two new departments in the country’s most prestigious university, following weeks of protests.

Thousands of Brazilians have taken to the streets for a second day to call for the impeachment of President Jair Bolsonaro, who is under fire for his government’s response to coronavirus which has killed more than 216,000 people in the country.

Tens of thousands of people in Nepal have protested against the prime minister for dissolving Parliament and ordering new elections in an escalating feud within the governing party.

From today, gardaí can prosecute breaches of travel restrictions under Covid-19 Regulations by means of fixed charge notice

Twelve people have been arrested for breaching Covid-19 restrictions during an anti-lockdown protest in south-west London, the Metropolitan Police said.

Anti-lockdown group StandUpX is planning to stage a demonstration in Clapham Common, south London, on Saturday afternoon.

Apple said it was investigating whether a Taiwan contractor, Wistron, flouted supplier guidelines at an iPhone manufacturing facility in India, after some workers ransacked the plant in a protest over unpaid wages.

Large numbers of people have marched in Warsaw in protest against the actions of Poland’s right-wing government. The latest demonstration comes after the high court ruled in favour of tightening the country’s already restrictive abortion law.

Police in Paris have arrested dozens of people during a tense and ill-tempered demonstration against a proposed security law, with officers wading into the crowds of several thousand to haul away suspected trouble-makers.

Demonstrators have clashed with police for a second day in the Albanian capital during a protest over this week’s fatal police shooting of a man during curfew hours.

Albanian authorities have urged respect for a ban on public gatherings amid the coronavirus crisis, ahead of a planned protest over the fatal police shooting of a man during curfew hours.

Thousands of protesters have converged on Armenia’s parliament building to push for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan over his handing of fighting with Azerbaijan.

Thousands of people around France have protested against a proposed bill that could make it more difficult for witnesses to film police officers.

Tens of thousands of opposition supporters have marched across the Armenian capital to push for the resignation of the ex-Soviet nation’s prime minister over his handling of the conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh.

Hundreds of peace protesters have formed a human chain outside Germany’s parliament, calling for disarmament and an end to weapons exports.

Supporters of a firebrand Iraqi cleric shot five people dead in overnight clashes with anti-government protesters in southern Iraq, according to medical officials.

Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong and two other activists have been taken into custody after they pleaded guilty to charges related to a demonstration outside police headquarters during anti-government protests last year.

The French government says the proposal is intended to protect police officers from online calls for violence.

German police have fired water cannons at demonstrators in Berlin protesting against coronavirus restrictions. Police said the crowd refused to listen to their requests to wear masks and keep their distance from one another in line with regulations.

Police have arrested 190 anti-lockdown protesters as hundreds of people marched through the streets of central London on the day tougher coronavirus rules came into force in England.

Almost 1,000 people have now signed a petition to save a walkway through a woodland in Crosshaven.

Gardaí are investigating an incident on the Luas line in Dublin on Monday in which a group of as many as 15 ‘anti-lockdown’ protestors refused to wear masks and chanted at other passengers on the tram.

Around 10,000 people have rallied in the capital of Bangladesh to protest against the French president and his staunch support of laws that deem caricatures depicting the Prophet Muhammad as protected under freedom of speech.

“We’ve been asking whether KPMG have the right to return during lockdown," she said

"Last Saturday, I wrote about a gathering of the National Party outside Leinster House. I have absolutely no regrets about what I wrote"

The violence at the gates of Leinster House flared for little more than a minute, two tops. They spat bile and hatred at each other, lunging across the barriers erected to separate them. A firecracker was set off, missiles fired.

Two people have been arrested during protests in Dublin city centre this afternoon. The arrests came as Gardaí were forced to intervene when two large groups with opposing views gathered in the city from around lunchtime.

Gardaí are bracing themselves for a possible repeat of the violence from far-right extremists that was witnessed at an ‘anti-mask’ protest three weeks ago.

Five ex-Debenhams workers have occupied its old store at City Square Shopping Centre in Waterford City this morning. They are calling for discussions between liquidator KPGM, the company and unions in their ongoing dispute for better redundancy terms.

Police said 16 people had been arrested and nine officers injured following clashes at anti-lockdown demonstrations in central London.

Police said 10 people had been arrested and four officers injured following clashes at anti-lockdown demonstrations in central London.