THE set designer of Riverdance is boycotting the show during its upcoming tour of Israel in an act of solidarity with the Palestinian people.

IRISH Nobel Peace Laureate Mairéad Maguire yesterday lost a legal appeal to prevent her deportation from, and 10-year ban on entering, Israel.

THE young activist who attempted a citizen’s arrest on Tony Blair beat supposedly tight security to confront the former British prime minister.

Singer-songwriter Damien Dempsey today called on artists around the world to stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine.

FORGED Irish passports used in the alleged Israeli assassination of a Palestinian leader were probably copied in Ireland, it has been suggested.

The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign is urging a boycott of Israeli products and services - saying Palestine must not be forgotten.

THE captain of the Irish ship involved in the attempt to sail an international aid flotilla to Gaza has spoken of how he feared for his life when heavily armed Israeli soldiers took over the vessel.

Five Irish activists who were deported from Israel yesterday after trying to bring aid supplies to Gaza are due to arrive in Dublin airport later.

Five Irish activists whose ship was blocked from delivering humanitarian relief supplies to Gaza will arrive back in Dublin tomorrow, it was confirmed today.

The Irish aid ship blocked from delivering relief supplies to Gaza has arrived in Israel, campaigners confirmed tonight.

One of the last ships on a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza is to be intercepted by the Israeli navy today.

One of the last ships on a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza was intercepted by the Israeli navy today.

A leading Irish activist seized by Israeli authorities tonight revealed he was assaulted in custody while three others were severely beaten.

Five Irish citizens who were detained during the Israeli raid on an aid flotilla bound for Gaza are expected to leave Israel today.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen today blamed the Israeli blockade of Gaza for a commando assault on a flotilla of aid ships which left at least 15 people dead and scores injured.

ON November 10 you published an article headlined ‘Netanyahu’s Shannon stopover sparks criticism’, concerning the brief touchdown by the Israeli prime minister.

AN IRISHWOMAN who crossed a breached border into Gaza with her daughter says border guards were preventing them from returning to Egypt.

IT WAS with indignation and great concern that I read Dr Steven King’s column (Irish Examiner, July 5).

BRITISH officials have been waiting for more than two days for access to a Belfast man who it is believed was wrongly identified as a dissident republican bomb maker and arrested in the Middle East.