Cork activist Saoi O’Connor to join Greta Thunberg on civilian flotilla to Gaza

Saoi O'Connor right (green skirt) with Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg (L). and activists walk toward their boat, part of a civilian flotilla aiming at breaking the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, in the port of Barcelona, on August 31, 2025. Picture: Lluis GENE / AFP
Cork climate and human rights activist Saoi O’Connor is one of several Irish people involved in the largest civilian flotilla to ever attempt to get aid through to starving people in Gaza.
O'Connor appeared with Greta Thunberg, the Swedish climate activist who has been nominated for multiple Nobel Peace Prizes, in a video on social media.