UCC Students' Union demands university 'take action' on Gaza genocide

The Students’ Union letter outlines if a satisfactory response is not received from UCC by close of business this Friday, 'we will have no choice but to escalate to further action

UCC Students’ Union has issued a public letter addressed to the UCC President urging the university to end its silence on Palestine and fulfil student demands. Picture: Emer Neville

University College Cork (UCC) Students’ Union has issued a public letter addressed to the university president, in the hopes that it will encourage the college to “take action” and break its silence on the genocide occurring in Gaza.

The letter, issued to UCC President John O’Halloran on Tuesday morning, asks the university to condemn the genocide in Gaza and call for a permanent ceasefire, while offering support to Palestinian students affected by the war.