Protest over Israeli links sees aerospace company pull out of Cork event  

Collins Aerospace, a subsidiary of Raytheon which supplies hardware and software to the Israeli Defence Forces, has pulled out of the city council-run Carnival of Science

UCC BDS setting up camp on the quad at UCC on Wednesday, to force the university to divest links with Israel. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

An aerospace company has withdrawn from Cork's Carnival of Science following protests over its parent company’s links to the Israeli army as students continue their pro-Palestine encampment at University College Cork (UCC).

University chiefs met Students’ Union leaders on Wednesday to discuss its position on the conflict in Gaza while another student group, UCC BDS — boycott, divestment and sanctions — marked day two of its encampment on the quad.