Conferring ceremonies take place in UCC amid pro-Palestine protest

Members of the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions campaign group chanted slogans as graduates and their families left the ceremony on Friday morning

Students in support of Palestine occupy the Main Quad at UCC. Picture: Dan Linehan

Conferring ceremonies have taken place at University College Cork amid ongoing protests by students over the war in Gaza.

Members of the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions (BDS) campaign group chanted slogans as graduates and their families left the ceremony on Friday morning, before returning to their encampment on the Main Quad.