Colin Sheridan: Pressure grows on university over partnership with Israeli military-linked institution

Campaigners say they will continue protesting until University of Galway's partnership with Israel's Technion, which has links to the Israeli Defence Forces, is brought to an end

The University of Galway’s research partnership with Israel’s Technion has caused anger among students, staff and human rights scholars.

Sat, 09 May, 2026 - 01:00

Colin Sheridan

Colin Sheridan is a writer and columnist. A former officer in the Irish Defence Forces he has extensive deployment experience as a peacekeeper with the United Nations, having lived and worked in the former Yugoslavia, West Africa, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Palestine.

Pressure is intensifying on University of Galway as anger deepens across campus over its continued research partnership with Israel’s Technion - Institute of Technology.

What began as a student-led campaign has evolved into a Campus Anti-Genocide Coalition (CAG), drawing in staff, trade unions, alumni and internationally recognised human rights scholars.