Letters to the Editor: Solidarity with the people of Palestine

One reader highlights Irish support for the Palestinian people while others consider topics from the US presidential election and the space race to the All-Ireland hurling final

Palestinians amid the wreckage after Israel's airstrike on a UN-run school that killed dozens of people in the Nusseirat refugee camp in Gaza  last Saturday. Picture: Saher Alghorra/AP

Last Saturday, more than 700 people marched through Cork City in support of the beleaguered Palestinian people. Organised by the Cork Palestine Solidarity Campaign this was the 39th weekly march since Israel began its horrifying bombardment and invasion of Gaza. It is an incredible display of indefatigable solidarity and human empathy from the extraordinary people of Cork.

Back in 2003 and 2004, as chairperson of the Cork Anti-War Campaign, I was involved in organising several large marches in Cork against the US war on Iraq. People still talk about the huge numbers that came out at that time, including a reported 100,000 at one anti-war march in Dublin in February 2003. Thousands also attended anti-war marches at Shannon airport.