Trinity college board votes to cut ties with Israeli universities and companies

Decision follows student protests and taskforce recommendations; campaigners welcome move but criticise delays and ongoing ties

Protestors gatheried at Trinity Business School to greet board members as they arrived to vote on the recommendations of the Taskforce created following last May’s TCD Palestine encampment. Picture: SAM BOAL/Collins Photos.

Trinity College Dublin will cut ties with Israeli universities and fully divest from all companies based in Israel, following a board vote on Wednesday.

The move follows recommendations from a taskforce established as part of an agreement to end a student encampment on campus set up in solidarity with Gaza last summer.