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Garvaghy Road Residents' Coalition spokesman, Breandán Mac Cionnaith who took part in the Derry IPSC Gaza march on Saturday. (Photo - Deirdre Heaney, nwpresspics)

Palestinian courage ‘in the face of unimaginable brutality’ praised

Breandán Mac Cionnaith will be the main speaker at an IPSC rally to mark the third anniversary of the Gaza genocide on Saturday.

Breandán Mac Cionnaith to address rally marking anniversary of ‘Gaza genocide’

An elevated view shows mourners standing closely around rows of Palestinian flag-draped shrouds during a mass funeral amid rubble in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on October 1, 2026. Gaza Civil Defense said the remains were among those of 105 people recovered from beneath the rubble of the Al-Taj residential complex and surrounding buildings in the Al-Yarmouk area, which were destroyed in Israeli strikes on October 25, 2023. The remains were taken for burial at Sheikh Radwan cemetery after the funeral. (Photo by Faiz Qreqa / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

Pro-Palestinian campaigners to mark third anniversary of ‘Gaza genocide’

Palestinians react as they wait to receive food at a soup kitchen in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on February 26, 2026. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Fintan Drury to chair Derry conference examining 'complicity in Gaza genocide'

An infant lies inside an incubator at Al-Rantisi Children's Hospital in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on September 24, 2026. Hospital staff said shortages of generator fuel and oil had forced reception, emergency, neonatal and laboratory services to stop, while other departments operated according to available fuel and generator-powered medical equipment faced disruption. (Photo by Faiz Qreqa / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

Derry unionists back motion calling for maternity units to be released into Gaza

Marking the International Day of Peace, Rise for Palestine group with the “Heartbreaking” Gaza Blanket making their across the Peace Bridge on Saturday. The blanket commemorating the lives of more than 20,000 Palestinian children in Gaza. (Photo - Deirdre Heaney, nwpresspics)

In pictures: Rise for Palestine Derry commemorating 20,000 Palestinian children

Colum Eastwood MP. Photo: George Sweeney.

Eastwood welcomes RTÉ's boycott of Eurovision

Attendees at a demonstration organised by 'Together for Palestine' in central Stockholm, Sweden, on February 17, 2024. (Photo by Fredrik PERSSON / TT NEWS AGENCY / AFP) / Sweden OUT (Photo by FREDRIK PERSSON/TT NEWS AGENCY/AFP via Getty Images)

Ireland to boycott Eurovision Song Contest 2027

Dr Nick Maynard at Free Derry Corner.

Gaza surgeon’s harrowing testimony moves Derry audience at Féile

Dr. Nick Maynard pictured with Palestinian colleagues in Gaza in a still from the film Life Support.

Surgeon who worked on Gaza frontline returns to Féile 2026

OLIVE BRANCH FOR GAZA COFFEE MORNING AT ST. JOSEPH'S BOYS SCHOOL. . . . . .The Bishop of Derry, Dr. Donal McKeown pictured at the St. Joseph's Boys School Olive Branch for Gaza Coffee Morning on Monday. Included is Principal, Mrs. Ciara Deane, event organisers, Des Rainey, Former President of INTO, teachers and local councillors who who gave their support to the event. (Photos: Jim McCafferty Photography)

Thousands raised through popular ‘Olive Branch for Gaza’

Uisce for Gaza water truck from St. Joseph’s Boys’ School.

St Joseph’s Boys’ School to host Olive Branch for Gaza coffee morning

Human Appeal's Qurbani campaign coincides with the Eid Ul-Adha festival and provided food to over 1 million beneficiaries last year.

Ad Feature Human Appeal campaign part of the largest global feeding effort

Palestinian author, journalist and campaigner Yousef Aljamal will address a public meeting in St. Columb’s Hall on Tuesday, April 21 at 7pm.

Palestinian activist Yousef Aljamal to address Derry meeting

A woman sifts through the rubble in her house in the Beryanak District after it was damaged by missile attacks two days before, on March 15, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. The United States and Israel continued their joint attack on Iran that began on February 28. Iran retaliated by firing waves of missiles and drones at Israel, and targeting U.S. allies in the region. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Anti-war and pro-Palestine campaigners call Derry march against US-Israeli wars

Dermot O'Kane and Conlaoth Rodgers with St. Cecilia's pupils who took part in the Gaza fast.

Derry teachers and pupils complete Gaza fast raising over £5,000
Staff and pupils from St. Cecilia’s College in Derry have completed a 96-hour fast to raise funds for Gaza Ground Aid Ireland, with the initiative receiving strong support from the wider community.
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Dermot O'Kane and Conlaoth Rodgers

Derry teachers have raised over £2,000 at midpoint of 96 hour Gaza fast

The Grand Iftars are currently underway in Gaza and Syria and have been carried out across Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

Ad Feature Human Appeal hosts Grand Iftars providing meals for the vulnerable

Palestinians react as they wait to receive food at a soup kitchen in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on February 26, 2026. Despite a US-brokered ceasefire that entered its second phase last month, shortages remain in Gaza, whose battered economy and material damage have rendered most residents at least partly dependent on humanitarian aid for their basic needs. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Derry teachers to take part in 96 hour fast for Gaza

Tony Doherty, whose father Patrick was killed on Bloody Sunday, pictured at the Bloody Sunday memorial in Rossville Street. Photo: George Sweeney. DER2204GS – 016

Derry’s Bloody Sunday Trust donates over £44,991.69 to Palestinian causes

Liam Wray whose brother James was murdered by the British Paras on Bloody Sunday 1972, speaking at the "Unfinished Business March for Justice". (Photo - Tom Heaney, nwpresspics)

It's not 'us' and 'them', we are a people of 'we'"

New Years Eve Vigil For Peace In Palestine.

Rise for Palestine holds New Year’s Eve Vigil for Peace on Derry’s Peace Bridge

Jim Clarken, CEO of Oxfam Ireland with Paul Vallely, Founder and CEO of Kukoon.

Kukoon Gaza appeal sparks surge in sales and customer loyalty

Protesters taking part in the Bridgil for Gaza held at the Peace Bridge. Photo: George Sweeney

Rise for Palestine to hold New Year’s Eve peace vigil on Derry’s Peace Bridge

Féile representatives with the donation.

Féile donates £1,000 to Gaza health appeal

Attendees at the Castle Bridge vigil, Buncrana on Sunday, December 7. Inishowen IPSC.

Inishowen IPSC hosts ‘brigil’ and sets out goals for 2026

Councillor Gary Donnelly with BDS protesters at a demonstration at Home Bargains in Derry on Monday.

BDS activists project images of Gaza onto wall of Home Bargains
Pro-Palestinian activists have projected images from Gaza on the wall of a Home Bargains store in Derry claiming the discount market is selling Israeli goods.
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Protesters wave Palestinian flags at Eurovision 2025. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP via Getty Images)

Ireland Eurovision 2026 boycott welcomed

Palestinians struggle to get their food rations outside a crowded distribution centre in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on May 15, 2025. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP) (Photo by BASHAR TALEB/AFP via Getty Images)

‘A Starless Night – Human Rights for Gaza’ event in Derry

A protester holds a placard with a photo of Hind Rajab, a 6-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed in Gaza in 2024 after being trapped in a car with her family and calling for help. (Photo by PLOY PHUTPHENG/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)

Palestine solidarity events to take place in Derry

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Oborne Derry-bound for COMPLICIT: Britain's Role in Destruction of Gaza launch

The November brigil at the historic Ten Arch Bridge at Malin.

Monthly ‘brigil’ protests in Inishowen

But the Monster Came – space to express solidarity with the children of Gaza in The New Life Garden, Nailors Row. Photo: George Sweeney

But the Monster Came...

SDLP Foyle MLA Colum Eastwood.

Eastwood will accept informed warning court told

Crowds on the Long March. Photo: Liz Kearney.

Long March in Inishowen raises €22,000 for Gaza

The Henry Girls.

Henry Girls to headline all-female fundraising 'Gig for Gaza'

UUP Alderman Derek Hussey.

Alderman claims October 7 attacks being 'hijacked'

'Her name was Hind,' an art exhibition and vigil held in honour of six-year-old Hind, serves as a tribute to her memory and a representation of the dangers that children face in Palestine. The bullet holes in the car illustrate the number of bullets found in the car where Hind and her family died.

Poignant photos of the vigil and art exhibition 'Her name was Hind'

Gregory Campbell and Niree McMorris laying a wreath at the Diamond War Memorial to mark October 7.

DUP mark October 7 in Derry by laying wreath to all innocents

Rise For Palestine Derry's march on Saturday, supporters and activists were asked by the organisers to wear all black on the day.

15 photos of Rise For Palestine Derry's march in all black during Storm Amy

Colum Eastwood

Eastwood blasts capture and detention of civilians aboard Global Sumud Flotilla

Previous R.I.S.E for Palestine rally held in Guildhall Square. Photo: George Sweeney/Derry Journal

Rise for Palestine Derry is to march in all black whilst in silence for Gaza

St. Columb's Hall

Derry’s Think Left conference: Gaza is the centre of world politics

R.I.S.E for Palestine. Photo: George Sweeney/Derry Journal

Rise for Palestine organises 5 days of events in Derry

Displaced Palestinians evacuating southbound from Gaza City travel on foot and by vehicle along the coastal road in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on September 13, 2025. The Israeli military said on September 13 that more than 250,000 people had fled Gaza City since it began intensifying operations there, as Palestinian officials reported many had been unable to evacuate south due to overcrowding. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP) (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images)

Ex-deputy mayor of Derry says Great Hunger informs Irish response to genocide

Supporters take part in the 'Long March for Gaza' from Malin Head to Buncrana on Saturday. The Inishowen, Derry and Letterkenny branches of Irish Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, together with the Strabane BDS group (Boycott, Divest, Sanction) organised the 25 miles walk. Photo: George Sweeney

Hundreds show solidarity in 'Long March for Gaza' from Malin Head to Buncrana

Supporters take part in the 'Long March for Gaza' from Malin Head to Buncrana on Saturday. The Inishowen, Derry and Letterkenny branches of Irish Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, together with the Strabane BDS group (Boycott, Divest, Sanction) organised the 25 miles walk. Photo: George Sweeney

IN PICTURES: The Long March for Gaza

Norwegian singer Emmy Kristine, known as Emmy representing Ireland with the song "Laika Party" performs during the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, at the St. Jakobshalle arena in Basel on May 15, 2025. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images) : Eurovision.

Ireland will pull out of Eurovision 2026 if Israel participates, says RTÉ

The march will set off from Banba's Crown, Malin Head at 7.30am.

People in Derry & Strabane urged to join Donegal March for Gaza this weekend

Sinn Féin members during the Global Day of Action for Gaza in Derry at the weekend

Pat Murphy slams Keir Starmer for hosting Israeli President Isaac Herzog

Geralt O Mianain and his niece, Slaughtneil and Derry camog Cliodhna, during his recent 'Poc for Gaza' at the Ulster Poc Fada Championships.

'We're hoping as many as possible contribute in any way they can..'

Participants from the Mourning March in Buncrana for Gaza, which took place in August. Photo: Inishowen Palestine Solidarity Group

Organisers appeal across North West to join 'Long March for Gaza'

Supporters at the Global Day of Action for Gaza march and rally held in Derry on Saturday afternoon. Photo: George Sweeney

Editorial: Small actions can have a big impact

Supporters at the Global Day of Action for Gaza march and rally held in Derry on Saturday afternoon. Photo: George Sweeney

IN PICTURES: Derry marks Global Day of Action for Gaza

The Pride of the Orange and Blue Flute Band, Newbuildings, during a previous parade in Derry. INLS2817-105KM

Traffic disruption possible with 2,500 to take part in loyalist parade

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