Around 50 students at the university established the protest yesterday evening and say they will remain camped beside the campus lake and its O'Reilly Hall until their demands are met.UCD SU president Martha Ní Riada told RTÉ News that the action was"in solidarity with the people of Palestine".
Student Éabha Hughes is among a number at the encampment who have end of year exams to sit next week. The 3rd Year History and Politics student has one exam on Wednesday and another on Friday. "What is happening in Gaza has galvanised young people" said another protestor, Fionnuala, who did not want to give her surname,"especially after the success of Trinity, we are seeing that direct action can have a tangible impact".A camp established there just over a week ago ended on Wednesday after TCD made a public commitment to a range of measures including divesting from all investment in companies active in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and on a UN blacklist.
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