A dozen Irish acts, including Kneecap, Soda Blonde and NewDad, will not perform due to festival’s links with US military
will attend events which form part of the SXSW festival, despite opposition politicians calling on her to drop the plans.
In a statement on Tuesday afternoon, the Department of Culture said that Ms Martin will represent Ireland at a number of events in Austin as part of the Government’s St Patrick’s Day programme, some of which form part of the SXSW festival. The department said such opportunities would include the St Patrick’s Day consular reception in Austin on Tuesday night where she will “outline to attendees the Irish Government’s calls for an immediate ceasefire, the unconditional release of all hostages and a massive and sustained increase in humanitarian aid, food and medicine to the people of Gaza.
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