Over 60 Trinity students so far have begun camping outside the Book of Kells to protest the college’s ties with Israeli institutions.
Setting up at 8.30pm last night, there are over 40 tents on the green outside the Old Library where the Book is kept, which has been blockaded by wooden benches overnight.
Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union President László Molnárfi said the union is not “intimidated” by past and potential “threats” from Trinity. “We have hit Trinity with petitions, open letters, meetings with university officials, and when these went ignored, we escalated,” he said.
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