Higher Education

Trinity protestors to end encampment as college agrees divestment deal

Activists signed an agreement with Trinity’s senior dean in which they say the college has committed to divesting from Israeli institutes

The activists have said they will only bring an end to their encampment once this statement is published by Trinity today. Picture: Getty

Pro-Palestine activists at Trinity College Dublin have agreed to end their occupation of the campus, after officials committed to work towards divesting from Israeli companies and institutions.

Representatives of the protest – including László Molnarfi, the president of the university’s students’ union – on Wednesday signed an agreement with Trinity’s senior dean to end the blockade of the campus.

Activists of the Boycott, Divest and Sanction (BDS) movement were told by activists that Trinity has ...