ALERT: Parents could be hit with €320 fine on school run over major mistake
Search
05 Sept 2025
Search
05 Sept 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
Kildare TD to embark on protest flotilla heading to Gaza. Credit: shonagh_niraghallaigh_td via Instagram
A County Kildare TD has announced her intention to board a protest flotilla heading to Gaza.
The video statement, which was posted on Instagram by Sinn Féin TD Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh, comes after a separate Gaza-bound flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and pro-Palestinian activists, including environmental activist Greta Thunberg, departed Barcelona yesterday (September 1 last).
In the description of the video, Deputy Ní Raghallaigh said: "A chairde, I am taking a few weeks annual leave from today to join the Global Sumud Flotilla.
"However my offices will continue to remain open as normal so please get in touch and my team will be there to help. Saoirse don Phalaistín [Freedom for Palestine as Gaeilge]."
READ NEXT: Bronze medal win for Kildare man James Nolan at World Transplant Games
In addition, in the video, Deputy Ní Raghallaigh claimed that she "knows what it means to resist colonial violence".
She also said that she was inspired to join the flotilla owing to her Republican beliefs, her experience as a parent and her experience as a teacher.
Her full statement can be viewed below:
View this post on Instagram
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
