Summit protested with projection on convention centre

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People Before Profit has projected a video onto Dublin's Convention Centre in protest at the hosting of the European Political Community summit at the venue on Thursday.

People Before Profit has projected a video onto Dublin's Convention Centre in protest at the hosting of the European Political Community summit at the venue on Thursday.

The rolling footage targeted EU leaders for being "complicit" in the war in Gaza and as well as honing in on Germany for "being the second-largest supplier of major arms to the United States".

The projection also claimed "workers will bring the war machine to a halt - like they've proven they can do".

Around 50 heads of State or Government are due in the Capital for the summit - in what will represent the biggest ever gathering of world leaders on Irish soil.

Speaking near Dublin's Convention Centre; People Before Profit Dún Laoghaire TD Richard Boyd Barrett said: "We're projecting onto the Convention Centre where EU leaders are going to meet.

"The point we are making is that while ordinary people are having to threaten strike action in order to get a decent pay increase, the Government and EU leaders are here to discuss crucially their plans to double our arms expenditure; to spend tens of billions extra on weapons and militarisation".

Members of An Garda Síochána quickly engaged with the People Before Profit contingent beaming the images onto the Convention Centre, thereby halting the projection.

It's understood gardaí were concerned as to where the vehicle projecting the footage was parked and so those involved sought an alternative location.

A protest is also planned by the Irish anti-war movement in Dublin's city centre on Thursday evening to coincide with the summit.

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