Trinity College Dublin to divest from links with Israeli universities and firms

Trinity’s board received a report on Wednesday from a taskforce set up last October to examine academic and institutional links

Students taking part in an encampment protest over the Gaza conflict on the grounds of Trinity College in Dublin (Niall Carson/PA)

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Trinity College Dublin is to divest from new arrangements with Israeli universities, firms and institutions.

The board of the prestigious Dublin university, home to over 20,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students, made the decision to divest from Israeli links on Wednesday.