UCD students’ pro-Palestine encampment ends after month as students and university reach agreement

UCD said today it will establish a separate stream of up to eight sanctuary scholarships for displaced Palestinian applicants.

Students have set up tents in the grounds of University College Dublin (Niall Carson/PA)

Cian Ó Broin

A pro-Palestinian encampment at UCD protesting the university’s ties to Israel has come to an end after a month, following an agreement reached between students and the academic institution.

The encampment, which started on May 11 was organised by a Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) group established by UCD students last autumn, which said it had between 200–250 members.