Don't Let Them Die! Over 30 Irish civil society organisations and politicians issue Open Letter to British Government regarding Palestine Action hunger strike

Press Release, Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Wednesday 14th January 2026

DUBLIN: Today, Wednesday 14th January, as Palestine Action hunger strikers on remand in British gaols approach death, an Open Letter signed by more than thirty Irish civil society organisations and politicians was sent to the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. 

Initiated by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, signatories include the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Unison NI, Irish National Teachers' Union, Teachers' Union of Ireland, Labour, Social Democrats, People Before Profit, the Green Party, Afri - Action From Ireland, Financial Justice Ireland, Jews for Palestine, Sadaka, and many others. 

The full letter and list of signatories, including additional signees, can be viewed here: https://www.ipsc.ie/open-letter/hungerstrike

There will also be a demonstration in solidarity with the hunger strikers calling for the Irish government to pressure its British counterpart this evening at 5.30pm at the Dáil on Kildare Street, Dublin.