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The One Foundation is proud to announce the World premiere of “HOME: The Story of Zak Moradi,” a powerful and poignant documentary about the extraordinary life of Zak Moradi, a Kurdish refugee who found a new home and a new passion in Ireland. The screening will take place this Friday afternoon 12th July, at the Galway Film Festival.

BY DECLAN VARLEY

Two members of Galway Palestine Solidarity Campaign were amongst a group of three activists arrested by Gardaí on Saturday, March 30, following an attempt to approach a United States Air Force military aircraft that had landed in Shannon Airport.

Suffering is not a zero sum game between Israel and Gaza, but facts matter, if only to redress the balance.

I have always been fascinated by maps, especially old maps. One of the most famous is the Tube map - better known as the London Underground map - a schematic transport map of the lines, stations and services of the London Underground, known colloquially as "the Tube", hence the map's name.

GamerFest, the country's biggest event dedicated to all things gaming, takes place in the RDS in Dublin this weekend. The festival, which began in Galway in 2017, has become a major event in the gaming calendar with plans to expand even further in the next few years.

Galway peace group, the Galway Alliance Against War, will mark its 20th anniversary with the screening of the documentary, Killing Kelly.

The decision by the British High Court to allow for journalist and publisher Julian Assange to be extradited to the USA is “perverse” and a “miscarriage of justice”.

The only way to prevent the loss of life witnessed recently in the English Channel is through ending the “brutal fortress Europe policies” - a role Ireland should take the lead on.