Film about plight of Palestinian people screened twice in Carrick-on-Suir

The screenings of Where Olive Trees Weep at the Nano Nagle Community Centre and Brewery Lane Theatre were attended by members of the South East Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Caption for picture above: Some of the people who watched the screening of the film, Where Olive Trees Weep, in the Nano Nagle Community Centre Chapel in Carrick-on-Suir on Sunday, July 20. The documentary was filmed in the occupied West Bank in 2022 and highlights the struggle and resilience of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation. Among the attendance were Mary Lyng, Chairperson of the South East Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SE IPSC) and Séan Cusack, Waterford Lead of the SE IPSC along with Valerie Bhreathnach. pictures Anne Marie Magorrian

Members of the South East Ireland - Palestine Solidary Campaign and local people who attended the first screening of, Where Olive Trees Weep, in Carrick-on-Suir’s Brewery Lane Theatre on June 6. Among the locals who attended the film screening were former Labour Senator Denis Landy from Carrick-on-Suir (front row third from left behind banner) and Carrick-on-Suir Sinn Féin Cllr David Dunne (front far right behind banner), who is now Cathaoirleach of Carrick Municipal District