Saturday.
Orwell Road, Rathegar, Dublin 6.
Labour Party TD Ivana Bacik addresses protesters from the Irish Syria Solidarity Movement who joined with members of the Ukraine Solidarity to mark the 11th anniversary of the Syrian Revolution with a protest vigil outside the embassy of the Russian Federation in Ireland.
Meanwhile…
Proposals to rename Orwell Road in Dublin as Independent Ukraine Road look set to be dropped, with Dublin city councillors reversing plans to pursue the name change.
Changing the name of the road, where the Russian embassy is located, was unanimously supported by a sub-committee of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council last week.
….The city council’s southeast area committee was expected to consider the renaming proposal on Monday, but the motion has been dropped.
Labour councillor Dermot Lacey who chairs the committee had initially put forward a motion to change the name to Volodymyr Zelenskiy Road, and later amended it to match the Dún Laoghaire motion. However, he said, he would not be tabling either motion.
Proposal to change name of Orwell Road to Independent Ukraine Road to be dropped (Irish Times)
