Burns reopened proceedings: “Thank all of you for your restraint during that episode that has just happened. It's a bit ironic that people who are protesting against illegal occupation will come in and illegally occupy our building.

‘We need to keep working to make sure we get Allianz out of our organisation,’ a protester told the crowd.

Some Dublin players are now refusing to be photographed alongside Allianz branding.

A woman whose mother was captured during the interception of an aid flotilla has called on the Government to impose sanctions on Israel.

Both are being detained for public order offences and have been brought to garda stations in the Dublin area.

Priests have called on the Irish Catholic Church to cut ties with Allianz over its links to Israel

Judge Michael Walsh in the Circuit Civil Court threw out two claims which he described as fraudulent and outrageous.