{"id":25265,"date":"2022-02-26T13:57:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T18:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=25265"},"modified":"2022-02-26T20:00:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T01:00:31","slug":"protests-held-as-pressure-grows-on-government-to-expel-russian-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=25265","title":{"rendered":"Protests Held As Pressure Grows On Government To Expel Russian Ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Protests against the Russian invasion of Ukraine (PA Wire\/PA Images)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Pressure is growing on the Government to expel the Russian ambassador, as protests continued in Dublin against the invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Saturday afternoon, dozens of protesters once again gathered outside the Russian Embassy in south Dublin to call on Russia to end the attacks on Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Labour TD Ivana Bacik and Fianna F\u00e1il MEP Billy Kelleher were among the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It comes amid growing calls for the Russian Ambassador to be expelled from Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of the governing coalition parties joined in calls from Sinn F\u00e9in and other opposition parties to have Yury Filatov removed from the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By 6pm on Saturday, 35 Fianna Fail TDs and senators had signed a petition calling on Mr Filatov to be expelled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier, the chair of the Oireachtas Foreign Affairs Committee and senior Fine Gael TD Charlie Flanagan, had also tweeted a call for the ambassador to be forced to leave Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A protest was also held in Dublin city center on Saturday, as crowds gathered on O’Connell Street\u00a0to oppose the Russian action in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

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