The State of Us - Palestine Action: Northern Ireland’s first arrest
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Máire Mhic an Fhailí is the 74 year old woman who was arrested in Belfast earlier this month under the Terrorism Act.
She was wearing a T-shirt with the slogan “We are all Palestine Action”.
Palestine Action became a proscribed organisation in July under the Terrorism Act, making membership of or support for the group a criminal offence.
MPs voted to proscribe the group after activists broke into RAF Brize Norton in June, spraying two Voyager aircraft with red paint and causing £7m worth of damage.
Palestine Action said it was behind the incident.
Máire tells Tara Mills and Declan Harvey about what led up to that arrest, why she feels so strongly and inextricably linked to the people of Gaza, and what she would do if she was sent to prison.
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Published on Thursday, 21st August 2025.
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