An international school strike is set to take place this Friday 20 September as part as the Fridays for Future movement, which calls on world leaders to respond more forcefully to the climate crisis.
It follows six months after the 15 March global school strikes, and this time, young people are asking adults to come out in numbers to support the action.
Teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg will be joining the demonstration in New York, just days before the UN Climate Action Summit is set to take place starting 23 September.
Global Strike: 20th September 2019
Thousands of Irish students will be taking part across the country, including Dublin, Cork, Galway, and Limerick, to name a few. The aim of the strikes is to demand the government take action on the climate emergency.
Dublin
12:00pm: Protesters will be gathering at the Customs House
12:30pm: March will start, going towards Merrion Square
1:00pm: Rally at Merrion Square in front of government buildings
Cork
12:00pm: Protesters will gather on Grand Parade Street
12:20pm: March begins
Kerry (Tralee)
9:00am: Meet at County Buildings, Ratass
Clare (Ennis)
9:00am: Meeting at The Height, O’Connell Square
Drogheda
1:00pm: Demonstration to be held outside St Peters’ Church, West Street
Dun Laoighaire
3:00pm: Protest begins outside the Dun Laoighaire-Rathdown County Council
Galway
1:00pm: Demonstrating begins in Eyre Square
Sligo
12:30pm: Protesters meeting in Doorley Park
1:00pm: March starts walking to Town Hall
Navan
1:00pm: Protest begins at the Market Square
Letterkenny
10:00am: Strike starts in Market Square
Limerick
1:00pm: March gets underway at Arthur’s Quay Park, finishing at City Hall
Kilkenny
2:00pm: Protest begins at Town Hall
Maynooth
12:30pm: Rally in Maynooth Square
Dundalk
12:30pm: Demonstrating to start in the Market Square
Kenmare
9:00am: Demonstration kicks off outside the Courthouse
