{"id":237922,"date":"2025-12-17T18:42:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T18:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/237922\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T18:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T18:42:07","slug":"kneecaps-moglai-bap-greeted-by-president-on-run-for-palestine-through-phoenix-park-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/237922\/","title":{"rendered":"Kneecap\u2019s Mogla\u00ed Bap greeted by President on run for Palestine through Phoenix Park \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kneecap <\/a>rapper Mogla\u00ed Bap was greeted by President Catherine Connolly<\/a> outside \u00c1ras an Uachtar\u00e1in on Wednesday as he led a run through Phoenix Park in solidarity with Palestine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Band member Naoise \u00d3 Caireall\u00e1in, best known by his stage name Mogla\u00ed Bap, was joined by hundreds of runners, including his brother Ainle, for the charity event.<\/p>\n

The Belfast rap trio performed at the 3Arena in Dublin on Tuesday and are due to play a second gig in the city venue on Wednesday evening. Mogla\u00ed Bap has been running 10km in each city the band is touring to raise funds for Gaza. <\/p>\n

\u201cNaoise started doing these runs last year to support a project that we started in Gaza<\/a> in response to the genocide,\u201d said Ainle, speaking before the event. <\/p>\n

As founder and director of ACLA\u00cd Palestine \u2013 a community gym in the West Bank \u2013 Ainle visited the Aida refugee camp, near Bethlehem in August and plans to return in January.<\/p>\n

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He is involved in the Gaza food and play project, which delivers food parcels and circus workshops to displaced families in the region. Funds raised through Wednesday\u2019s run are set to go towards the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the occupation restricted all goods coming in, the food was just impossible to get so we diverted the project a bit to circus and cultural workshops for kids that were displaced around different parts of the strip,\u201d Ainle said.<\/p>\n

Runners donning jerseys for Palestine and waving flags started to gather at 1pm outside Des Kelly\u2019s Interiors in Glasnevin, in anticipation of Mogla\u00ed Bap\u2019s arrival.<\/p>\n

\"PresidentPresident Catherine Connolly outside the \u00c1ras to greet M\u00f3gla\u00ed Bap of Kneecap who led a charity run through the Phoenix Park. Photograph: Enda O’Dowd \"GretaGreta Thunberg meets runners taking part in the Kneecap 10km charity run. Photograph: Brian Lawless\/PA Wire <\/p>\n

The location is a short distance from Dalymount Park where the Bohemian Football Club are preparing to facilitate Swedish activist Greta Thunberg<\/a> on Thursday as part of \u201can evening of words and songs for Gaza\u201d.<\/p>\n

Thunberg was also due to visit \u00c1ras an Uachtar\u00e1in to meet President Connolly on Wednesday afternoon, which was closed to the media. <\/p>\n

The Bohemian Cooperatives, the club\u2019s climate justice initiative and host of the event, confirmed that more than 800 tickets have already been sold for Thursday\u2019s event. Musical guests will include R\u00f3is\u00edn El Cherif, Sorcha Richardson and Kevin Corcoran, with further artists set to be announced.<\/p>\n

M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res deputy medical co-ordinator for Palestine, Dr Mohammed Abu Mughessib, will join Thunberg in conversation with Irish human rights campaigner Caoimhe Butterly to reflect on the recent flotillas to Gaza. <\/p>\n

Thunberg has been frequently seen sporting Bohemians merchandise this year, having been given the team\u2019s recognisable limited edition jersey \u2013 a collaboration with Fontaines DC \u2013 by Butterly on a flotilla in June. <\/p>\n

She met runners outside Bang Bang cafe in Phibsborough, founded by Kneecap manager and Bohs\u2019 chief operating officer Daniel Lambert, on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

As participants warmed up for their run to the \u00c1ras and back, Lambert arrived alongside Mogla\u00ed Bap. The rapper was quick to start, stopping only momentarily at the meeting point before taking up front position.<\/p>\n

\"PresidentPresident Catherine Connolly with Swedish activist Greta Thunberg at \u00c1ras an Uachtar\u00e1in. Photograph: Tony Maxwell <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really great to see so many people here and the continued support because leaders just aren\u2019t doing enough still,\u201d said Rebecca O\u2019Keeffe from Irish Sport for Palestine. <\/p>\n

The former Irish international basketball player said \u201csports are a really good tool\u201d to express solidarity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re doing this because we just think using every avenue possible is necessary.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Passing drivers in traffic tooted their horns in support of runners making their way to Phoenix Park. Outside the \u00c1ras, President Connolly stood at a distance with husband Brian McEnery to greet the first to make it at the halfway mark. <\/p>\n

Waves and a few words of encouragement were exchanged as some participants stopped to capture a picture of Ms Connolly. <\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Bohemians announced the release of a new collaborative jersey with Kneecap to raise funds for ACLA\u00cd Palestine to build a community music studio at the Lajee Centre in the West Bank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kneecap rapper Mogla\u00ed Bap was greeted by President Catherine Connolly outside \u00c1ras an Uachtar\u00e1in on Wednesday as he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[9,10,1921,18,13,14,27795,6,19,17,4066,11,12,15,16,5,72,7,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-237922","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-catherine-connolly","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-featured-news","13":"tag-featurednews","14":"tag-greta-thunberg","15":"tag-headlines","16":"tag-ie","17":"tag-ireland","18":"tag-kneecap","19":"tag-latest-news","20":"tag-latestnews","21":"tag-main-news","22":"tag-mainnews","23":"tag-news","24":"tag-palestine","25":"tag-top-stories","26":"tag-topstories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115736382643082318","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}