{"id":72959,"date":"2025-05-04T04:41:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T04:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/72959\/"},"modified":"2025-05-04T04:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T04:41:11","slug":"large-crowds-attend-annual-may-day-rally-in-belfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/72959\/","title":{"rendered":"Large crowds attend annual May Day rally in Belfast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-91174671_secondary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom4 beltel-1d70522a_marginleft0 beltel-1d70522a_marginright0 beltel-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">Thousands have attended the annual demonstrations\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Press Eye - Belfast - Northern Ireland - 3rd May 2025 &#13;&#13;General view the annual May Day rally in Belfast city centre organised by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. &#13;&#13;This years\u2019 annual May Day rally met in Writers\u2019 Square before completing a colourful parade through the city centre celebrating trade union unity, resilience and diversity before returning to Donegall Street.&#13;&#13;Photo by Kelvin Boyes \/ Press Eye.Press Eye - Belfast - Northern Ireland - 1st May 2025 &#13;&#13;General view the annual May Day rally in Belfast city centre organised by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. &#13;&#13;This years\u2019 annual May Day rally met in Writers\u2019 Square before completing a colourful parade through the city centre celebrating trade union unity, resilience and diversity before returning to Donegall Street.&#13;&#13;Photo by Kelvin Boyes \/ Press Eye.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/e99c3c83-26b3-4a1f-b226-6b2be3f8aa00.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_caption1 beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_secondary beltel-66f0fec7_regular beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom0 beltel-1d70522a_marginleft0 beltel-1d70522a_marginright0 beltel-1d70522a_margintop3 beltel-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Press Eye &#8211; Belfast &#8211; Northern Ireland &#8211; 3rd May 2025 &#13;&#13;General view the annual May Day rally in Belfast city centre organised by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. &#13;&#13;This years\u2019 annual May Day rally met in Writers\u2019 Square before completing a colourful parade through the city centre celebrating trade union unity, resilience and diversity before returning to Donegall Street.&#13;&#13;Photo by Kelvin Boyes \/ Press Eye.Press Eye &#8211; Belfast &#8211; Northern Ireland &#8211; 1st May 2025 &#13;&#13;General view the annual May Day rally in Belfast city centre organised by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. &#13;&#13;This years\u2019 annual May Day rally met in Writers\u2019 Square before completing a colourful parade through the city centre celebrating trade union unity, resilience and diversity before returning to Donegall Street.&#13;&#13;Photo by Kelvin Boyes \/ Press Eye.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom0 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Thousands of people have turned out for the annual May Day demonstrations in Belfast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom0 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">There was live music from early morning at Writers Square before the parade took off at 12.30pm, making its way along Royal Avenue and around the city centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thousands have attended the annual demonstrations Press Eye &#8211; 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