Students taking part in an encampment protest over the Gaza conflict on the grounds of Trinity College in Dublin have vowed to maintain the demonstration indefinitely.

Visitors have been unable to access the historic Book of Kells on Saturday due to the action that began on Friday evening when student activists set up tents inside the campus of the prestigious university.

Organisers say 70 students in 43 tents took part. They have vowed to maintain a “blockade” of the Book of Kells until the university severs all ties with Israel.

The scenes in Dublin follow a wave of similar student protests at university campuses across the US.

Trinity College said the encampment was “unauthorised”. The university said it supported the right of students to protest but insisted such action must be taken within the rules of the institution.

Talk's Jeremy Kyle is joined by chairman of the Campaign For Real Education Chris McGovern, who worries that students are being "coerced" into joining protests.

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