Denis Halliday

[2] Graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, with a MA in Economics, Geography and Public Administration; Halliday spent a year in Kenya as a Quaker volunteer from 1962 to 1963, before joining United Nations in 1964.

[8] In 2009 Denis Halliday agreed to become a Patron of the Gandhi Foundation, and he presented the annual peace award to the Children's Legal Centre.

On 25 October 2007, when a statue of David Lloyd George was unveiled in Parliament Square, Halliday, Harold Pinter and John Pilger had a letter printed in The Daily Telegraph in which they condemned the "celebration of Lloyd George's legacy,” as "disgraceful,” likening his policies of aerial bombardment of Middle Eastern countries to the present day Iraq War.

[9] Since leaving the UN, Halliday has been involved with a number of peace initiatives such as Perdana, founded by the Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

In 2015 he was an expert witness for the defence at the trial of the TDs Clare Daly and Mick Wallace who went over the fence at the same airport to attempt to search a US plane for arms.

D'Arcy served two terms in prison (three months and two weeks respectively) after she refused to sign a bond and on 22 April 2015 Deputies Wallace and Daly were convicted and fined €2000 each or 30 days imprisonment in default.

In a statement released by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Halliday said, "We want to emphasise that our aim is not provocation but getting our aid cargo into Gaza.