Sinn Féin’s finance spokesperson said Gaza ‘didn’t get the airing it should have’.

Sinn Féin, Alliance and SDLP are not attending St Patrick’s events in Washington.

The party will hold a protest outside the GPO in Dublin on Wednesday

Muslims in the Middle East and beyond broadened their calls for boycotts of French products and protests as a clash over depictions of the Prophet Mohammed and the limits of free speech intensified.