Student protests over Israel’s war in Gaza failed to take off here in recent months in the same way that have in the US, despite the best efforts of many involved. Irish student leaders have not been found wanting. The UCD Student Union president Martha Ní Riada valiantly heckled former US Speaker Nancy Pelosi on her recent visit to the campus to pick up an award from the college. Ní Riada was “removed” by security. Around 100 students later protested at the award dinner for Pelosi under the watchful eye of the Garda Public Order Unit, but there was no...