Westmeath Woman Was Tied And Beaten After Being Detained
The Big Story
Monday, 25 May 2026 - 27 minutes
A Westmeath activist says she was beaten while she was detained by Israeli forces.
Moate's Louise McCormack returned home to Ireland on Saturday among 13 other Irish citizens.
She had been a boat organiser on the Global Smud Flotilla providing aid in the form of food, baby formula and medicine to Gaza.
Ms. McCormack has been speaking with Will Faulkner on "Midlands Today" and says she was grabbed by the neck: