Israelis offered free holiday

BORD FÁILTE has offered an all-expenses-paid holiday to nine Israelis who were refused accommodation in a four-star holiday home because of their government’s treatment of Palestinians.

The board contacted the Irish ambassador in Tel Aviv, Pat Hennessy, with the offer for Israeli journalist Arik Bender and eight others.

Mr Bender had been told by Brian O’Shea, of Killarney Lakeland Cottages, that bookings were not being accepted from Israeli citizens because of the treatment of Palestinians by the Israeli government.