Sabina Higgins: Let’s reject poisonous ideologies of anti-Semitism

Sabina Higgins has said anti-Semitism has been reawakened due to right-wing politics and warned that “poisonous ideologies” must not be tolerated.

“The recent rise in right-wing neo-fascism parties in Europe has brought about a reawakening of that anti-Roma sentiment along with anti-Semitism, Islamaphobia, and anti-emigrant narratives,” said the wife of President Michael D Higgins.

“These poisonous ideologies must not be allowed to gain foothold in contemporary moment. It’s a cause of great grief that right through history so much unnecessary suffering was inflicted on people through man’s inhumanity to man, all avoidable, all unnecessary.”