Tánaiste Micheál Martin rejects suggestions that Ireland is anti-semitic 

Tanaiste and Minister for Defence Micheal Martin during a Budget 2024 press conference at Government Buildings in Dublin. Picture date: Wednesday October 11, 2023.

Ireland is in no way an inherently anti-semitic country and "cherishes its Jewish community", Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said.

Some high-profile online commentators and social media users have claimed in recent days that Ireland is anti-Israel and anti-semitic, following protestations in the country at the proportion of the Israeli response to the Hamas attack on its citizens.