Varadkar warns against expelling Israeli ambassador to Ireland

Israel’s Ambassador to Ireland Dana Erlich. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

Ireland would “disempower” itself from having influence on the Israel-Hamas conflict if it expelled the Israeli ambassador in Dublin, the Taoiseach has warned.

Leo Varadkar said calls from opposition politicians, including Sinn Féin, for ambassador Dana Erlich’s diplomatic credentials to be revoked did not represent a “common sense approach”.