'Do not lecture us': Son of holocaust survivor criticises President Michael D Higgins

Oliver Sears, the son of a holocaust survivor and the founder of Holocaust Awareness Ireland. Picture: Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland

President Michael D Higgins has been sharply criticised by the son of a holocaust survivor for dismissing claims about rising antisemitism in Ireland.

The Israeli ambassador to Ireland Dana Erlich had warned about growing levels of antisemitism in Ireland but, in an interview with the Irish Examiner, President Higgins dismissed the comments as a "PR exercise" by an Israeli administration that is guilty of breaching international law in Gaza.