Israeli president calls out motion to rename Dublin park

Picture: AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has called out the proposed removal of the name of former Israeli president and his father Chaim Herzog from a park in Dublin.

Dublin city councillors will vote on a motion this Monday to rename Herzog Park in Rathgar, which was named after Belfast-born Chaim Herzog in 1995 who spent part of his childhood in Dublin.