Renaming Herzog Park would have been ‘shameful erasure’ — Ireland’s chief rabbi

A sign at Herzog Park in Rathgar in Dublin. Picture: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos

The proposal to rename a south Dublin park would have been a "shameful erasure" of a part of Irish-Jewish history, Ireland's Chief Rabbi has said.

Yoni Weider welcomed the expected withdrawal of a proposal at Dublin City Council to rename Herzog Park but said that questions needed to be asked about how the proposal came forward.