Tánaiste praises ambassador to Israel for rejecting suggestions Ireland is antisemitic

Sonya McGuinness with Israel's president Isaac Herzog. Picture: Israeli Presidents Office

The Tánaiste has praised Ireland’s ambassador to Israel, after she flatly rejected suggestions by Israel's foreign minister that the Irish State was antisemitic.

Gideon Saar had accused the Government of being antisemitic following a Dublin City Council motion to rename Herzog Park in Rathgar.