U-turn on renaming of Herzog Park sparked angry backlash against Dublin council

Records show the council received messages from Ireland, the US, and further afield after plans to change the name of the park, named after former Israeli president and Dublin-born Chaim Herzog, were withdrawn last November. File photo: Sasko Lazarov/© RollingNews.ie

Dublin City Council received dozens of angry emails after it halted a proposal to rename Herzog Park, with correspondence accusing it of everything from antisemitism to “capitulating to pressure” over the war in Gaza.

Records show the council received messages from Ireland, the US, and further afield after plans to change the name of the park, named after former Israeli president and Dublin-born Chaim Herzog, were withdrawn last November.