Michael D Higgins: To say the Irish people are antisemitic is a deep slander

Mr Higgins said he believed that it was part of a 'pattern to damage Ireland'

President Michael D Higgins. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

President Michael D Higgins has criticised the Israeli government for accusing Ireland of antisemitism, describing it as “gross defamation and slander”.

“To say that the Irish people are antisemitic is a deep slander,” Mr Higgins said.