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Antisemitic graffiti reading 'Rat' and 'Jew' is seen on an Ireland road, around December 31, 2025. (Screenshot via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 2, 2026, 3:12 pm
Irish Jews report 143 antisemitic incidents in 6 months; state has no mechanism for reporting antisemitism
Jewish Representative Council of Ireland’s self-report program marks first attempt to document cases in country; 30% of incidents triggered by cues of Jewish or Israeli identity
By Shira Li Bartov
Josef Veselsky speaks to a Slovakian media outlet in an interview aired in September 2018. (Screenshot: YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 5, 2026, 10:41 am
Josef Veselsky, Holocaust survivor, table tennis champ and Ireland’s oldest man, dies at 107
Former captain of the Irish and Czechoslovakian table tennis teams immigrated to Ireland in 1949, after spending the war years in the resistance movement
By ToI Staff
Members of the Dublin City Council sit in the council chambers during the December 1, 2025, meeting in which the proposal to rename Herzog Park was sent back to the naming committee. (Screenshot from webcast via JTA)
December 2, 2025, 11:45 pm
Dublin city councilors accuse ‘Zionist lobby’ of quashing proposal to rename Herzog Park
While the City Council voted Monday to table the measure for now, Irish Jews express concern over ‘palpable hatred’ voiced during the debate
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks at an event for honorary consuls-general, December 2, 2025. (Shlomi Amsalem/GPO)
December 2, 2025, 7:22 pm
‘You cannot deceive the world’: Sa’ar, Irish ambassador spar at Foreign Ministry event
Irish envoy takes issue with Israeli FM’s version of row over now-shelved plans to strip Herzog name from Dublin park; Sa’ar says he will keep up pressure against ‘antisemitic’ Dublin
By Lazar Berman
Protestors gather in front of the Israeli Embassy in Dublin to protest Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, on May 14, 2024. (Stringer/Anadolu)
December 1, 2025, 2:34 am
Dublin halts plans to rename city’s Herzog Park after accusations of antisemitism
Council chief refers matter back to committee, after proposal called out by Irish PM, drew charges of antisemitism from Israel and local Jewish community
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Then-president Chaim Herzog attends a ceremony at the Bergen-Belsen Nazi concentration camp in Germany on April 6, 1987. (Nati Harnik/GPO)
November 30, 2025, 12:39 am
Irish government slams Dublin plan to remove name of Chaim Herzog from city park
Foreign minister says move ‘has no place in our inclusive republic’; country’s chief rabbi says renaming park would ‘send a painful message of isolation to our small community’
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Zev Stub
Then-Israeli ambassador to the United Nations Chaim Herzog addresses the UN General Assembly on November 10, 1975, at the vote to label Zionism as 'racism,' at the United Nations, New York. (UN Photo/Michos Tzovaras)
November 29, 2025, 2:49 pm
Dublin City Council to vote on renaming Herzog Park after anti-Israel campaign
Irish Jewish activist blasts ‘blatant attempt to erase Irish-Jewish history’; office of his son, current Israeli president, says move ‘would be a regrettable and shameful act’
By ToI Staff
Michael Black of Belfast Hebrew Congregation shows off the synagogue's memorial wall in April 2025. (Rosario Del Valle/ JTA)
June 1, 2025, 4:54 am
Northern Ireland’s lone synagogue staves off decline by engaging Christian neighbors
Challenged by rising antisemitism fueled by the war in Gaza, an aging population, and the departure of a spiritual leader, the congregation is reaching outward to bolster numbers
By Rosario Del Valle
Irish President Michael Higgins arrives to deliver his speech during a 42nd World Food Day celebration at FAO headquarters in Rome, on Oct. 16, 2023. (AP/Alessandra Tarantino)
January 15, 2025, 11:58 am
Irish Jews cry foul over ‘antisemitic’ president’s planned Holocaust memorial speech
Michael Higgins accused of downplaying and fanning anti-Jewish sentiment, making him an ‘inappropriate’ choice for January 26 commemoration, Jewish leader says
By ToI Staff
Pedestrians walk past a mural depicting dark and shadowy Israeli soldiers on the International Wall on the Falls Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland, March 19, 2024. (Paul Ellis/AFP)
November 23, 2024, 6:22 pm
Amid anti-Israel hostility, Irish Jews say antisemitism is now rooted in public schools
As already critical atmosphere intensifies since the Oct. 7 massacre, new report reveals unwelcoming classrooms and skewed lessons on Jews that the government is slow to address
By Deborah Danan
The inauguration ceremony of Rabbi Yoni Wieder as chief rabbi of Ireland was held at the Dublin Hebrew Synagogue, May 21, 2024. (Ros Kavanagh/ Courtesy Office of the Chief Rabbi of Ireland via JTA)
September 2, 2024, 6:49 am
At 28, Ireland’s new chief rabbi is leading an aging population in a time of turmoil
As the first to hold the position since 2008, Rabbi Yoni Wieder faces challenges on multiple fronts, integrating new and old community members amid unprecedented anti-Israel bias
By Shira Li Bartov
Salt beef sandwich on a bagel from Deli 613 in Dublin. (Courtesy)
September 20, 2023, 1:23 am
Ireland just got its first kosher restaurant in decades and it’s getting rave reviews
Located in Dublin’s Chabad House, Deli 613 provides a much-needed option and a communal gathering spot for local Jews – while earning mainstream praise for its culinary excellence
By Jacob Judah
Members and descendants of Israel's Irish-Jewish community viewing items from the genealogical history of the Jewish communities of Ireland at a ceremony in Jerusalem, December 19, 2022. (Yoni Kelberman via JTA)
December 22, 2022, 6:45 am
National Library accepts set of Irish-Jewish genealogical archives dating to 1700s
Database includes records documenting over three centuries of Jewish life in Ireland; curator: ‘A living history of people who have now no voice’
By David I. Klein
US President Joe Biden (R) embraces President Isaac Herzog (L) during the opening ceremony of the Maccabiah Games at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem on July 14, 2022. (RONEN ZVULUN / POOL / AFP)
July 15, 2022, 6:25 pm
Sinn Féin, Gaelic and boxing: Biden and Herzog connect over Irish heritage
In warm visit, presidents reference joint ancestral ties in public speeches and private meeting
By Lazar Berman
Purim, with its focus on joy, costumes, and alcohol consumption, meshes particularly well with some St. Patrick’s Day traditions, including drinking beer and wearing as much green as possible. (Illustration by Mollie Suss via JTA)
March 17, 2022, 9:44 am
Joint Purim and St. Patrick’s Day gives Irish Jews more reasons to raise a glass
Known to Jewish community as ‘The ‘Double P,’ day will be celebrated by local synagogues in Dublin and by expats living in Israel
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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