Israeli minister clashes with Ireland’s envoy to Tel Aviv over Herzog Park name row
Irish political leaders only responded to denaming plan after criticism from Israel, says Gideon Saar
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Sinn Féin should study its own political history before demanding Herzog Park be renamed
Raymond McCreesh Park was given its name in 2001 following a proposal by the party
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Councillors could not have renamed Herzog Park due to legislative delay, meeting hears
Minister has yet to make regulations for public consultation and ballot that are required to change a placename
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‘There is no necessity for it’: Rathgar residents on Herzog Park renaming proposal
‘I think whatever it’s named should be kept with some connection to the Jewish area’, says one local
Chief Rabbi: Move to erase Chaim Herzog’s name and history is cruel hammer blow
Dublin’s Herzog Park, named after the former Israeli president, is marker of Ireland’s Jewish history
Plans to remove name of former Israeli president from Dublin park suspended
City council executive ‘completely messed up’ allowing recommendation to rename park on meeting agenda, says Lord Mayor
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Herzog Park denaming ‘will be seen as anti-Semitic’, says Taoiseach
Dublin city councillors proposed to strip former Israeli president’s name from Rathgar park
Palestinian state ‘only’ solution to Israeli conflict, says Pope Leo
Head of Catholic Church visits Lebanon after leaving Turkey on first overseas trip
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Government criticised for ‘delays and delays and delays’ on legislation banning trade with illegal settlements
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Dublin’s Herzog Park set to be ‘denamed’ by city councillors over Israel connections
Chief Rabbi says Jewish story deserves not to be ‘whitewashed or erased’
Israeli police open inquiry after two Palestinians shot and killed in West Bank
Video footages appears to show both men exiting a building in city of Jenin and lying on ground in apparent surrender
Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in West Bank who appeared to be surrendering
Video footage and eyewitness accounts suggest the men were unarmed when shot
Sally Rooney says she will be unable to publish books in UK while Palestine Action banned
Irish author Rooney says her books could disappear from UK stores altogether
Hamas accuses Israel of killing and torture of Palestinian detainees
Alleged violations include severe beatings, scalding with boiling water, dog attacks and sexual assaults
Occupied Territories Bill: ‘considerable uncertainty’ over including services
McEntee tells Dáil ‘legal clarity’ is needed and that Government is awaiting Attorney General’s advice
Ciarán Murphy: GAA should not be cowards and must cut ties with Allianz over Gaza
The GAA is being pushed by its own members - not outside forces - to cut ties with sponsors Allianz over Gaza
Israel launches new military operation in northern West Bank
Assault extends military operations launched across parts of the northern West Bank this year
Actor declines degree from University of Galway over contract link to Israeli tech institute
Olwen Fouéré calls on university to ‘sever all ties with Technion and the Israeli regime’
Israel receives remains of hostage held in Gaza from Red Cross
Palestinian enclave’s health ministry reports 345 killed and 588 bodies recovered since fragile ceasefire began in October
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Palestinian economy suffers collapse after Israel-Hamas conflict, UN says
Gaza war and economic restrictions in Israeli-occupied West Bank have wiped out decades of growth
Controversial US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation ceases aid operations
Hundreds of Palestinians were killed while seeking food amid chaotic scenes near its aid distribution sites
Ireland’s economic miracle is like someone riding two horses on a surfboard
Now we are caught in a Catch 22 of our own making on migration and infrastructure
Israel’s latest strike on Beirut is likely precursor of wider military operation
Binyamin Netanyahu’s government says it will act aggressively to prevent Hizbullah reasserting a presence in southern Lebanon
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Iran-backed militant group warned not to rearm and rebuild
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