In 1912, Arthur Griffith, newspaper editor and politician & founder of Sinn Féin, the republican party, worked with Jews in ...
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Jews in Ireland are up in arms over a planned appearance by Irish President Michael Higgins to mark the country’s Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony later this month. Higgins has been harshly ...
Ireland's tiny Jewish community fears that growing anti-Israel hostility since the start of the Gaza war is leading to ...
A recurring theme is portentous declarations presenting Ireland as the most liberal, peace-loving country in the world and himself as a life-long advocate for harmony amongst nations. These can sit ...
Irish Chief Rabbi Yoni Wieder warned that Higgins' speech may "ring hollow for many Irish Jews" after he had "neglected even to acknowledge the scourge of contemporary antisemitism in Ireland.
Israel’s deputy foreign minister has claimed she fears for the safety of Jews in Ireland after a row over the Dublin’s position on the Middle East conflict escalated over the weekend.
Fine Gael’s investigation into a councillor’s comments about Jewish people at a Dublin City Council meeting, which she later ...
The keynote speech delivered by Irish President Michael D. Higgins at the event, meant to honor the memory of the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, instead veered into a political ...
Jewish groups on Monday accused Ireland’s President Michael Higgins of politicizing the Israel-Hamas war during a Holocaust remembrance speech, with the country’s chief rabbi calling his ...
“Included in the President’s statements is, for example, the clear suggestion that any targeting of Jewish or Israeli people in Ireland is completely wrong and should be addressed immediately ...