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Israeli president concerned over motion to rename Dublin’s Herzog Park due to its links to Israel

On November 29, 2025, Dublin City Councillors will consider a motion to rename Herzog Park in Rathgar, while Isaac Herzog, President of Israel, called removing the name a `shameful and disgraceful move`.
Last July the Commemorations and Naming Committee recommended removing the Herzog name and starting a Dublin City Council consultation process, following a motion first raised last year by Labour Party councillor Fiona Connelly who said naming did not follow correct procedures.
Local pro-Palestinian groups, including Irish Sport for Palestine and 1815 F.C., support renaming the park 'Free Palestine Park', with Mr Perry saying `We see it as an opportunity for a small action... to highlight the ongoing genocide in Gaza`.
Amid widening diplomatic strain, Israel has publicly criticised the renaming, with Micheál Martin, Taoiseach, urging Dublin City Council to withdraw the proposal and Lindsey Graham, United States senator , calling it a `Shameful move`.
If approved, the council will remove the name and start the Dublin City Council consultation process, while Jewish community leaders warn the removal would erase Irish-Jewish history.

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Al Arabiya

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Row erupts over renaming of Dublin park amid accusations of 'antisemitism'

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Irish Mirror

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Simon Harris "completely opposed" to plan to rename Dublin's Herzog Park

Herzog Park was named in 1995 in honour of former president of Israel Chaim Herzog, who was born in Belfast and spent his early childhood in Dublin

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Dublin Live

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Tanaiste Simon Harris 'completely opposed' to proposal to rename Dublin's Herzog Park

The Office of the President of Israel expressed concern on Saturday over the proposed renaming of Herzog Park in south Dublin

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Harris ‘completely opposed’ to plan to rename Herzog Park

The park is named after former Israeli president Chaim Herzog, who was was born in Belfast and raised in Dublin.

5 hours ago·London, United Kingdom

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Dublin faces backlash over plan to rename park honoring Chaim Herzog

The Irish foreign minister and Israeli President Isaac Herzog are among those decrying the move. By Batya Jerenberg, World Israel News Condemnations are flooding into the Dublin City Council over its expected decision Monday to remove the name of former Israeli President Chaim Herzog from a large park due to strong pressure from anti-Israel activists. In urging the council to reconsider, Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee said in a state…

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