A proposal to rename the Dublin park, named after the former Israeli president Chaim Herzog, was conceded to be not “legally sound” by council management and has been shelved. Herzog, who was the sixth president of Israel, was born in Belfast and raised in Dublin. The park was named after him in 1995. On Monday night, Dublin City Council voted to send the issue of renaming the park in Rathgar, driven by outcry at Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza, back to the relevant council committee. During an Israeli Foreign Ministry event held on Tuesday, Irish ambassador to Israel...
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