Oisín Coghlan
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first heard May 2026
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And I'd say one thing.
I know there's a significant concern about two things.
One is, will Ireland look like it's anti-Semitic?
And obviously it can be anti-Israeli policy and not anti-Semitic.
But the other thing is, if we go ahead with the matches...
the protests that will occur inside and outside the stadium will let those who think Ireland is anti-Semitic be even more strong in that case.
And the other thing to say is that US public opinion is turning significantly against Israel.
The latest polls say 60% are now concerned about the US relationship with Israel, 80% among Democrats.
So we need to stand on our principles and not be terrified of what rogue states, whether that's the US or others, will think about our behaviour.
Sarah.
And what Sarah just said means that if there's a perception of anti-Semitism, it's a chilling effect on what we can say.
Just on the question of Ireland, the public's position, and are we obsessed with Israel?
I think there is an affinity with the Palestinian cause, dating back to the fact that after the First World War, we managed to disentangle ourselves from the British Empire,
and have independence, whereas Palestine got dragged into that.
100 years later, we're celebrating 100 years of independence.
They are seeing their chances of statehood being systematically destroyed by their neighbouring country.
And so I'm not surprised that we have some affinity with that.
As to why we focus on that as opposed to other places, I think some of that is just people can't, people have a limited bandwidth.
And of course, because of Trump in particular and the media,
The world's focus is on Israel and the Middle East.
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