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First Minister Michelle O’Neill has backed the Irish president’s decision to highlight the conflict in Gaza during a Holocaust memorial event. But Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly has said the Irish head of state’s comments were “absolutely wrong”.

A small number of protesters reportedly turned their backs on Mr Higgins as he addressed the current conflict in the Middle East

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Emma Little-Pengelly said Michael D Higgins was “absolutely wrong” to raise Gaza in his speech, but Michelle O’Neill said it was “his business” to express his views.

Several protesters were removed from a Holocaust commemoration event during President Michael D Higgins's speech on Sunday. As President Higgins spoke of the grief inflicted on families on October 7,

Israeli Ambassador to Ireland Dana Erlich has accused the Irish president of "politicising" a Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration in Dublin on Sunday. The event marked 80 years since the end of World War II and was held to remember victims of the Holocaust.

Ireland’s president has been branded “despicable” and accused of spewing “anti-Semitic lies” after he used a Holocaust memorial speech to highlight the plight of Gazans.

A Holocaust memorial ceremony in Dublin was disrupted after Jewish attendees were forced to leave for protesting Irish President Michael Higgins’ remarks about Gaza. In his speech, Higgins commemorated the Holocaust and lamented Hamas’ Oct.