Park strife over name change

'Divisive plan will be seen as antisemitic'

- BY JONATHAN MCCAMBRIDGE

A PLAN to rename a park which was dedicated to a former Israeli president "should be withdrawn", Taoiseach Micheal Martin said yesterday.

Herzog Park in south Dublin was named after Chaim Herzog, who was born in Belfast and raised in Dublin. He was the sixth president of Israel between 1983 and 1993.

Dublin city councillors will today vote on a motion to rename the park.