Eden Golan from Israel performs on stage during The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 Grand Final in Malmo, Sweden. Photograph: Martin Sylvest Andersen/Getty ImagesJack Horgan-Jones and Harry McGee join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:Ireland, along with Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands, will boycott next year’s Eurovision Song Contest in protest of Israel’s participation. Far more contentious was the proposal to rename Rathgar’s Herzog Park in south Dublin. Named in honour of Belfast-born Chaim Herzog, Israel’s president from 1983 to 1993, who spent his early childhood in Dublin. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was in Ireland this week, but it was drones more than diplomatic ties that made the headlines.

Source: The Irish Times December 05, 2025 21:34 UTC