Niall Holohan, Irish 'diplomat' says that the tiny number of Jews in the country has given the government 'a freer hand to take ... a more principled position'. The UK barely has a higher proportion. This is an old antisemitic trope about almost supernatural power, undue influence and a singular malign purpose.

Via Dave Rich at the CST. The Guardian since edited out that bit but the authors and editors didn't see anything wrong originally. Instinctive, probably.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/20/ireland-palestine-ceasefire-gaza

‘It’s part of our psyche’: why Ireland sides with ‘underdog’ Palestine

Ireland is seen as an outlier in the EU – but its sympathy for the suffering in Gaza is rooted in its own history

The Guardian