It’s finally official.

Ireland has an antisemitic problem.

With the distraction of war and missiles raining down on Tel Aviv, you may have missed it, but it is finally official: Ireland has an antisemitic problem. Perhaps many in Israel might simply shrug and say – We told you so.

In a report compiled by the Jewish Representative Council of Ireland (JRCI) titled “Ireland Antisemitic Incidents Report: A Baseline of Lived Experience,” antisemitism in Ireland is laid bare.

The report, the JCRI states, highlights a significant data gap: notably mentioning the lack of a national system for tracking antisemitic incidents in Ireland, which is itself a rather strange and concerning fact.

The report covers a six-month period, from July 2025 to January 2026, and records a total of 143 incidents. Although these numbers may seem small at first glance, given that the Jewish community in Ireland is around 2,200, the report states that this represents a “high density of alarm.”

Additionally, the report concludes that because “fear, fatigue, and low expectations of outcome” all discourage individuals from reporting incidents, the problem of antisemitism is likely much larger than the number of reported incidents.

The report’s findings are disturbing.

Three-quarters of all incidents of Jew hatred occurred in “everyday environments,” with a fifth taking place in schools and universities. Over a third involved “verbal abuse or slurs,” and a quarter included “threats and intimidation.” Stories of conspiracy theories, Holocaust denial, and the dehumanization of Jews are common. Nearly a quarter of young Irish adults aged 18-29 deny established facts about the scope and nature of the Holocaust.

Notably, the JCRI points out failures in institutional responses that “compound the harm,” including a “refusal to explicitly recognize and name antisemitism”—a form of downplaying, denial, and deflection. This is........

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