Overview
- Irish Jews reported 143 incidents to a new community system from July 2025 to January 2026, with cases dominated by verbal abuse, vandalism, threats, exclusion and direct digital hate, and three physical assaults.
- Incidents spanned public spaces (50), education (21), retail and hospitality (13), workplaces (8), healthcare (5) and digital communications (36).
- Roughly 30% of cases were triggered by visible or audible cues of Jewish or Israeli identity, while 25 reports featured Holocaust distortion or antisemitic conspiracy narratives.
- The JRCI says Ireland’s National Action Plan Against Racism lacks targeted monitoring and operational responses for antisemitism and is calling for a dedicated, standalone national plan.
- All incidents were self-reported to the JRCI, which cannot independently adjudicate cases, and Ireland lacks an official system that records antisemitic offenses as a distinct category.