Jewish children in Irish schools hide their heritage from their fellow pupils because anti-Israel sentiment is so strong in the country, the Chief Rabbi of Ireland said.

Yoni Wieder said that many of the roughly 3,000 Jews in Ireland no longer felt safe enough to wear signs of their identity, such as skullcaps or the Star of David, on the streets.

He said there had been a “significant” rise in anti-Semitism since the Oct 7 terror attacks and Israel’s war in Gaza.

Ireland’s support for the Palestinians and fierce criticism of Israel has seen it clash with Benjamin Nethanyahu’s government, which closed its Israeli embassy in Dublin this week.

The foreign minister accused Taoiseach Simon Harris of being an anti-semite after the Irish premier said the embassy closure was to distract from the killing of children in Gaza.