Ireland manager gets prime minister Martin’s backing in row with Israel over ‘genocide’
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Heimir Hallgrímsson accused of ‘stupidity’ by Israel’s FA Micheál Martin says IFA’s response is ‘unacceptable’ Ireland’s prime minister, Micheál Martin, backed his country’s football manager, Heimir Hallgrímsson, after Israel’s football federation accused Hallgrimsson of “stupidity, ignorance and hypocrisy” over comments about the war in Gaza. “I think those are unacceptable remarks; they should be withdrawn,” Marti…
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